Pritzker, Johnson Clash Over Hemp Regulation as Bill Stalls in ...
2 days ago · When Pritzker made his announcement Dec. 13, the city was in the throes of securing a city budget by an end-of-year deadline; that the legislation had a chance to move during the lame duck session was a “surprise,” Bartley said. Hemp regulations were also a minor part of city budget negotiations.
After hemp bill defeat, Gov. Pritzker rips Mayor Johnson for poor ...
2 days ago · Mayor Brandon Johnson’s bid to reset his agenda for the new year was eclipsed Tuesday by a remarkably direct attack from Gov. JB Pritzker, following the governor’s rare defeat in Springfield concerning hemp regulations the mayor opposed. Johnson scheduled a series of interviews with local reporters after a bruising year in 2024. But before they began Tuesday afternoon, Pritzker delivered ...
Hemp legislation stalls in Illinois House. - Chicago Tribune
3 days ago · Legislation to regulate hemp sales, supported by Gov. JB Pritzker and opposed by Mayor Brandon Johnson, stalled in the Illinois House.
Pritzker disappointed as legislation regulating hemp fizzles at
2 days ago · SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WCIA) — A bill that would regulate several hemp and delta-8 products in Illinois will not make it across the final line to become law on the last day of session. Governor J.B ...
Hemp bill dies in Springfield, dealing a blow to Pritzker
3 days ago · The effort to regulate hemp products produced a high-stakes political battle that resulted in JB Pritzker and Brandon Johnson taking opposite sides, personally working the General Assembly over ...
Hemp regulation bill stalls amid Democratic infighting; Pritzker ...
2 days ago · A bill that would have imposed regulations on new types of intoxicating substances derived from hemp stalled in the Illinois House Tuesday, dealing a political setback to Gov. JB Pritzker after he ...
Johnson, Pritzker at odds over a crackdown on hemp products: …
3 days ago · Mayor Brandon Johnson and Gov. JB Pritzker began the new year the way they ended the old one, on a political collision course — this time, over whether and how to regulate delta-8 and other hemp-derived products.
With statewide restrictions stalled, City Council committee OKs hemp …
3 days ago · With statewide restrictions stalled, City Council committee OKs hemp products ban in two wards near Midway Gov. JB Pritzker slammed House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch for not calling for a ...
Pritzker blasts Johnson over poor ‘relationships in Springfield’ – …
2 days ago · A day after lawmakers dropped a plan to regulate hemp sales, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker lambasted Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, calling the mayor’s relationships in Springfield into question.
Pritzker calls for crackdown on delta-8, but hemp entrepreneurs …
Dec 13, 2024 · Gov. JB Pritzker on Friday picked a side in Illinois’ long-running debate over how to regulate delta-8 and other hemp-derived products, throwing his support behind a bill that would effectively ban most sales of the weedlike substances that have soared in popularity thanks to a loophole in federal law.