Marijuana tax revenues fall short of projections in many states, including Colorado Nearly half of Americans live in a state that allows legal access to recreational marijuana. Eleven more states, including Wisconsin and Florida, are considering legalization in 2024. One of the most ... 05/3/2024 - 7:01 am | View Link
What feds’ new cannabis policy could mean for WA weed shops The U.S. government reclassifying marijuana could open tax breaks and improve security for cannabis dispensaries, some say. It would not federally legalize the drug for recreational use, however. 05/2/2024 - 6:20 am | View Link
What rescheduling marijuana means for Washington state’s cannabis industry The Biden administration’s move to reclassify marijuana as a lower-risk substance has broad implications for the cannabis industry at large, including in Washington state, a pioneer in the legal ... 05/2/2024 - 4:52 am | View Link
Neptune brought in nearly $900K in legal weed money; here's how it's cutting the tax rate. Neptune Township took in $871,788.43 in cannabis taxes. That extra cushion will help pay for parks and public safety programs. 05/1/2024 - 10:27 pm | View Link
The Cannabis Industry Hopes for New Highs The Justice Department’s recommendation that restrictions on marijuana be lifted have revived expectations for a business that has waited years for such a change. 05/1/2024 - 1:06 am | View Link
“Charlie Spies, the Republican National Committee’s chief counsel, was pushed out of his new role just two months after taking the job, amid a storm of controversy over conflicts involving other clients at the firm where he still works,“ the New York Times reports.
“Mr. Spies, a veteran election-law lawyer whom the R.
“On his first visit to Europe in five years, the Chinese president, Xi Jinping, appears intent on seizing opportunities to loosen the continent’s bonds with the United States and forge a world freed of American dominance,” the New York Times reports..
“The Chinese leader has chosen three countries to visit — France, Serbia and Hungary — that each, to a greater or lesser degree, look askance at America’s postwar ordering of the world, see China as a necessary counterweight and are eager to bolster economic ties.”
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On the evening of August 8, hours after a wildfire ravaged West Maui, Maui County’s top emergency management official, Herman Andaya, texted his secretary to ask about the status of other fires across the island.
“Still burning,” she replied.
Gary Moore is one of the least talked about guitarists of his time, but man could he rock.
Still Got the Blues For You is in my mind his signature track.
Music Radar conducted an excellent interview with Moore and he discussed his music and guitar playing in general.
Moore also has some advice for the prolix guitar player, and we have surely all been one, coming down with acute case of fretboard diarrhoea and using too many notes in our solos.
Take a phrase, says Moore, and work on it, playing around with all the different permutations, accenting the first, second, or maybe the last notes, working on the dynamics – these are all ways of workshopping your phrasing and learning how to make more out of something simple and familiar.