Cannabis

The state’s Office of Cannabis Management offers guidance on the laws but has no legal authority to compel cities or counties into compliance. This leaves it up to individuals to challenge local ordinances in court.

The Blackduck City Council hosted the first of two public hearings amending its cannabis ordinance after a cultivator expressed interest in the former Shade Store manufacturing plant.

The Council heard a proposal to bring in the industry and 150 jobs after the Shade Store closed manufacturing operations in 2025. But the cannabis ordinance would need changes.

Plus: Crow Wing County is hosting a meeting on its long-range transportation plan, and Second Harvest Northland's BackPack Program will continue serving northeastern Minnesota students through the 2025-26 school year.

The agency announced $3.6 million in funding to help businesses enter and expand into the cannabis industry and provide workforce training grants for cannabis jobs.

M.N. Technology was planning a cultivation facility for Cohasset and did not win a license in last week's lottery. But they had contingency plans.

The off-reservation dispensary opened in Moorhead on May 23, 2025, with another planned for St. Cloud after a first-of-its-kind compact between White Earth and Minnesota.

The bill would allow THC beverages to label 10 milligram drinks as a single serving instead of the current requirement of two servings in the state of Minnesota.

Leaked drafts of one compact show tribal enterprises could open stores off reservation under tribal regulation and would give tribes broad access to other cannabis businesses.

The ruling is the first — though likely not the last — to address state law enforcement’s jurisdiction over marijuana in Indian Country since Minnesota legalized recreational use.