Arizona Monthly Puff: AZ Cannabis Retail Faces New Laws, Equity Licenses, and a Scottsdale Vote
Arizona Cannabis Retail Market Update – April 2026 Arizona cannabis retail is moving through a lot at once this April. A nuisance bill with constitutional questions is working through the House, 26 new social equity licenses are queued up pending final rulemaking, Scottsdale is heading toward a zoning code vote, and statewide revenue softening is […]
Kentucky Monthly Puff: Cannabis Retail Expands as Prices Fall and New Stores Open
Kentucky Cannabis Retail Market Update – April 2026 Kentucky cannabis retail is moving fast this April. Prices are falling, menus are expanding, and new dispensaries are coming online across the state. With the legislature advancing beverage licensing and fresh testing infrastructure funding locked in, the program is showing real signs of maturation after a slow […]
Illinois Monthly Puff: ILDispensary Licensing Reshapes as Lottery Ruling Looms in April
ILLINOIS CANNABIS RETAIL MARKET UPDATE – APRIL 2026 Illinois cannabis retail is navigating a packed April 2026 with three moving parts at once: a major state bill consolidating dispensary licensing tracks, a live social equity application window in Cook County, and a long-running lottery lawsuit heading toward a May 21 ruling. The regulatory calendar is […]
Ohio Monthly Puff: OH Cannabis Retail Heats Up in April
OHIO CANNABIS RETAIL MARKET UPDATE – APRIL 2026 Ohio cannabis retail is moving on multiple fronts in April 2026. A Supreme Court ruling just gave municipalities stronger tools to defend local ordinances, Curaleaf locked in a Northern Ohio foothold, Cleveland is debating where its marijuana tax dollars go, and Lakewood formalized its cannabis revenue stream. […]
Florida Monthly Puff: Eustis Bans Dispensaries as Florida Cannabis Retail Keeps Expanding
FLORIDA CANNABIS RETAIL MARKET UPDATE – APRIL 2026 Florida cannabis retail April 2026 is running two tracks at once: municipalities using opt-out authority to close their markets while multistate companies quietly add locations across the state. Eustis just slammed the door shut on new dispensaries. Meanwhile, Curaleaf hit 72 Florida stores, MUV reached 84, and […]
Nebraska Monthly Puff: Cannabis Retail Takes Shape as LB 1235 Passes
Nebraska Cannabis Retail Market Update – April 2026 Nebraska cannabis retail is moving through a critical construction phase in April 2026. LB 1235 passed with concrete fee caps and fingerprint requirements, a senator filed a formal study on adult-use legalization, the Commission seated its fourth and final cultivator, and the Omaha Tribe is tracking toward […]
April Cannabis M&A: Distressed Assets Reshape the Map
Executive Summary April 2026 cannabis M&A is being written by distress. Cannabist’s court-supervised unwind produced the clearest pricing comps the market has seen in years, $47M for Ohio cannabis operations, $16.5M for Delaware, while Vireo Growth closed its acquisition of Schwazze’s Colorado cannabis assets and New Mexico assets at roughly 4x EBITDA. BAT’s announced investment […]
Michigan Monthly Puff: 24% Cannabis Tax Faces Second Lawsuit as $46M Flows to Cities
MICHIGAN CANNABIS RETAIL MARKET UPDATE – APRIL 2026 Michigan cannabis retail is under real financial stress heading into April 2026. The 24% wholesale tax that took effect January 1 has triggered two separate lawsuits, squeezed margins statewide, and contributed to the worst monthly sales figures since 2022. At the same time, $46.88 million in excise […]
New York Monthly Puff: NY Hits $1.69B in 2025 Sales as Licensing Challenge Proceeds
New York Cannabis Retail Market Update — March 2026 New York cannabis retail closed out March 2026 with more momentum than friction, but the friction is real. The state crossed $3.3 billion in cumulative sales since legalization, 610 licensed dispensaries are operating, and OCM projects $2.6 billion in sales by end of 2026. At the […]
US Monthly Puff: 5 States Face Major Cannabis Retail Turning Points
March 2026 delivered pivotal moments for cannabis state programs across the country. Minnesota rolled out craft cannabis products statewide for the first time, Rhode Island’s planned 20-license lottery hit federal constitutional scrutiny when a judge ruled the dormant commerce clause applies to state cannabis frameworks, and Ohio operators faced a March 20 deadline when the […]