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http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-state-pot-banks-20180418-story.html

W**d bank proposal passes first legislative hurdle in California California would license special banks to handle billions of dollars generated by the legal ma*****na market under legislation buoyed by recent comments from the Trump administration and given initial approval by state lawmakers on Wednesday.

This is a step in the Right Direction!

Hawaii to be first state where all cannabis dispensaries provide cashless sales Hawaii said it aims to be the first state to have ma*****na sales handled without cash, saying it wanted to avoid robberies and other crimes targeting dispensaries.

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http://www.thecannabist.co/2017/08/10/colorado-ma*****na-sales-june-2017-pot-taxes/85774/

Colorado ma*****na sales top $750 million at 2017 midpoint Cannabis sales through June 2017 are up 25.7 percent compared with the first half of 2016, The Cannabist's calculations show.

http://www.thecannabist.co/2017/07/17/massachusetts-pot-tax-lawmakers-compromise/83894/

Massachusetts ma*****na tax could be up to 20 percent in lawmakers’ new deal An agreement between House and Senate negotiators on changes to the state's voter-approved ma*****na law will allow for a tax of up to 20 percent on retail pot sales.