As most of Illinois stays at home to help prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus, cannabis dispensaries remain open in Illinois because the industry is considered essential. At one such dispensary, Nature’s Care in Rolling Meadows, the line stretched out the door on Wednesday afternoon. Customers stood far apart from each other in accordance with state and federal policies...

As most of Illinois stays at home to help prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus, cannabis dispensaries remain open in Illinois because the industry is considered essential. NBC 5’s Chris Coffey has the story.

State officials have once again extended the deadline for applications for certain recreational cannabis business licenses amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed an executive order Saturday extending the deadline to submit applications for cannabis infuser, craft grower and transporter licenses from March 30 to April 30, according to a statement from the Illinois Department of Agriculture. All…

A dispensary in Chicago has temporarily halted recreational cannabis sales over concerns about customers’ safety.

The cannabis industry received a boost late Friday in Chicago, as the city’s Zoning Board of Appeals approved five applications for businesses seeking to open a satellite location for sales of recreational marijuana. Representatives from the dispensaries answered questions from zoning board members in a session that lasted well into the evening. Cresco Labs, which operates a dispensary in...

Multiple marijuana dispensaries went before Chicago city officials Friday in their quest toward expansion. NBC 5’s Chris Coffey reports.

Some cannabis dispensaries are planning to open more store fronts in Chicago as the legal weed business continues to grow. But at least one group said new pot shops should pledge more benefits to areas disproportionally impacted by the war on drugs. “The only way we can begin to reverse some of the damage the war on drugs has created...

A prime West Loop retail site sits empty, with just a few vestiges of its former longtime incarnation as a popular day care site. Now, some parents are asking questions about reports that the site is under consideration as a marijuana dispensary, and whether that played a role in the sudden conversion. “Come February 19th, we got a letter and…

A prime West Loop retail site sits empty, with just a few vestiges of its former longtime incarnation as a popular day care site. Now, some parents are asking questions about reports that the site is under consideration as a marijuana dispensary, and whether that played a role in the sudden conversion. NBC 5 Investigates’ Phil Rogers has the story.

After a massive first month of legalized cannabis sales in the state of Illinois that saw dispensaries rake in nearly $40 million, brisk sales continued in the month of February. According to totals released by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, total sales for the month of February amounted to just under $35 million. Dispensaries across the state…

The Illinois Department of Revenue is reporting the sale of recreational marijuana in Illinois generated $7.3 million in cannabis tax revenue last month. In addition, the department says an additional $3.1 million was generated in retail sales tax revenue. Dispensaries across the state sold nearly $40 million in recreational pot last month. In his fiscal year 2021 budget released last…

The Chicago Zoning Board of Appeals is expected to look at applications for potential new dispensaries to sell recreational weed, according to Block Club Chicago.

A moratorium will keep recreational pot out of some suburbs for some time, but another suburb is debating a ban on cannabis sales in its downtown.

The art of growing cannabis will become a minor subject at Western Illinois University in the fall, school officials announced Monday. The university’s school of agriculture in Macomb is acting on interest officials expressed in such a class before adult-use marijuana became legal in January. The minor in cannabis production will require 18 to 19 credit hours with additional coursework…

Young Girl Scouts set up shop outside a cannabis dispensary in Chicago over the weekend, earning high praise from many visitors and social media.

Illinois officials are allowing medical marijuana businesses to stay open later. The change announced Friday follows complaints that people seeking those products have been at a disadvantage since a new state law allowing recreational sales took effect this year. The department also reminded retailers that they must prioritize medical cannabis patients during product shortages, according to a separate statement released…

A Chicago doctor is expressing concern over a proposed marijuana dispensary that could be located feet from his addiction treatment center. A NUMED dispensary has been proposed in the 900 block of West Washington. Dr. Dan Lustig said the location is 8 feet away from the entrance to his treatment facility, the Haymarket Center – a detox center and housing…

A Chicago doctor is expressing concern over a proposed marijuana dispensary that could be located feet from his addiction treatment center. NBC 5’s Michelle Relerford reports.

A marijuana dispensary company wants to open a location on the same Chicago block as an addiction treatment center, sparking some backlash from the center, according to the Chicago Tribune.

The state of Illinois racked up nearly $40 million in adult-use cannabis sales in the first month of legalized recreational marijuana sales, the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation announced Monday.