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CHICAGO –The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR) announced today it has filed permanent rules for cannabis dispensary licensees to be selected when there are two or more applicants with tied high scores. The rules apply to applications that are tied for the last remaining license or licenses in a specific Bureau of Labor Statistics region. The rules will be available on the IDFPR website.

CHICAGO— The Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority (ICJIA) today announced two funding opportunities to support Restore, Reinvest, and Renew (R3) programming in historically underserved communities across Illinois. Grants are available for community assessment and planning initiatives and service delivery.

CHICAGO – The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation has announced preliminary numbers show statewide adult-use cannabis sales in April totaled $37,260,497.89. Dispensaries across the state sold 818,954 items over the 30-day period. Sales to Illinois residents totaled $29,735,650.41, while sales to out-of-state residents totaled $7,524,847.47. These figures do not include taxes collected. A portion of every cannabis sale will be reinvested in communities harmed most by the failed war on drugs.

CHICAGO – In response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Governor Pritzker will sign an executive order that suspends the requirement for the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR) to issue up to 75 Conditional Adult-Use Cannabis Dispensing Organization Licenses by May 1, 2020.

CHICAGO – The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation has announced it has awarded the fifth “Secondary Site” adult-use cannabis license.