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      The Civil Service Commission has now told the city to rehire three of the five officers it fired, but the city has not done so. By Sophie Nieto-Munoz, New Jersey Monitor Jersey City lost another round in its fight to bar cops from using cannabis after the state Civil Service Commission overturned the termination of a third  ​ 

      Local lawmakers in Dallas, Texas have now formally put a marijuana decriminalization initiative on the city’s November ballot—positioning voters to enact the reform in the state’s third largest city by population over the objections of the police chief. About a month after officials certified that activists with Ground Game Texas had turned in enough valid  ​ 

      Over a dozen members of Congress are putting pressure on the Biden administration to secure the release of a U.S. citizen incarcerated in Russia over possession of medical marijuana he lawfully obtained in Pennsylvania—with bipartisan lawmakers, including those who generally oppose cannabis reform, emphasizing that access to marijuana is “necessary to subdue his pain.” About  ​ 

      As the November election approaches, a new series of polls shows widespread majority support for marijuana legalization, cannabis federal rescheduling and cannabis industry banking access among likely voters in three key presidential battleground states: Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. The surveys—conducted by The Tarrance Group and commissioned by The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company—asked respondents about four marijuana-related  ​ 

      As the Democratic National Convention gets underway in Chicago this week, visitors are being greeted with a reminder that Democrats under the leadership of Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) successfully legalized marijuana in the state—a policy promotion that signals the party’s understanding of cannabis reform as a key way to appeal to voters heading into the  ​ 

      “These public officials illegally tore apart and terrorized [Bianca] Clayborne’s family. They acted outrageously and unlawfully.” By Anita Wadhwani, Tennessee Lookout Three employees of the Department of Children’s Services (DCS) can be held liable for their conduct after a traffic stop led to five small children being taken from their mother last year, a federal  ​ 

      “Should we take a break or just look at each other because there’s a lot of work?” By Bhaamati Borkhetaria, CommonWealth Beacon With the chair of the Cannabis Control Commission (CCC) suspended and the acting chair out on pregnancy leave, the three remaining commissioners spent just under an hour on Wednesday wrangling over who should  ​ 

      Delegates at the Democratic National Convention are set to vote on a party platform on Monday that touts President Joe Biden’s marijuana pardons and rescheduling moves, while calling for broader reform to expunge prior records. But even with Biden stepping aside in the 2024 race, with pro-legalization Vice President Kamala Harris as the new nominee,  ​ 

      The average of price of an ounce of flower was $266 last week. By Megan Henry, Ohio Capital Journal Ohio legal weed sales topped $11.5 million in less than a week. The state’s total recreational marijuana sales was $11,530,708 as of August 10, according to the Ohio Department of Commerce Division of Cannabis Control. Recreational  ​ 

      Marijuana use is one of the only crimes that a majority of Americans say is punished too harshly—and bipartisan majorities also back expunging prior cannabis convictions—according to a new poll. As the presidential election approaches in November, the survey from YouGov that was released last week looked at where people stand on various criminal justice  ​