Attorney Jeff Sessions’ strict stance on marijuana companies is facing pushback from the nation’s banks, which are stepping up their lobbying efforts to get more lenient plans. With support from both President Donald Trump and Democrat Senator Elizabeth Warren, Politico reported that the leading banking industry...
On Friday, the Olympics kicked off in Pyeongchang – and the world got a chance to see there is no such thing as impossible. Lots of impossible things happened on Friday. The headline, of course, was the unified Korean team entering the stadium under a...
U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin appeared to support pot companies storing their money in banks, testifying that the Treasury doesn’t want the marijuana business to remain a cash-based one. “I assure you that we don’t want bags of cash,” Mnuchin testified during an...
Attorney General Jeff Sessions has sent a directive to U.S. attorneys, taking back Obama-era directives that relaxed enforcement of federal pot laws on states in which it is legal. Citing the memo sent to U.S. attorneys on Thursday (Jan. 4), The Washington Post reported that...
June 18, 2018
Attorney Jeff Sessions’ strict stance on marijuana companies is facing pushback from the nation’s banks, which are stepping up their lobbying efforts to get more lenient plans. With support from both President Donald Trump and Democrat Senator Elizabeth Warren, Politico reported that the leading banking industry associations are urging lawmakers to make it easier for banks […]
February 07, 2018
U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin appeared to support pot companies storing their money in banks, testifying that the Treasury doesn’t want the marijuana business to remain a cash-based...
January 05, 2018
Attorney General Jeff Sessions has sent a directive to U.S. attorneys, taking back Obama-era directives that relaxed enforcement of federal pot laws on states in which it is legal. Citing...
