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Focus West Michigan 3-31-26: Arts & Culture Collective of Grand Rapids launches year long initiativeA new plan is in the works to bolder Grand Rapids' art scene, Michigan's recreational marijuana industry filed a new lawsuit against the wholesale tax that took effect in January, and more.
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The lawsuit argues the wholesale tax effectively sets a higher rate on marijuana than the six percent sales tax rate set in the Michigan Constitution
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Trinity Health will lay off employees in 15 states including Michigan, Michigan House Speaker Matt Hall is naming affordability as one of his top issues for the year, and more.
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The challenge argues the Legislature failed to adopt the bill with the three-fourths House and Senate supermajorities required by the MI Constitution to alter a voter-approved initiative
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A new non-partisan public policy organization wants to lead education efforts supporting Michigan families and small businesses, bills passed by the Michigan Senate would set a lower THC threshold for regulating a product as marijuana or consumable hemp, and more.
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Bills passed by the Michigan Senate would set a lower THC threshold for regulating a product as marijuana or “consumable hemp”
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The state argues the new tax is not an amendment to the marijuana initiative, but a new and separate law to raise revenue for roads
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The industry claims the wholesale tax will drive its customers to the illegal market, shut down legal businesses, and cost jobs in the nascent marijuana sector
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The Christkindl Markt is back at the Downtown Market in Grand Rapids, the Kent County Animal Shelter is experiencing an influx in surrendered pets, MDARD offers pet safety tips for the Holiday weekend, and more.
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The state has argued in its written briefs that the purpose of the wholesale is to generate $420 million for roads and not to regulate marijuana