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Unlawful predatory practices must be rooted out of Missouri microbusiness program, regulator says

6 months 3 weeks ago
Missouri’s microbusiness cannabis program will never get off the ground if regulators are consistently forced to revoke licenses over concerns about unlawful predatory practices, the head of the state’s marijuana division said Wednesday at a town hall meeting. That’s why new rules must be put in place to root out these practices and ensure the program lives up to its promise, said Amy Moore, director of the Missouri Division of Cannabis Regulation. “It is not sustainable to keep going through…
Rebecca Rivas

Duckworth Slams SecDef Hegseth's Order to Cut Defense Budget by Eight Percent for the Next Five Years

6 months 3 weeks ago
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, combat Veteran and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)—a member of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee—issued the following statement after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered the military to reduce the defense budget by 8% for the next five years, jeopardizing our servicemembers, our national security and military readiness: “Abrupt far-reaching cuts to our defense budget won’t make Americans, our servicemembers and their families safer. I’m all for trimming waste and making our government more efficient, but the most unqualified, unprepared Secretary of Defense in history ramming through cuts to a budget that funds all our military training, defense technology and servicemembers’ salaries will hurt our national security, our military readiness and our economy by causing damage to our Armed Services that could take years to reverse.” Duckworth voted in support of the bipartisan FY 2025 National Defense Authorizatio

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