After the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR) announced the results of the Qualifying Applicant Lottery for 55 Conditional Adult-Use Cannabis Dispensary Licenses (Conditional Licenses), from a pool of 626 unique applicants, the Illinois Department of Agriculture (IDOA) … Continue reading →
Already this year, Illinois News Joint has reported on several new dispensary openings as businesses hurried to beat the legal deadline of April 1 that the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation had set for fifty-five secondary site licenses … Continue reading →
The Illinois Department of Public Health reported an uptick in December medical cannabis sales to $34,482,201.90, including 16,425,454.53 in dry flower sales and $18,056,747.37 in concentrates/infused-products. The recreational cannabis sales for 2020 totaled $669,084,410.12, and with the December numbers added … Continue reading →
Cresco Labs will open its tenth Sunnyside dispensary in Naperville on Wednesday, December 23. The adult-use cannabis store is located at 2740 W. 75th St., along a prominent retail corridor and on the same street as Costco, Walmart and Starbucks. … Continue reading →
Illinois added another adult-use only dispensary at 9:00 a.m. today. Greenhouse Group opened Greenhouse Melrose Park, located at 1413 W North Ave., with a ribbon cutting ceremony in partnership with the Melrose Park Chamber of Commerce. Hours of operation are … Continue reading →
Consume Cannabis Co., a cannabis retailer headquartered in Chicago, will open its flagship location at 9:45 a.m. today (November 5) in Oakbrook Terrace. Consume Oakbrook Terrace adult-use only dispensary, located at 1S130 Summit Ave., will open with a ribbon cutting … Continue reading →
Ascend Wellness Holdings (AWH) is scheduled to open the first adult-use cannabis dispensary in Springfield at 3201 Horizon Drive. The opening date and official ribbon cutting is set for 9 a.m. Thursday, November 5. The new location, formerly Outback Steakhouse, … Continue reading →
Green Thumb Industries opens its first recreational marijuana store in Naperville Thursday, October 8. Rise Naperville, formerly known as 3C Compassionate Care Center, is scheduled to open at its original 1700 Quincy Avenue address. Rise Naperville will be open from … Continue reading →
Following an examination of the process to award the first round of conditional adult-use cannabis dispensary licenses after receiving unfavorable feedback from community leaders and stakeholders, Governor JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR) announced … Continue reading →
The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation announced twenty-one out of the 700 groups that applied for licensing to operate recreational marijuana dispensaries have advanced to the final lottery phase. The twenty-one groups will be competing for Illinois’ 75 … Continue reading →
