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

Illinois governor JB Pritzker gets dealt a loss by the mayor of Chicago. And Iowa could get tough on cell phones. Host Jim ...

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.

JB Pritzker to impose strict regulations on intoxicating hemp products accepted campaign contributions from people and groups affiliated with the industry in the months leading up to the showdown ...

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 ...

It all started with hemp regulations. In December, Governor JB Pritzker pushed for a bill to pass that would have put strict regulations on the production and sale of hemp-derived THC products.

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

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

The debate over legislation regulating the hemp industry is revealing cracks in the Democratic Party in Illinois. Illinois ...

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 ...