Washington state officials will accept applications for new pot shops starting next month. On Wednesday, the state’s Liquor and Cannabis Board voted to begin aligning the state’s recreational and medical marijuana systems, a necessary

They took their time, but the Washington legislature finally passed its budget for this biennium. This is good news for those who love regulators, as it means that your favorite Liquor and Cannabis Board (LCB)

Gov. Jay Inslee is scheduled to sign a fairly comprehensive recreational marijuana bill this afternoon. For anyone struggling to make money in the business, the measure is the big change they’ve been waiting for. The bill

Wednesday marks the dawn of a new era in the Northwest recreational marijuana market. While possession becomes legal in Oregon for adults 21 and older that day, a bill ushering in a number of sweeping

I asked Tom Lauerman, a Vancouver medical marijuana grower and activist, if he could give us his take on the changes to medical marijuana in 5052 (which merges the medical and recreational marijuana systems in

UPDATE: Inslee signed the bill shortly before 3 p.m. today. He vetoed sections 36, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46 and 52. One of those vetoed sections had tied passage of the bill to the approval