marijuana tax

Michigan’s cannabis industry has filed another lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the state’s new, controversial wholesale marijuana tax.

The Cannabis Industry Association says the 24% wholesale tax effectively sets a higher rate on marijuana sales than the 6% sales tax rate set in the Michigan Constitution.

A bipartisan group of lawmakers is pushing to repeal the state’s new, controversial 24% wholesale marijuana tax, even as the cannabis industry challenges it in court. An update on all things weed in Michigan.

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Bypassing the Court of Claims would have sped up the Michigan cannabis industry's lawsuit over the state's new wholesale tax on marijuana, but the state appeals court says it's not persuaded that the case needs immediate review.

Michigan's new 24% tax on marijuana is set to take effect January 1. A marijuana industry group says the tax is unconstitutional because it illegally modified a voter-approved initiative.

A Court of Claims judge declined to block an impending 24% wholesale tax on marijuana from taking effect January 1, but the state's cannabis industry plans an appeal.

A Michigan Court of Claims judge heard arguments Tuesday on whether to pause a new state 24% tax on marijuana before it takes effect on January 1st.

A 24% wholesale tax on cannabis was the linchpin of a state budget deal adopted in a chaotic process that took lawmakers beyond their deadline to pass a spending plan.

The Michigan Cannabis Industry Association lawsuit alleges the Legislature and Governor Gretchen Whitmer violated the state constitution when they enacted a 24% wholesale tax on marijuana as part of a late deal to pass the state budget last month.