Category Archives: Texas

Tracking Cannabis Taxes: Phoenix, Arizona – This Week in News

The Phoenix, Arizona City Council voted down a measure to increase the dispensary and cultivation yearly cannabis taxes. The proposed bill suggested a 17% tax on State Licensed Arizona dispensaries and cultivators. Cannabis taxes this high could have caused Phoenix dispensaries to go out of business. The concern for local dispensary owners was that a […]

Supporters Scramble to Keep ‘Compassionate Use’ of Marijuana Bill Alive in Texas

As bills keep dying under pressure from the clock in the Texas Legislature, supporters of a bill to expand the use of marijuana for medical purposes are scrambling to keep it alive under pressing deadlines, News Radio 1200 WOAI reports. “As stated in our party’s platform, the Texas Democratic Party believes that cannabis policy reform […]