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Orchard Lake appears to have dodged an marijuana initiative that several other small communities in Oakland County may face this year.
The funding sources behind measures to allow marijuana businesses in Potterville, Perry, Clawson and Rockwood are hazy.
Voters in small towns and cities across Michigan are deciding tomorrow whether to lift local bans on marijuana businesses. But the funding sources behind many of these proposals are hazy.
Port Huron voters approve 2nd marijuana ballot proposal View Comments Port Huron voters passed the city’s second marijuana ballot proposal in a year on Tuesday with 1,588 in favor and 1,140 against. That's according to unofficial results from the city. The proposal amends the measure originally OK'd by voters in November with language to repeal recreational licenses awarded by the city earlier this year But what happens next remains unclear. The outside group Progress for Michigan 2020 initiated both proposals. The original proposal replaced rules exclusive to adult-use marijuana o...
Port Huron Times Herald It took the outside group behind Port Huron’s voter-approved marijuana law four months to comply with state campaign finance law — and so far, organizers aren’t getting any more specific about how the effort was funded. Progress for Michigan 2020 spent roughly $63,000 on signature collecting, consulting and legal costs and promotional materials for its Nov. 3 marijuana proposal in the city, according to reports filed with the St. Clair County clerk’s office this week. It’s reporting those costs as in-kind contributions to Jobs for Michigan Communities, the sa...