Industry News

November 2024

CFIG Cannabis Clips Week of Friday, November 1

25 Participants Listed for DEA Hearing on Marijuana Scheduling 25 participants listed for DEA hearing on marijuana scheduling BY NATALIE FERTIG | 10/31/2024 05:40 PM EDT A list of 25 potential participants was issued by the DEA for a December hearing on marijuana rescheduling, according to a preliminary order issued Thursday and obtained by POLITICO

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October 2024

CFIG Cannabis Clips Week of Monday, October 28

Cannabis News of Note for the Week: Marijuana Moment: A Record Number Of Banks Are Working With Marijuana Businesses As Rescheduling Looms, New Federal Data Shows Benzinga: ‘Make Your Voice Heard’: Liaison Group Exec Pushes For Action On Cannabis Reform, Safe Banking Green Market Report: Accounting group pushes for clarity as questions around cannabis tax […]

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October 2024

CFIG Cannabis Clips Week of Monday, October 18

Cannabis News of Note for the Week: Benzinga: Ed Perlmutter: ‘SAFE Banking Act Will Get Done’ Despite Ongoing Challenges In Congress Green Market Report: Delaware governor signs cannabis banking protection bill   Cannabis Reports of Note for the Week: Banks Stand To Generate Over $2 Billion In Revenue From Marijuana Industry Interest Payments By 2035, […]

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October 2024

CFIG Cannabis Clips Week of Monday, October 11

Cannabis News of Note for the Week: Punchbowl News: Blumenauer sees waning ‘appetite’ for weed banking in lame duck (paywalled, full text below) Ask a Pol Podcast: Sen. Schmitt supports “clean version” of SAFER Banking Act (while it says it is paywalled, you can access the audio and transcript if you scroll down further) Green […]

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October 2024

CFIG Cannabis Clips Week of Monday, October 7

Cannabis News of Note for the Week: Marijuana Moment: Marijuana Banking Bill Would Boost Deposits By Billions If Enacted, Congressional Budget Office Says On One-Year Anniversary Of Committee Passage The Atlantic: The GOP’s Tipping Point on Weed (paywalled, full text attached) Green Market Report: Harris endorses federal marijuana legalization Marijuana Moment: JD Vance’s Marijuana Legalization […]

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September 2024

CFIG Cannabis Clips Week of Monday, September 27

Cannabis News of Note for the Week: Marijuana Moment: Democratic Senator Says Trump’s Support For Marijuana Banking Bill Is ‘Great’ And ‘Helpful,’ But Path To Passage Remains Unclear Marijuana Moment: IRS Will Keep Applying 280E Tax On Marijuana For Years Prior To Rescheduling And Could Seize Assets From Businesses That Owe, Official Says Green Market […]

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September 2024

CFIG Cannabis Clips Week of Monday, September 20

Cannabis News of Note for the Week: Marijuana Moment: Key Senator Tours Marijuana Business And Promotes Banking Bill Amid Growing Industry Frustration Over Inaction Green Market Report: Senate committee OKs bill to relax federal hiring rules on past cannabis use ABA, CBA release ad urging Rep. Pettersen to keep fighting to help legal cannabis businesses […]

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September 2024

CFIG Cannabis Clips Week of Monday, September 16

Cannabis News of Note for the Week: Marijuana Moment: Trump Backs Federal Marijuana Rescheduling And Cannabis Industry Banking Access Marijuana Moment: Trump Needs To ‘Bring Us Some Republican Senators’ To Pass Marijuana Banking Bill Following His Endorsement, Democrat Says ACAMS Central Ohio Chapter: Banking Marijuana MJ Biz Daily: Massachusetts treasurer fires state’s top marijuana official […]

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August 2024

CFIG Cannabis Clips Week of Friday, August 30

Cannabis News of Note for the Week: WSJ: Cannabis Reclassification Would Expand Banking Access to Industry, Advocate Says Dayton Daily News: Banking remains a challenge for dispensaries post Ohio cannabis legalization Green Market Report: How the cannabis rescheduling delay could be a positive turn of events MJ Biz Daily (Salal Credit Union Guest Column): Rescheduling […]

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August 2024

CFIG Cannabis Clips Week of Friday, August 2

Cannabis News of Note for the Week: Politico Pro Cannabis: Where does weed stand on Capitol Hill? Summer break edition. (paywalled, full text below) Politico Pro Cannabis (8/2): Brown Pushing Schumer on Weed Banking (paywalled newsletter, text below) Green Market Report: Senators say they want safe banking for cannabis, but take no action Marijuana Moment: […]

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July 2024

CFIG Cannabis Clips Week of Friday, July 29

Cannabis News of Note for the Week: Marijuana Moment: Congressional Committee Again Blocks Amendments To Prevent Marijuana Testing Of Federal Job Applicants Green Market Report: LeafLink buys Dama Financial for undisclosed amount Cannabis Business Times: 43,000 Comments Filed on Cannabis Rescheduling Proposal as Public Period Closes Green Market Report: Cannabis legal experts emphasize uncertainty with […]

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July 2024

CFIG Cannabis Clips Week of Friday, July 19

Cannabis News of Note for the Week: Ask a Pol: EXCLUSIVE: Sen. Todd Young: “I support [SAFER Banking Act]” Marijuana Moment: State Marijuana Regulators Push Feds To Explain How Rescheduling Will Impact Enforcement, Banking, Research And More Green Market Report: Major changes to cannabis banking unlikely after rescheduling Marijuana Moment: Bipartisan Lawmakers Seek To Remove […]

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