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Editor’s Note: This blog features Abbe Kruger, CEO of Justice Grown, PA, the dispensary permit holder for Luzerne County. * * * Justice Grown holds the Medical Marijuana Dispensary for Luzerne County. Deemed operational on Jan. 31, 2018, we had our ribbon cutting in February and opened for business in March. The journey from application to point of sale was fraught with multiple challenges and lots of hard work. There were real estate, construction and…

WILKES-BARRE — A Luzerne man who was recorded yelling racial slurs at a man during a dispute last month will face criminal charges in Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas. Willard Bidding Jr.,, 50, was charged by Wilkes-Barre police on Aug. 12 of threatening and harassing Rasheen Hamm on Sylvanus Street. Bidding’s daughter, Brittany Miller, resides across from Hamm. According to the criminal complaint: Hamm told police Bidding walked onto his porch, punched him and…

WILKES-BARRE — A Mountain Top man who Rice Township police alleged left threatening voice mails about a major shooting at Rice Elementary School waived his right to a preliminary hearing in Luzerne County Central Court on Thursday. Rice Township police alleged Michael John Pac Jr., 30, of Van Avenue, Nuangola, left three voice mails at a residence on Rebel Hill Road on Aug 17 and 18. The homeowners retrieved the voice mails when they returned…

HARRISBURG — The Republican speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives said Wednesday his chamber is about to again take up proposed changes to the state’s limits on child sexual abuse lawsuits, predicting enough support to pass a two-year window to allow victims with older claims to sue. Speaker Mike Turzai called the two-year window “a compromise” compared with a competing proposal to retroactively eliminate all limits on lawsuits for victims of all ages. Last…

WOONSOCKET, R.I. (AP) — Officials in a Rhode Island city have introduced a measure to allow the large scale indoor cultivation of medical marijuana. The Woonsocket Call reports Woonsocket City Council this month proposed repealing part of the Zoning Ordinance that bans indoor pot farms. The measure has several restrictions on where the facilities could be located, requires the facilities to have ventilation systems and says the structures must be secure. The measure also specifies…

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma residents looking to invest in the state’s upcoming medical marijuana industry are anxiously awaiting the passage of business regulations. The Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority has received nearly 1,300 applications for business licenses as of Sept. 5. Those applications include 452 for dispensary, 662 for cultivation and 184 for processing, the Tulsa World reported . Many would-be business owners and startup companies are trying to get an early foothold in the…

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan regulators on Tuesday again extended the deadline for medical marijuana businesses to be licensed, allowing 108 facilities to continue operating while warning that 98 others will be issued cease-and-desist letters if they do not close by the end of the week. Gov. Rick Snyder signed the new emergency rules issued by the Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs. They allow certain proposed medical marijuana businesses, which would otherwise need a…