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Robert McCarthy from Palos Heights holds a list as the Windy City Cannabis dispensary opens in Homewood in 2016. The dispensary won approval Tuesday to sell recreational weed, hours before legal sales are set to begin.

Illinois approved nine more recreational marijuana stores, just hours before legal weed sales begin

December 31, 2019 at 4:32 p.m.

With less than 18 hours until legal weed goes on sale in Illinois, the state approved nine more stores to sell marijuana to the public. Eight of the stores were...

William Grabiec, left, is assisted with his purchases by agent Dylon Williams at the Midway Dispensary in Chicago, on Oct. 21, 2019.

Recreational marijuana goes on sale in Illinois Wednesday. Here’s how, where and what you’ll be able to buy.

December 30, 2019 at 2:21 p.m.

When marijuana dispensaries open their doors for recreational sales in Illinois on Wednesday, customers will walk into a shopping experience more akin to a Walgreens or Apple store than a...

Nicholas Stankus, right, finishes a medical marijuana sale on Dec. 30, 2019, at Sunnyside dispensary on North Clark Street in Chicago. Some Illinois dispensaries say they're already having difficulty keeping enough weed in stock for the medical marijuana patients they currently serve before recreational marijuana sales start Jan. 1.

Expect a shortage of marijuana once weed sales start this week. ‘It’s no different than the launch of anything new … whether it’s a shoe, a phone or a new chicken sandwich.’

December 31, 2019 at 10:12 a.m.

With less than 48 hours to go until marijuana shops open their doors to the public, operators are figuring out what to do if they run low on weed. For...

Chicago Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection Commissioner Rosa Escareno speaks Dec. 20, 2019, outside MOCA Modern Cannabis in the Logan Square neighborhood after a city inspection of the marijuana store.

A third company wants to open a marijuana store in River North

December 26, 2019 at 10:50 a.m.

MOCA Modern Cannabis submitted an application to the city to open a recreational marijuana store in the River North neighborhood. The company is seeking approval to open the store at...

Light poles with 5G technology at Millennium Park on May 23, 2019.

5G arrived in Chicago in 2019. What will happen with the fifth generation of wireless in 2020?

December 24, 2019 at 10:21 a.m.

Wireless companies will continue developing their 5G networks in Chicago in 2020, but it will be years before most consumers take advantage of the ultrafast download speeds. Light poles with...

Media view the world premier of the Rivian R1S electric SUV, right, and the R1T electric truck before the L.A. Auto Show on Nov. 27, 2018 in Los Angeles.

Rivian lands $1.3B more funding, some from Amazon and Ford, as Tesla of trucks gears up for Illinois factory production

December 23, 2019 at 12:25 p.m.

Rivian, the electric truck manufacturer opening a factory in downstate Normal, is getting another big investment — $1.3 billion — with previous investors Amazon and Ford participating in the latest...

Sales workers tend to customers from behind a counter at Exclusive Provisioning Center on Dec. 13, 2019, in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Take a look inside Michigan weed stores, where they’re running out of marijuana. Is this Illinois’ future Jan. 1?

December 20, 2019 at 10:38 a.m.

For the past two weeks, Rami Karadsheh has been on hot chocolate duty. Karadsheh usually works in a marijuana company's warehouse on the outskirts of Ann Arbor. But ever since...

Saint Lucia's Smoke Shop sells marijuana pipes shaped like Santa and Rudolph, shown Nov. 22, 2019, in Chicago's Bucktown neighborhood.

Weed will be legal just one week after Christmas in Illinois. Read this before putting a bong under the tree.

December 19, 2019 at 2:27 p.m.

Saint Lucia's Smoke Shop in Chicago's Bucktown neighborhood has a colorful new display of greeting cards for shoppers this holiday season, and the wintry cheer they bring comes with a...

A pot dealer keeps track of customer orders for marijuana, July 31, 2019. Some customers may stick with their dealers even after recreational weed is legalized in Illinois.

What happens to the weed black market when recreational marijuana goes legal Jan. 1? ‘I see it opening the door to more clients,’ one dealer says.

December 19, 2019 at 2:58 p.m.

Recreational marijuana sales start Jan. 1, but it could be years before pot users abandon their black-market weed dealers. Chicago-area residents who buy marijuana from dealers say they're excited to...

The state gave a 10th medical marijuana dispensary in Chicago approval to start selling recreational weed on Jan. 1.

A 10th marijuana dispensary gets approval to sell recreational weed in Chicago starting Jan. 1

December 17, 2019 at 5:17 p.m.

The state gave a 10th medical marijuana dispensary in Chicago approval to start selling recreational weed on Jan. 1. The store, called NuMed Chicago, was approved on Friday, along with...

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