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Rebecca Rivas
Multimedia Reporter | Missouri IndependentRebecca Rivas is a multimedia reporter who covers Missouri's cannabis industry. A graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism, she has been reporting in Missouri since 2001, including more than a decade as senior reporter and video producer at the St. Louis American, the nation’s leading African-American newspaper.
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A company that made THC concentrate oil for Delta Extraction says it is owed millions in the aftermath of last year’s product recall.
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Crystal Quade and Mike Hamra are facing off in the Democratic gubernatorial primary. Both believe an abortion-rights amendment could help them win the governor’s mansion in November.
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Under the 2022 constitution amendment that legalized marijuana, Missouri courts were required to complete misdemeanors by last June and felonies by last December.
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The workers’ employer, CBD Kratom, agreed to remain neutral as the union conducted its election.
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At the heart of Robust Missouri 3's lawsuit was whether county and municipal governments could impose a combined 3% sales tax, or if they each could impose a 3% sales tax.
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For the second year in a row, dispensaries across the state experienced IT problems on the industry’s biggest and most important sales day.
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The problem, according to Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey, is the products in question — such Delta-8 edibles and vape pens — are not clearly labeled to indicate that they’ll get you high.
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The Missouri Division of Cannabis Regulation’s guidance comes two weeks after it revoked nine licenses linked to out-of-state groups.
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BeLeaf Medical is arguing the post-harvest employees at its Sinse facility in St. Louis don’t have the right to unionize because they’re considered agricultural workers.
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Delta-8 THC products — including a large variety of drinks that are popular at bars and available at gas stations throughout the state — can be sold in Missouri stores because they are made from hemp, which is federally legal.
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Some of the licenses were connected to a Michigan company who recruited out-of-state applicants through Craigslist.
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A bill that would allow naturopathic doctors to become licensed in Missouri passed its first hurdle Wednesday.