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Aug 10, 2026
Sixty-one votes moved the federal hemp ban to December 11, and the House inherits the date. Square tells merchants to clear hemp by October 15 anyway, Rhode Island reopens retail licensing with the sunk costs unpaid, and a THC test can now open a child-welfare file.
Aug 9, 2026
Not the association's binder. The grower with the fifteen-day problem. Inside the week an entire market learned civics, and the free guide that makes the lesson stick.
Aug 7, 2026
Gillibrand crosses the aisle as Vance brokers and Thune warns of a wreck. Plus Newton repays $2.4 million in impact fees, the CCC reopens its testing file, and a court tells California to read its own track-and-trace data.
Aug 6, 2026
Nine cosponsors on the amendment, Cotton calling it gas-station candy, and a White House liaison promising no more delays. Plus Oklahoma's ghost-licensing case reaches the attorney who drew up the paperwork, Michigan pulls a fourth license in three weeks, and Beacon Hill mostly hasn't answered.
Aug 5, 2026
Budd moves to strip the hemp delay, 35 attorneys general back the November date, and marijuana's top trade group amplifies them. Plus North Carolina punts its hemp vote, and 280E goes to Tax Court.
Aug 4, 2026
Senate appropriators narrow the November hemp ban to synthetics until December 11, the day their own funding expires. Plus Texas goes federal, a $17M Rochester bust, and Missouri's second union contract.
