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Facing backlash over the state’s new marijuana wholesale tax, Michigan lawmakers are looking into new regulations that could stabilize the overcrowded cannabis market. Plus, Detroit Metro Airport says no thanks to Kristi Noem’s “partisan video” on federal government shutdown.

The Michigan Cannabis Regulatory Agency is seeking help from state lawmakers to regulate the marijuana industry.

In the last five years, the state’s poison control center received about 1,500 reports of kids under the age of six being exposed to cannabis products. The center’s data suggests more than 400 were hospitalized, and more than 100 reported cases required critical care.

Whitmer's recent 32% marijuana tax hike proposal has already-struggling businesses worried over fewer consumers and a larger black market.

Across the state voters will decide what their communities should do with marijuana sales, school or library funding, public safety, elections, energy, and more.

Marijuana keeps popping up on ballots in Michigan six years after voters chose to legalize the drug for adult recreational use, highlighting the controversy still surrounding pot in some communities.

Detroit-based food company Better Made Snack Foods filed a federal lawsuit against more than a dozen Michigan marijuana companies last week, alleging trademark infringement, false designation of origin and unfair competition. The suit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.

The Michigan Department of Treasury announced that over $87 million would be distributed to Michigan communities as a part of a tax revenue splitting agreement.

Voters in Pontiac, Caro and Algonac will all make decisions on local cannabis policy on election day.

Michigan dispensaries sold over $3 billion in medical- and recreational-use marijuana in 2023. Industry experts say 2024 could see slower sales as the market approaches saturation.