2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (526+ words) State budget legislation enacted Monday will allow up to 350 cannabis shops to open across Virginia beginning July 1, 2027. The move marks the latest expansion of access to the drug — which remains illegal at the federal level — through state-level policymaking. Here’s what…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (538+ words) Virginia’s legal retail cannabis market will open next July, but will it affect North Carolina? Lawmakers here expect lost revenue from those who will travel over the border to purchase cannabis legally. Some lawmakers are reacting to the compromise reached…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (290+ words) Polls have closed for the 2026 D.C. Primary elections. 7News has your live election results RICHMOND, Va. (7News) — Virginia is one step closer to launching a legal recreational marijuana marketplace after Gov. Abigail Spanberger and legislative leaders announced a compromise agreement that could allow…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (539+ words) Virginia's long-stalled legal marijuana market may finally be ready to light up. Gov. Abigail Spanberger, Sen. Lashrecse Aird, and Del. Paul Krizek announced a new agreement on Tuesday, June 16, that would create a legal, regulated adult-use retail cannabis market in…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (467+ words) (The Center Square) – Virginia leaders are ready to add another tax, announcing agreement Tuesday to create a legal retail cannabis market with sales set to begin July 1, 2027. The agreement is expected to be included in the state's still-unfinished two-year budget,…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (490+ words) Democratic Governor Abigail Spanberger is asking lawmakers to delay the launch of a regulated retail cannabis market until July 2027, pushing back the original January start date approved by the legislature. (Credits: Office of the Governor of Virginia, AP/Kim Chandler,…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (309+ words) Virginia has once again failed to pass bills that would have regulated the sale of recreational cannabis. Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D) on May 19 vetoed House Bill 642 and Senate Bill 542, which would have established a retail marketplace for cannabis products, citing concerns…...

4+ mon, 6+ day ago   (522+ words) Louise Lucas, the candid Virginia state senator whose office and cannabis retail business the FBI reportedly raided this week, is a longtime public servant servant known for her no-holds-barred style, marijuana advocacy and jubilant, post-victory dancing. Media outlets reported May…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (297+ words) RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia's long-awaited rollout of a retail marijuana market faces new uncertainty as Gov. Abigail Spanberger proposes sweeping changes to legislation passed by the General Assembly. The proposed amendments have sparked pushback from Democrats and marijuana advocates. Lawmakers will…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (259+ words) Spanberger amended legislation recently passed by the General Assembly to begin legal sales of recreational marijuana in Virginia. The legislation now goes back to lawmakers to review the changes. -- Virginia’s proposed recreational pot market would initially feature fewer…...