Kentucky state Sen. Perry Clark will introduce his medical marijuana bill for the third time in January, but there is a hearing in August, and Clark and supporters are bringing the noise.
Voters in Maine's largest city will decide for themselves whether to legalize the possession of up to 2 1/2 ounces of marijuana after the city council punted rather than adopt a citizen-initiated ordinance.
A dispensary opens in Arizona as more get shut down in California and more California communities move to shut them down or keep them out. There's more news, too.
The Michigan House has passed a suspicion-based welfare drug testing bill that would set up a pilot program in three counties. The measure now moves to the state Senate.
The North Carolina legislature is about to pass a welfare drug testing bill. At least they took out the part where county employees had to tell people they wouldn't be tested if they didn't apply for benefits.
A federal medical marijuana banking bill was introduced, an Oregon bill that would allow and regulate dispensaries heads to the governor's desk, Berkeley and Oakland fight the feds.
Marijuana decriminalization goes into effect Monday in Vermont, leaving New Hampshire as the odd man out when it comes to decriminalization in the region.