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.

Brandon Johnson often speaks of his concern for the ... from taking action against unregulated purveyors of potent hemp products that have sent numerous city kids to the hospital after what ...

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 ...

For a while now, Mayor Brandon Johnson has said he wants to engage more with the press. On Tuesday, he invited WGN into his ceremonial office at City Hall for brief conversation where he opened up ...

Gov. JB Pritzker says Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson wasn’t responsible for the defeat of a hemp-regulation bill in Springfield that was a priority for the governor. Pritzker, who pushed hard for ...

As JB Pritzker was trying to convince lawmakers to support a hemp-regulation bill over dinner at the governor’s mansion in Springfield this past weekend, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson was ...

State lawmakers who stood in the way of recent legislation that would've regulated intoxicating hemp products have received ...

CHICAGO — Mayor Brandon Johnson’s continued insistence on looking ... week to Pritzker-backed legislation to regulate sales of hemp used in products such as delta-8 and delta-10 THC.

Mayor Brandon Johnson and Gov. JB Pritzker began the new ... over whether and how to regulate delta-8 and other hemp-derived products. Sales of the weedlike substances have increased, in part ...

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. Pritzker ...

“Both hemp and cannabis organizations ... including more than $2 million to funds controlled by Welch. Mayor Brandon Johnson also opposed the Lightford-Pritzker legislation, citing a potential ...