Chicago Reporter (https://www.chicagoreporter.com/author/jmcghee/page/2/)
A plan by the caucus to halt weed sales in Chicago to establish better social equity measures fell short this week after six of its own members voted against it.
In an interview with The Chicago Reporter, the prolific former drug trafficker shares his take on how social equity measures fall short for black and brown people in the cannabis industry.
As legalization looms, Chicago’s Black Caucus voices concerns that the emerging recreational pot industry is rigged for white operators.
After three ‘tumultuous’ years, Superintendent Eddie Johnson’s resignation raises questions about police reform as a former LAPD chief steps in.
Living in an area disproportionately impacted by marijuana arrests can be a plus on your cannabis business application in Illinois, one of several “social equity” measures accompanying legalization next year.
President Donald Trump took aim at the Chicago Police Department as a new report details reform efforts ushered in by an agreement with the ACLU.
Ald. Brian Hopkins sponsored a resolution calling for the city to deprioritize arrests and investigations of adults using the drugs and for the public health department to study the plants as alternative treatment options.
Trybus avoided up to five years in prison for berating a woman wearing a Puerto Rican flag T-shirt last year.
Trybus was found guilty of hate crimes for berating a woman wearing a Puerto Rican flag T-shirt last year, as captured in a viral video.
Kim Foxx announced a partnership with the nonprofit to automate the process for clearing minor pot convictions.