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 ...

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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 ...

Illinois House Speaker Chris Welch’s informal rule requiring support from 75% of his Democratic members before allowing floor ...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has been a vocal opponent of the hemp bill, but Pritzker doesn’t believe he was the one to kill the measure. “My impression is he didn’t have much to do ...

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 ...