Montana

Workers at a marijuana dispensary in Butte Wednesday voted to form the first unionized cannabis workplace in Montana. Employees of Honey Sour dispensaries in Butte voted unanimously Wednesday to join the local outpost of the United Food and Commercial Workers union. UFCW says it's organized nearly

Legal Battle Over Montana Marijuana Tax Revenue Allocation Continues. Over nine months after Montana’s 2023 legislative session adjourned, a broadly supported bill to change how tax money from marijuana sales is used is still up in the air, the subject of ongoing legal wrangling. Senate Bill 442

Oral arguments wrapped up in a lawsuit over what's become a controversial veto by Montana Gov Greg Gianforte. Senate Bill 442 earmarks funding from marijuana tax revenue for behavioral health and addiction services as well as construction and maintenance of county roads. Montana lawmakers passed the

A Montana judge has issued a preliminary injunction that temporarily stops the state from collecting new license fees for businesses with multiple cannabis dispensary locations. A Montana judge has ordered state cannabis regulators to delay the enforcement of steep new fees for marijuana dispensary

Residents in Broadview will vote on an ordinance that would ban marijuana sales in the city limits. From January of 2022, when adult-use sales began through August of this year, the Montana has seen more than 516 million dollars in total sales. There were more than $24 million total sales in that

Last spring, The Treasure State defeated the latest effort by anti-freedom forces to roll back legalization in Big Sky Country. On the West Coast, the cannabis industry has taken a trifecta of whammies—market saturation, the related issue of market dominance by multi-state operators (MSOs) and

Democrats are accusing Republicans of playing politics with a package of veterans bills spearheaded by Montana Senator Jon Tester. The road for veterans’ cannabis research — and potentially control of the Senate — runs through Montana. Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) is the lead author of a bill to

A 29-year-old who pleaded guilty to a drug distribution charge for allegedly supplying Kalispell high school students with marijuana in 2022 earned a suspended three-year sentence late last month. Flathead County District Court Judge Amy Eddy handed down the suspended sentence with the state

HELENA - Just over a year into Montana’s recreational marijuana program, the legal framework for the system has shifted again with new laws passed by the Legislature and signed by Gov Greg Gianforte this week. Changes to marijuana laws remained under debate at the State Capitol up until the last day

Businesses that had hoped to expand into the recreational marijuana business will have to wait another two years before being able to enter the lucrative trade in Montana. That means people who had wanted to apply for a license will have to wait until 2025 before taking advantage of the legalization

Gov Greg Gianforte vetoed legislation that would have sent marijuana tax revenue toward local road projects. Now, the fate of the state’s cannabis dollars is uncertain as the bill sits in bureaucratic limbo. After passing both houses of the Montana Legislature with extensive support — 82

HELENA - Beginning January 1, marijuana retailers in Montana will see their licensing and renewal fees jump dramatically if a bill passed by the 2023 Legislature gets signed into law by Gov Greg Gianforte. House Bill 903, sponsored by Rep. Mike Hopkins, R-Missoula, would raise license renewal fees