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House Blocks Workers’ Comp From Covering Medical Cannabis

The federal workers comp medical cannabis question just got answered — with a hard no. The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education voted 11-7 to advance an FY27 spending bill that bars the Labor Department from using any funds to “authorize, provide, reimburse, or otherwise recognize marijuana or any cannabis-derived substance as a compensable medical treatment […]

Illinois Cannabis Omnibus SB 3222: Pritzker’s 700-Page Gift

The Illinois cannabis omnibus is real, it’s 700 pages, and it’s sitting on Governor JB Pritzker’s desk. Lawmakers sent SB 3222 to the governor on May 31 after a 58-0 Senate vote, a 77-31 amended House vote, and a 47-10 Senate concurrence. If you buy, sell, grow, or regulate cannabis in Illinois, nearly every part […]

Trump Begs Congress to Save CBD From His Own Hemp Ban

The Trump hemp CBD ban story took its strangest turn yet on June 5: the White House Office of Management and Budget filed a Statement of Administration Policy on H.R. 8646 — the House FY27 Agriculture spending bill — officially asking Congress to roll back part of the federal hemp ban President Trump himself signed […]

Ohio Hemp Product Ban Injunction: 3 Essential Takeaways After Judge Calls Ban Discriminatory

An Ohio judge just handed the hemp industry a major legal win with the Ohio hemp product ban injunction. In a ruling issued the first week of April 2026, a Franklin County judge granted a temporary restraining order blocking Ohio’s ban on intoxicating hemp-derived products — and the reasoning should worry every state regulator trying […]

Texas Hemp Ban Injunction: 5 Critical Facts After Judge Blocks DSHS Smokable Ban

The Texas hemp ban injunction just saved 4/20 for thousands of hemp businesses across the Lone Star State. On April 8, 2026, Travis County Judge Maya Guerra Gamble granted a temporary restraining order blocking enforcement of the Texas Department of State Health Services’ new hemp rules that had effectively banned all smokable hemp products statewide […]