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Illinois Supreme Court rules smell of marijuana enough for vehicle search

Kevin Bessler | The Center Square -
"A lot of people have viewed this case as being about cannabis rights. I’ve never viewed it as that, it is more important than that. It’s a case about our constitutional rights." #search
Community

Loan Applications Open for Licensed Social Equity Cannabis Dispensaries

Silence DoGood -
After providing approximately $22 million through Round I of the Cannabis Social Equity Loan Program to infusers, transporters and craft growers, DCEO is opening round II to dispensaries... #grants
Community

ICJIA Announces $30-Million Grant Opportunity for the Restore, Reinvest, and Renew (R3) Program

Silence DoGood -
R3 provides 25% of Cannabis Regulation and Trust Act tax revenues in grants to restore communities impacted by economic disinvestment, violence, and the severe and multilayered harm caused by the war on drugs. #r3
Community

House Dems’ Cannabis Working Group Will Engage Industry, Equity Advocates

Nika Schoonover | Capitol News Illinois -
According to the ACLU, Black people in Illinois were 7.5 times more likely than white people to be arrested for cannabis-related offenses prior to the state’s decriminalization of the drug in 2016. #cannabis
Politics

$8.75 Million in Forgivable Loans Available for Social Equity Cannabis Licensees

Silence DoGood -
A total of $8.75 million will be available through the new Direct Forgivable Loan Program. #cannabis
Politics

Pritzker Administration Issues Second Wave of Conditional Adult Use Cannabis Dispensary Licenses

Silence DoGood -
Of the businesses selected for licenses, 41% are majority Black-owned, 7% are majority White-owned, and 4% are majority Latino-owned, while 38% of awardees did not disclose the race of their owners
Politics

Pritzker Administration Issues First Wave of Conditional Adult Use Cannabis Dispensary Licenses

Silence DoGood -
"Illinois is leading the way in addressing the War on Drugs as no state has before, and dispensary ownership that reflects our state's diversity is a product of that commitment," said Governor JB Pritzker.
Politics

Congressional Candidate Pastor Chris Butler Speaks at Dr. Willie Wilson’s Religious Freedom Press Conference

Silence DoGood -
“This mayor here closed our churches and ticketed them, but did not close the marijuana businesses, that is totally wrong” says Wilson.  #williewilson
Politics

Louisiana Democratic US Senate Candidate Gary Chambers Smokes Blunt in Campaign Commercial

Silence DoGood -
As a native son of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Gary Chambers Jr. leads, advocates and lives by the motto “Do Good, Seek Justice”, an excerpt from the gospel of Isaiah 1:17 which requires those in position to effect change to work diligently on behalf of the most vulnerable. #GaryChambers

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