The U.S House of Representatives will vote later this month on a bipartisan bill designed to allow cannabis businesses access to the federal banking system, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer has told multiple media outlets. The legislation — known as the SAFE Banking Act — would lift long-standing federal rules that prohibit banking institutions from […]
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Cannabis Raids and Our Economy
Speakers at the Sept. 10 Humboldt County Board of Supervisors meeting expressed concerns about recent sheriff’s office cannabis raids and the extreme costs and long timelines needed to get grows permitted. Humboldt County’s economy has taken a big hit with the onset of cannabis regulation, as evidenced by a 10-percent reduction in sales tax receipts […]
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A Budding Industry
In marijuana country, you get used to not seeing your farmer friends for months at a time as they prepare their sites, tend their plants and deal with the stress of harvest time. But in the past year, thanks to Humboldt County’s compliance program and the passage of California’s Proposition 64, an entirely different group […]