Gov. Hickenlooper opens the door to calling the special session off if Republicans would publicly commit to addressing the pot-tax error by the end of January.
Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper asked lawmakers to return for a special session Oct. 2, but Senate President Kevin Grantham, R-Canon City, called for him to rescind the executive order and pledged not to take action.
Colorado lawmakers will be called back early next month for a special session to fix a small but significant error made in 2017 funding legislation.
Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper has called for a legislative special session to fix an error affecting significant marijuana tax revenue disbursements.
A Maine committee wants to double the recreational marijuana sales tax to 20 percent, allow drive-thru sales and let medical dispensaries be run for-profit.
“They really put a lot of time into this place, it’s not just a bigger building. It has heart. It has become something that our community members are really proud of.”
Josephine County in Oregon does so much business with the marijuana industry they needed to buy a bill counter. But not all of the cash is from sales taxes.
Fear is a constant part of doing business in California’s flourishing medical cannabis industry, in which transactions are conducted mostly in cash.
Commentary: Supporters of Amendment 64 did a fantastic job of leveraging public schools as a method to pass their initiative. In reality, marijuana taxes have provided very little financial impact for schools.
An agreement between House and Senate negotiators on changes to the state’s voter-approved marijuana law will allow for a tax of up to 20 percent on retail pot sales.
Maine lawmakers are debating how much they can tax recreational marijuana without driving consumers back to the black market.
Lawmakers are in a mad dash to correct an error in a recently passed law that is slicing off hundreds of thousands of dollars a month in Colorado pot tax revenue for several well-known Colorado institutions, including the Regional Transportation District, the Denver Zoo and the Denver Museum of Nature and Science.
“I don’t care where the money comes from, if we get a new school, I’m for it,” said Hayley Whitehead, a Deer Trail graduate who works as the district’s administrative assistant.
Marijuana taxes paid the lion’s share of the new Pueblo County Scholarship Fund that on Tuesday awarded 210 students $2,000 each for the 2017-18 academic year.
The Colorado Supreme Court this week declined to hear an appeal by Adams County over the validity of its recreational marijuana tax in three of its cities, raising questions about the fate of the nearly $2 million the county has brought in over the last two years from the levy.
The Massachusetts Senate released a plan Friday that, unlike the House version, would not raise taxes on marijuana and would have voters decide on bans.
Massachusetts lawmakers plan to recommend sharply higher taxes on marijuana and more control for city and town officials over retail pot shops.
State revenue officials are working on the roll-out of the latest medical marijuana program with a tax on the drug — the first of its kind in the state.
The Colorado cannabis industry says the IRS is conducting an unauthorized criminal investigation using the state’s seed-to-sale database. FULL REPORT
Democratic lawmakers on Tuesday advanced a marijuana sales tax measure that goes farther than the Republican governor’s plan.
The Oregon pot tax has brought in almost $75 million in revenue since 2016, but none has been distributed to intended recipients, like schools and police agencies.
In advocating “pot for potholes,” recreational marijuana proponents promised a potent new revenue source for tackling a familiar urban headache.
In last-minute negotiations between Colorado lawmakers on a major spending bill, a dubious budget-fixer has emerged: an increase in marijuana taxes.
Massachusetts sheriffs urged state lawmakers to boost recreational marijuana taxes and earmark that revenue for substance abuse prevention and treatment.
Glenwood Springs voters have agreed to join other area municipalities in assessing special taxes on the retail sale and transfer of recreational marijuana.
