After hemp bill defeat, Illinois Gov. Pritzker rips Chicago Mayor Johnson for poor Springfield relationships
Fresh off a rare defeat in Springfield, Gov. JB Pritzker on Tuesday delivered some of his sharpest words yet against Mayor Brandon Johnson. At an unrelated news conference, the governor staunchly defended his support for a bill to strongly regulate hemp sales.
JB Pritzker blasts Chicago mayor’s team for skipping scheduled calls, being reclusive amid hemp bill battle
He’s feeling left a little high and dry. Reeling from a recent defeat on hemp legislation, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker lashed out at his fellow Democrat, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson who had publicly pushed to tank the bill.
Johnson, Pritzker at odds over a crackdown on hemp products: bill regulating those products dies
Sales of the weedlike substances have increased, in part thanks to a loophole in federal law, prompting smoke shops that sell unregulated products to minors to pop up.
Johnson wasn't the one to kill hemp bill, Pritzker says
The governor pointed to other interests against the bill, but also said Chicago's mayor didn't extend him a common political courtesy.
As hemp legislation dies, Pritzker says Chicago mayor not responsible
The debate over legislation regulating the hemp industry is revealing cracks in the Democratic Party in Illinois.
Pritzker hammers Johnson over poor ‘relationships in Springfield' amid hemp fight
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.
Feud over hemp bill dominates final days of Illinois legislative session
The legislation passed and sent to Gov. JB Pritzker’s desk during the General Assembly’s brief lame-duck session was ...
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Proposed legislation would decimate Illinois hemp industry
The president of the Illinois Healthy Alternatives Association says a proposal in the General Assembly would decimate the ...
With statewide restrictions stalled, City Council committee OKs hemp products ban in two wards near Midway
The governor slammed Illinois House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch for not calling for a full vote on a bill he backed to ...
Illinois hemp regulation bill dies in lame duck session
The legislation would've imposed the same testing requirements and taxes on hemp products that the state already has in place ...
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Illinois bill to regulate delta-8, hemp intoxicants dies in statehouse
A bill that would have effectively banned the sale of delta-8 and other hemp intoxicants outside of dispensaries is likely ...
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Illinois Governor ‘Tremendously Disappointed’ By Failure Of Hemp Product Restriction Bill Amid Democratic Infighting
There was a raucous meeting of the Democratic House caucus, in which there was a lot of yelling at staff by people who were ...