State lawmakers who stood in the way of recent legislation that would've regulated hemp products have received significant ...

Sales of the weedlike substances have increased, in part thanks to a loophole in federal law, prompting smoke shops that sell unregulated products to minors to pop up.

The Land of Lincoln still isn't at the point where people can feel fully confident that lawmakers aren't making decisions ...

He’s feeling left a little high and dry. Reeling from a recent defeat on hemp legislation, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker lashed out at his fellow Democrat, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson who had ...

The legislation passed and sent to Gov. JB Pritzker’s desk during the General Assembly’s brief lame-duck session was overshadowed by the governor’s squabble with Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson over a ...

JB Pritzker, following the governor’s rare defeat in Springfield concerning hemp regulations the mayor opposed. Johnson scheduled a series of interviews with local reporters after a bruising year in ...

Crain's cannabis reporter John Pletz talks with host Amy Guth about the hemp industry after a bill aimed at regulating it ...

Hemp business owners sent a flurry of campaign contributions to key Illinois lawmakers this fall to ward off a feared ...

Johnson defends Springfield relationships, handling of CPS Johnson wasn't the one to kill hemp bill, Pritzker says Deadline to tap state funding for public grocery stores passes — and Johnson ...

(WCIA) — A bill that would regulate several hemp and delta-8 products in Illinois will not make it across the final line to become law on the last day of session. Governor J.B. Pritzker spoke ...