If you spent New Year’s Eve rolling around town smoking joints in the back of a party bus, you may have had a rude awakening after the clock struck midnight. While state law has always prohibited drivers and passengers in cars from smoking cannabis, puffing vape pens or any other form of imbibing, Senate Bill […]
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Huffman Helps Pass Minimum Wage Bill; Legislation DOA in Republican Senate
North Coast Congressman Jared Huffman joined a majority of his House colleagues this morning in voting to gradually increase the federal minimum wage from $7.25 an to $15 an hour over the next six years. If approved by the Senate and signed by the president (both of which seem unlikely), the legislation would increase wages […]
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The Starbucks of Weed Cometh
You’ll have to pardon California cannabis farmers if you catch them gazing longingly to the north, daydreaming of life on the Last Frontier, where moose abound, the night sky turns green and pounds of marijuana wholesale for $2,800 to $5,000. A recent article on www.mjbizdaily.com details pot prices across the Land of the Midnight Sun, […]