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$87 Million In Michigan Cannabis Tax Collections For 2023 To Be Shared With Municipalities And Counties, 46 Percent Increase From 2022

LANSING - The Michigan Treasury Department reported Thursday that 198 municipalities will receive $43.5 million from marijuana taxes collected from 737 cannabis dispensary licenses, while 71 of the state’s 83 counties will reap the same $43.5 million in cannabis taxes. The remaining 12 have opted out of allowing cannabis dispensaries. Each eligible municipality and country

By |2024-03-01T13:57:17-05:00March 1st, 2024|Featured, Marijuana Business, News|
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Stellantis North America Executive Focused On Dealers In EV Transition

AUBURN HILLS - Leading a turnaround for General Motors in South America wasn’t magic, according to Carlos Zarlenga. “What it was, was hard work, listing the problems and not letting go until you fix them,” said Zarlenga, who left his job as president and CEO of GM South America in 2021. He joined Stellantis in

By |2024-02-28T19:01:52-05:00February 28th, 2024|Auto Tech, News|
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Executive Search Partners Offers Free C-Level Resume Critiques

ANN ARBOR - If you are searching for a C-Level management position, particularly if it is as a Chief Information Officer or Chief Information Security Officer, Executive Search Partners is now offering to critique your resume and prepare you for the job interview free of charge. Gary Erickson founded Executive Search Partners in 2003 and

By |2024-02-27T11:20:26-05:00February 27th, 2024|mitechtv, News|
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Report: Detroit’s Economic Picture Expected To Brighten Over Next 5 Years

ANN ARBOR - Detroit is likely to experience falling unemployment, rising wages and an expanding labor force in the years ahead despite a slowing national economy and the lingering risk of a recession in the near term. The “cautiously optimistic” forecast comes courtesy of the Detroit Economic Outlook 2023-28, produced by the University of Michigan. The

By |2024-02-24T13:16:28-05:00February 24th, 2024|News|
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Biden Missing Opportunity To Sway Young Voters On Legalizing Cannabis

WASHINGTON DC - Cannabis advocates say President Biden is missing an opportunity to sway young voters with his reluctance to take bigger steps to legalize marijuana at the federal level. The Biden administration has opened several avenues for marijuana reform including issuing federal pardons for simple possession and starting the process of potentially rescheduling marijuana’s status under

By |2024-02-24T12:35:52-05:00February 24th, 2024|Marijuana Business, News, Politics, Politics/Government|
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$6.3 Million Illegal Cannabis Grow In Highland Park Busted By State Police

HIGHLAND PARK  - Michigan State Police uncovered a large-scale marijuana grow operation in Highland Park Feb 21, seizing an estimated millions of dollars in illicit pot during the investigation. More than 4,000 marijuana plants were discovered inside a structure on Feb. 21 when state police's marijuana & tobacco investigation team executed a search warrant. According to a post from police

By |2024-02-24T12:35:53-05:00February 24th, 2024|Featured, Marijuana Business, News|
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UAW Threaten Strike Feb. 23 At Ford’s Most Profitable Plant Day After CEO Said Unions Had Him Rethinking Factory Placement

DETROIT - One day after Ford CEO said union activity was making him reconsider where the company puts its plants, the United Auto Workers union is threatening a strike at the company’s largest and most profitable factory. The union said Friday that nearly 9,000 workers at the Kentucky Truck Plant in Louisville will strike on

By |2024-02-19T17:53:02-05:00February 18th, 2024|News|
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An Ancient Tomb Revealed A Potent Surprise: 17th Century Bones Contained THC

NEW YORK - Marijuana was popular enough centuries ago that it became part of peoples’ bones. And now there’s scientific research to prove it. Researchers in Italy recently detected traces of Delta-9 THC and CBD—both from the cannabis plant—in bone samples dating back to the 1600s. “This study reports the first physical evidence of cannabis use

By |2024-02-15T10:46:33-05:00February 15th, 2024|Featured, Marijuana Business, News|
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January Michigan Cannabis Sales Top $242 Million, Big Drop From Record-Breaking December

LANSING - Michigan January cannabis sales totaled $242,812,694, according to the Cannabis Regulatory Agency, with $240,289,360 for adult-use sales, and just $2,523,333 sold to medical marijuana patients. The January total represented a big drop from the record-breaking $280 million sold in December, but still higher than the $207 million sold in January 2023. Michigan collected

By |2024-02-14T16:41:26-05:00February 14th, 2024|Featured, Marijuana Business, News|
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C3 Industries Opens Its First Cannabis Dispensary In New Jersey

ANN ARBOR - Ann Arbor-based C3 Industries announced it is expanding its operational footprint with the opening of its first cannabis retail location in New Jersey, High Profile Lakehurst, and its 24th dispensary nationwide. The new dispensary location began serving cannabis consumers 21 years and older daily in-store and through its convenient online ordering, drive-thru

By |2024-02-14T16:06:59-05:00February 14th, 2024|Marijuana Business, News|
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