“Hemp has immense potential to benefit our economy and our local communities,” he said. Guess that’s what counts as economic development in Brandon Johnson’s Chicago. If and when the ...

A majority of the Chicago City Council wants Illinois legislators to pass rules on the sale of hemp products, calling into doubt Mayor Brandon Johnson’s efforts to regulate it at the city level.

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson will spend the next few months trying to claw back revenue from the state, spark a new funding stream for the city by taxing hemp and chip away at some progressive ...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson will spend the next few months trying to claw back revenue from the state, spark a new funding stream for the city by taxing hemp and chip away at some progressive ...

JB Pritzker to strongly regulate hemp sales stalled in the Illinois House late Monday after intense lobbying by both the governor and Mayor Brandon Johnson, who opposed the measure over revenue ...

Gov. JB Pritzker says Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson wasn’t responsible for the defeat of a hemp-regulation bill in Springfield that was a priority for the governor. Pritzker, who pushed hard for ...

As JB Pritzker was trying to convince lawmakers to support a hemp-regulation bill over dinner at the governor’s mansion in Springfield this past weekend, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson was ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson and Gov. JB Pritzker began the new ... over whether and how to regulate delta-8 and other hemp-derived products. Sales of the weedlike substances have increased, in part ...

Reeling from a recent defeat on hemp legislation, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker lashed out at his fellow Democrat, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson who had publicly pushed to tank the bill. Pritzker ...

A day after lawmakers dropped a plan to regulate hemp sales, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker blasted Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson over a lack of communication in multiple instances during his ...