The Colorado House Finance Committee unanimously advanced a bill that would open up the state’s $1.5 billion-a-year recreational and medical marijuana industry to new sources of public and private capital.  

Committee members also adopted an amendment to the bill that would seek to address social equity issues in Colorado’s cannabis industry, including increasing opportunities for minority – and women-owned businesses.  Read More »

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CPR:  Colorado Cannabis Wants To Go Public, But Not Everyone Is On Board

Most people contacted by CPR in and outside the industry think public trading is a good idea. Gov. Jared Polis supports it. A similar bill last session passed easily through a bipartisan legislature, before former Gov. John Hickenlooper vetoed it over fears of tracking ownership. CPR Story »