Despite more marijuana licenses available from the state, parts of rural Nevada continue to shun the business.
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Nevada regulators and industry insiders say the state’s first year of broad marijuana legalization has exceeded even their highest expectations, with sales and tax collections already surpassing year-end projections by 25 percent.
The recreational marijuana industry has accounted for 17 percent of the state’s taxable sales base this year, according to the department.
Despite recreational marijuana use being legal for more than a year in Nevada, Las Vegas’ roughly 42 million annual visitors don’t have many options for where they can use the pot they buy in local dispensaries. State law bans public consumption, and casinos and hotels don’t allow people to consume cannabis on their properties.
Move over sagebrush, Nevada may have a new state flower. Recreational marijuana sales topped $41 million in March, the largest since legal sales began statewide in July.
Nevada Assembly Speaker Jason Frierson unveiled an education plan that would levy an extra 10 percent sales tax on recreational marijuana for public schools.
A united Clark County School Board called for the Nevada Legislature to take action on education funding in the midst of teacher walkouts and protests nationwide.
The state teachers union on Friday launched a new digital ad painting Democratic gubernatorial candidate Steve Sisolak as the “most conservative Democrat” in the race.
After being in the works for nearly two years, a state-of-the-art marijuana factory in northern Nevada’s high desert is up and running.
A museum centered around cannabis and featuring a 360-degree theater will open in July in downtown Las Vegas.