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Anthony Marsico works in the flower room at the Ataraxia medical marijuana cultivation center in Albion, Illinois, in 2015. Verano later acquired Ataraxia's grow house in Albion. (Seth Perlman/AP)

Former executive for cannabis company Verano indicted on insider trading charges

January 21, 2025 at 6:36 p.m.

The indictment accused Anthony Marsico of using confidential information to make an illegal profit of about $607,000 by buying stock in another marijuana company that Verano planned to acquire.

Charles Wu gives a tour at Prescribd, a cannabis cultivation company, on July 17, 2021, in Bridgeview. Wu, a lobbyist for the Illinois Hemp Business Association, made campaign contributions of over $21,000 to various state legislators, including Illinois House Speaker Chris Welch and state Rep. LaShawn Ford. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

Hemp advocates gave campaign donations to lawmakers in fight over regulations

January 26, 2025 at 12:34 p.m.

Hemp business owners recently gave more than $30,000 to oppose a bill they said would have shut them down.

Marijuana plants grow in an Illinois cultivation facility in 2023. (Shanna Madison/baiduhai)

Illinois approves 4 new conditions for women for medical marijuana

January 14, 2025 at 11:41 a.m.

Endometriosis, ovarian cysts, uterine fibroids and female orgasmic disorder were approved conditions to qualify for medical cannabis.

People stand on a rooftop before watching PJ Harvey perform at the Salt Shed on Sept. 30, 2024. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Hemp THC products to be sold at Salt Shed, as cannabis companies enter the hemp market

January 13, 2025 at 1:51 p.m.

One of the largest cannabis companies in the country, Green Thumb Industries, announced Friday that it will open a hemp products store selling edibles and margaritas at the concert hall.

State Rep. Nicholas Smith speaks on April 11, 2024, at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield as Cannabiz IL and state legislators present bipartisan legislation regulating hemp consumer products and prohibiting synthetic THC intoxicants such as Delta-8. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Hemp regulation bill stalls after lobbying battle between Mayor Brandon Johnson and Gov. JB Pritzker

January 7, 2025 at 11:48 a.m.

Legislation to regulate hemp sales, supported by Gov. JB Pritzker and opposed by Mayor Brandon Johnson, stalled in the Illinois House.

Parishioners carry a Virgin Mary figure in honor of Nuestra Señora Virgen de la Nube, Our Lady of the Cloud, during a procession through the Albany Park neighborhood after Mass on New Year’s Day, Jan. 1, 2025, at Our Lady of Mercy on the Northwest Side. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Ecuadorians celebrate Mass and community at Albany Park church

January 2, 2025 at 11:42 a.m.

Members of the Ecuadorian community held a procession for the Virgin Mary in Albany Park commemorating a religious holiday known as the Virgin of the Cloud.

Gabriela Gomez holds packages of Hits Blunt, a product that was confiscated by police in a raid in August, in her husband's store, the Smoke House, on Dec. 31, 2024, in East Dundee. (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai)

Hemp business owner sues over what he calls illegal raid, as officials in several towns consider bans

January 2, 2025 at 9:18 a.m.

A raid and criminal charges against a suburban smoke shop owner have ignited a dispute over enforcement of hemp laws, with the store owner filing a lawsuit claiming improper arrest.

An empty parcel of land, top, is all that remains of the former U.S. Steel South Works site on Oct. 22, 2024, in Chicago. PsiQuantum has plans to anchor the new Illinois Quantum & Microelectronics Park, a 128-acre quantum campus, on the site. (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai)

PsiQuantum plans to build one of the world’s first commercially useful quantum computers in Chicago — despite huge obstacles

January 2, 2025 at 9:56 a.m.

If successful, quantum computing is expected to address problems like climate change. But huge engineering obstacles remain.

Migrants who arrived on buses from Texas are given a hot meal before being transported to shelters citywide at an arrival area in the 500 block of West Vernon Park Place on Oct. 3, 2023, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

Immigration drives 68,000 increase in Illinois population, Census reports, though residents keep moving out

December 20, 2024 at 6:08 a.m.

Illinois had 12,710,158 residents as of July 1, 2024, the U.S. Census Bureau estimated, ranking sixth among states nationally.

Brandy Garner with delta-8 THC products at her store, Brandy's CBD, on Dec. 13, 2024, in Chicago's Chatham neighborhood. (Tess Crowley/baiduhai)

Gov. JB Pritzker calls for lawmakers to crack down on intoxicating hemp sales

December 13, 2024 at 5:18 p.m.

The governor came out in support of legislation that would set a minimum age of 21 to buy hemp products.

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