Tag Archives: Gov. Chris Christie

15 Mar

Featured, Marijuana News

New Jersey governor wants higher taxes, money for schools

• March 28, 2018
• By Shelby Pierce

Gov. Phil Murphy on Tuesday proposed raising and expanding the state sales tax, hiking income taxes on the wealthy and legalizi...

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13 Mar

Featured, Marijuana News

Racial justice drives fight for, and against, legal pot in New Jersey

• March 28, 2018
• By Shelby Pierce

During his campaign for governor of New Jersey, Philip D. Murphy, a Democrat, pledged to legalize the recreational use of marij...

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18 Jan

Featured, Marijuana News

POLITICSNew Jersey Governor Promises Legal Marijuana In Inauguration Speech

• January 18, 2018
• By Shelby Pierce

New Jersey’s new governor reiterated a campaign promise to legalize marijuana during his inauguration speech on Tuesday. “A stronger...

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13 Jan

Featured, Marijuana News

N.J. legislator plants seeds for recreational marijuana legalization

• January 13, 2018
• By Shelby Pierce

New Jersey lawmakers kicked off the new session by once again introducing legislation to legalize marijuana. Democratic state Sen. N...

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16 Dec

Featured, Marijuana News

The 3 States best positioned to legalize Marijuana in 2018

• December 16, 2017
• By Shelby Pierce

Election Day 2016 was a big day for marijuana. Voters in California, Maine, Massachusetts, and Nevada all supported successful ...

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28 Nov

Featured, Marijuana News

New Jersey poised to legalize marijuana

• November 28, 2017
• By Shelby Pierce

TRENTON, N.J. — New Jersey’s incoming Democratic governor has promised to legalize marijuana, but just how speedy Phil Murphy and the D...

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14 Nov

Featured, Marijuana News

Opioid commission’s anti-marijuana argument stirs anger

• November 14, 2017
• By Shelby Pierce

CNN)New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, head of the presidential commission on opioids, warned of the dangers of marijuana in a letter to...

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08 Nov

Featured, Medical Marijuana

Election 2017: The cannabis races we’re watching closely

• November 8, 2017
• By Shelby Pierce

New York Voters in New York will have the chance to vote on a constitutional convention question on this year’s ballot. Voting yes wou...

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06 Nov

Featured, Marijuana News

Property taxes, pensions, marijuana & more: How your next N.J. governor stands on big issues

• November 6, 2017
• By Shelby Pierce

Tuesday is Election Day, and New Jerseyans will choose its next governor after eight years of Gov. Chris Christie. It's the first ti...

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23 Aug

Featured, Marijuana News

The reaction to Booker’s marijuana bill that he doesn’t want to see

• August 23, 2017
• By Shelby Pierce

WASHINGTON  -- Two very different groups have launched efforts against U.S. Sen. Cory Booker's efforts to remove the federal ban on mar...

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