Kate Lavin

Responsible, motivated teens can be part-time and seasonal employees – and often they are covered by their parents’ insurance, meaning employers pay less to keep them on the payroll. Still, small business owners should familiarize themselves with regulations governing underage workers to avoid citations, costly fines and bad public image that can result from being out of compliance.

Major cannabis vape companies increasingly are moving manufacturing away from China, due in part to new tariffs enacted by the Trump Administration.

Now, some operators fear price compression accompanying the tariffs – now totaling 45% for goods manufactured in China – will prompt unscrupulous operators to purchase cut-rate vape cartridges and other inputs, potentially jeopardizing consumer health.

Winter is peak season for marijuana-infused chocolates, according to edibles manufacturers and Seattle-based cannabis data provider Headset.
“January and February are our strongest chocolate sales months,” Christine Apple, founder and CEO of Oregon-based edibles manufacturer Grön, told MJBizDaily.

More than 85% of regulated marijuana products sold in Colorado’s adult-use market might violate health and labeling laws, according to a recent report by one of the state’s cannabis operators.

More than a dozen chefs and restaurants specializing in pizza are semifinalists for the 2025 James Beard Awards, according to list of nominees posted Tuesday.

Economists following state-regulated marijuana markets believe consolidation is inevitable and that U.S. consumers eventually will see the same handful of brands at every retail outlet. But three Colorado companies that produce cannabis-infused gummies prove there is still room for newcomers in the nation’s oldest adult-use market.

Slice Out Hunger, a volunteer-based organization powered by independent pizzerias, is asking for direct donations and encouraging its 700 partner pizzerias to offer a California pizza special and donate 15% of sales to the Slice Out Hunger emergency fund.

Nebraska voters on Tuesday overwhelmingly supported two initiatives to legalize and regulate medical cannabis, although state courts still could decide the citizen-led ballot measures should have been left off the ballot altogether.

The Georgia hemp industry was tasked over the past week with the dual challenge of navigating a hurricane and new regulations governing allowable products.

The rules that went into effect Tuesday stand to change the fortunes of Georgia-based hemp operators, and some industry stakeholders believe they could drive businesses out of the state for good.

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LAS VEGAS – After completing 10 hours of video training and passing a proctored exam, students of the Ganjier Product Specialist program were rewarded Thursday afternoon with a unique experience at Planet 13: sensory training with certified Ganjiers.

By the time Greta Brandt entered the regulated cannabis industry, she already had an established career in law and politics.
The skills she brought from those sectors – synthesizing complex regulations, negotiating deals and understanding contracts – proved priceless in the regulated marijuana space, where rapidly changing rules are more the norm than the exception.

Sasha Nutgent had just one month between being hired as retail manager for Housing Works Cannabis Co. and opening the doors to the first regulated, adult-use marijuana store in New York City.

Q&A with Jonathan Miller, general counsel for the U.S. Hemp Roundtable, on what cannabis operators can expect from the 2023 Farm Bill.

A boutique cannabis firm adopts the wine industry business model to grow and expand its offerings.