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The Storefront Lost. The Interstate Lane Is Still Open.
This sucks for retailers, and it’s worth just saying that plainly before getting into the legal mechanics. Friday, Judge Ballou denied the TRO and the injunction hemp businesses filed to stop HB 30 from taking effect. The taking claim didn’t hold. Economic loss isn’t treated as irreparable harm under the standard he was working with.…
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Senate Delays Federal Hemp Ban to December 11, Sends Funding Bill to House 61-32.
Senate Delays Federal Hemp Ban to December 11, Sends Funding Bill to House 61-32. Then 90-6. Those are the numbers that matter. The Senate voted early Saturday morning to fund the federal government through December 11, and buried inside that funding bill is a one-month reprieve for the hemp industry from a ban that was…
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The Hemp Industry Is Suing Virginia Again. Here’s the Case.
Barbara Biddle has been here before. In 2023, when Virginia first layered “total THC” restrictions onto hemp, her Leesburg store lost half its revenue and she laid off four employees. Now the state is coming for the one provision that let her business survive that first hit, and this time she’s a plaintiff, not a…
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