6 quick hits of cannabis news from across Michigan
The joints keep burning and the news keeps coming. Here’s what went down over the last week in Michigan’s cannabis world:
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2025
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MICHIGAN LEGISLATURE
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2025
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Michigan lawmakers bank on new marijuana tax to help fix state roads
Lansing’s latest plan to fix the roads with a new wholesale marijuana tax has industry leaders fuming—and Michigan stoners bracing for higher prices at the dispensary.
Sep
2025
26
Michigan budget crisis averted: Legislature, Whitmer announce deal days before shutdown
The respective leaders of the Michigan Legislature and Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Thursday evening announced that they have reached a budget deal just days before the end of the current fiscal year, by proxy avoiding a government shutdown and raising sorely needed money for roads.
Sep
2025
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7 quick hits of cannabis news from across Michigan
Gas-station ganja, a duffel bag stuffed with cannabis, and a new tax hike that’s got stoners groaning.
Aug
2025
29
Whitmer calls special election for open Michigan Senate seat after months of bipartisan pressure
Nearly eight months after US Rep. Kristen McDonald Rivet (D-Bay City) left her seat in the Michigan Senate to serve in Congress, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has called a special election to fill the vacant seat.
Aug
2025
28
Michigan House Republican budget makes massive cuts to several state departments
The budget bill moved by the Republican-led Michigan House of Representatives on Tuesday would make massive cuts to state departments that oversee health and human services, labor and economic growth, environmental regulation and statewide law enforcement.
Aug
2025
18
WATCH: Michigan senator slams Republican lawmakers over school budget chaos
State Sen. Jeff Irwin is calling Republican-led budget delays “an embarrassment for Michigan”—warning that public schools are being forced to plan the year without knowing if they can actually fund basic priorities like literacy programs and smaller class sizes.
Aug
2025
18
WATCH: Follow the money: How big utilities buy Michigan politics
Kyle Kaminski breaks down how Michigan’s biggest utilities—like DTE and Consumers Energy—have been buying off state lawmakers at the state Capitol.
Aug
2025
14
Communication breakdown: No end to budget impasse in sight as leaders spend day throwing jabs
As the clock ticks downward to the end of August, the stalemate between the Democratic-led Michigan Senate and the Republican-controlled House of Representatives over the state budget continued on Wednesday with no clearer timeline for when the two chambers might come to terms.
Aug
2025
14
Michigan mamas make the case for statewide expansion of cash-based assistance for babies
Parents and advocates for maternal and child health filed into the Michigan Capitol on Tuesday as members of the Senate Committee on Housing and Human Services prepared to take testimony on a proposal to bring a cash-based program supporting pregnant parents and babies into state law.
