Since late 2019, sales of recreational marijuana have begun in two of Wisconsin’s neighboring states, while a third appears poised to legalize the substance soon.
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Judge: Banning guns for marijuana users unconstitutional
A federal judge in Oklahoma has ruled that a federal law prohibiting people who use marijuana from owning firearms is unconstitutional, the latest challenge to firearms regulations after the U.S. Supreme Court's conservative majority set new standards for reviewing the nation's gun laws.
Read More »Republicans move closer to legalizing medical pot in Wisconsin
Republican lawmakers who control the Wisconsin Legislature are moving closer to supporting the legalization of medical marijuana, after years of fighting efforts to loosen the state's laws, the GOP leader of the state Senate said Thursday.
Read More »Remains of man who went missing after fleeing legal trouble identified
Montana authorities said Tuesday that human remains found in Carbon County about 18 years ago have been identified as those of a Wisconsin hitchhiker who left his home state to flee legal trouble.
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Wisconsin marijuana legalization proponents make case
Proponents of legalizing medical marijuana in Wisconsin made their case Wednesday at a public hearing on a Republican bill that's getting its first airing under the GOP-controlled Legislature, the latest sign of movement toward loosening the state's pot laws.
Read More »Editorial: GOP for weed? Medical marijuana deserves swift passage
Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu says he doesn’t want Wisconsin to become a “rogue state” by legalizing medical marijuana before the federal government does.
Read More »Legalizing marijuana gaining momentum in Wisconsin
The push to legalize marijuana in Wisconsin enjoys some bipartisan support, but backers of bills that would make it legal for either medical or recreational use say it won't happen this year.
Read More »Evers vetoes bill increasing marijuana penalties
Gov. Tony Evers on Friday vetoed a Republican-backed bill that would have increased the penalties for making or distributing marijuana through a process that creates a highly concentrated version of marijuana known as butane hash oil.
Read More »GOP lawmakers try again to legalize medical marijuana
A group of Republican lawmakers resurrected a bill Wednesday to legalize medical marijuana in Wisconsin, saying it's time to at least talk about using the drug as a natural way to help the sick treat their ailments naturally.
Read More »Wisconsin pot possession proposal aims to find middle ground
A bipartisan bill introduced Tuesday in the Wisconsin Legislature would lighten penalties for marijuana possession in many parts of the state and increase fines in a few of the state's largest communities, including Milwaukee and Madison.
Read More »Supreme Court: Law grad charged for transporting 114 pounds of marijuana should be admitted to practice law
A UW Law School graduate who was charged for transporting 114 pounds of marijuana to Wisconsin will be able to practice law in the state.
Read More »EDITORIAL: Legalize marijuana in Wisconsin
Gov. Tony Evers said last week he will propose legalizing marijuana for Wisconsin residents in his state budget as part of a plan to generate $166 million in revenue to help fund rural schools and programs for marginalized communities.
Read More »Legal field highlights of Gov. Evers’ $91 billion state budget plan
Highlights of Gov. Tony Evers' state budget proposal submitted to the Legislature on Tuesday.
Read More »Evers’ budget proposal would legalize recreational marijuana
Gov. Tony Evers says his budget plan will include a proposal to legalize recreational marijuana, an idea that will likely be blocked by the Republican-controlled Legislature but could be a catalyst to allow the use of medical marijuana.
Read More »Evers: Criminal justice reforms likely in next state budget
Gov. Tony Evers' executive budget could include criminal-justice reforms as Wisconsin emerges from a tumultuous year of protests over police brutality and racism, setting up another possible conflict with Republicans who have been reluctant to take any action to reform police procedures.
Read More »Assembly leader says medical marijuana will pass someday
Medical marijuana will not become legal in Wisconsin next year or anytime soon, despite broadening support, the state Assembly's top Republican — himself an advocate for legalization — said Thursday.
Read More »GOP support grows to legalize medical marijuana
The push to legalize medical marijuana in Wisconsin grew Wednesday with the unveiling of a bill introduced for the first time by Republican lawmakers.
Read More »SEEING GREEN: Cannabis business law provides profit, cause for lawyers
It’s been a hard autumn for Jonathan Baker, the owner of TFP Sciences.
Read More »Democrats push for marijuana decriminalization in Wisconsin
The possession of small amounts of marijuana would be decriminalized in Wisconsin under a bill that Democratic lawmakers introduced Wednesday in their latest push to loosen Wisconsin's marijuana laws in the face of Republican opposition.
Read More »Wisconsin lawmakers seeking to expunge marijuana convictions
When the Madison barber and business owner Brian Britt, 42, stepped up to a folding table in the entryway of the Urban League of Greater Madison, he had a single goal in his mind: Wipe from his record the decades-old criminal convictions he says are holding him back.
Read More »3 more people charged in Wisconsin THC-vape manufacturing
Three more people have been charged in what investigators say was a large black-market operation for the manufacture of THC-vape cartridges in southeastern Wisconsin.
Read More »Wisconsin’s hemp industry to get boost under bill
Wisconsin's hemp industry would remain under state control as it enters its second year under a bill the state Senate approved on Tuesday.
Read More »Milwaukee man, woman accused in THC vape operation
A Milwaukee man and woman are accused in an alleged counterfeit THC vape operation.
Read More »Fourth person arrested in illegal THC vaping business
Authorities have made a fourth arrest in connection with a black-market business for THC-vape manufacturing in Wisconsin.
Read More »Wisconsin mom charged in illegal vape-cartridges operation
Kenosha County prosecutors say the mother of two brothers accused of making vaping cartridges containing THC oil was aware of the illegal activity and allowed some products to be manufactured at her real estate office.
Read More »Billions at stake as Wisconsin dicusses legalizing marijuana
The historically black parts of Chicago's south side bear the marks of disinvestment common to many of the city's mostly black neighborhoods.
Read More »Lawmakers introduce medical marijuana bill
Three legislators have introduced a bill that would legalize medical marijuana in Wisconsin.
Read More »In era of legal pot, can police search cars based on odor?
Sniff and search is no longer the default for police in some of the 33 states that have legalized marijuana.
Read More »Potency of Wisconsin THC cartridges may be higher than claimed
A Wisconsin operation that manufactured thousands of vaping cartridges a day may have been packing them with far more THC oil than the packaging claimed, authorities said Wednesday.
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