Sales of the weedlike substances have increased, in part thanks to a loophole in federal law, prompting smoke shops that sell unregulated products to minors to pop up.

The Land of Lincoln still isn't at the point where people can feel fully confident that lawmakers aren't making decisions ...

He’s feeling left a little high and dry. Reeling from a recent defeat on hemp legislation, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker lashed out at his fellow Democrat, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson who had publicly ...

State lawmakers who stood in the way of recent legislation that would've regulated hemp products have received significant ...

Pritzker and Mayor Johnson are at opposing sides for now, as both see potential tax revenue in regulation. In the town of Normal, the governor called the lack of support for the bill a tragedy.

Many in the hemp industry said not everyone in the hemp space uses deceitful and dangerous practices, and that Gov. J.B.

The mayor sees intoxicating hemp as a business ripe for new taxes; the state legislation Pritzker supported effectively would have banned these potent synthetic THC offerings such as delta-8 to ...

Crain's cannabis reporter John Pletz talks with host Amy Guth about the hemp industry after a bill aimed at regulating it ...

JB Pritzker supports enacting a law to license, tax and regulate hemp. The measure passed the state Senate almost unanimously, and may be considered by the House in the first week of this year.

Illinois governor JB Pritzker gets dealt a loss by the mayor of Chicago. And Iowa could get tough on cell phones. Host Jim Niedelman covers those issues in a conversation with Iowa Republican Party ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- A bill that would have imposed regulations on new types of intoxicating substances derived from hemp stalled in the Illinois House Tuesday, dealing a political setback to Gov.

Governor JB Pritzker was fired up Tuesday over a bill that stalled in the House of Representatives just 24 hours prior. The bill — which was designed to license, tax and regulate hemp-derived ...