Rebecca Rivas
Multimedia Reporter | Missouri IndependentRebecca Rivas is a multimedia reporter who covers Missouri's cannabis industry. A graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism, she has been reporting in Missouri since 2001, including more than a decade as senior reporter and video producer at the St. Louis American, the nation’s leading African-American newspaper.
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At the heart of Robust Missouri 3's lawsuit was whether county and municipal governments could impose a combined 3% sales tax, or if they each could impose a 3% sales tax. -
For the second year in a row, dispensaries across the state experienced IT problems on the industry’s biggest and most important sales day. -
The problem, according to Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey, is the products in question — such Delta-8 edibles and vape pens — are not clearly labeled to indicate that they’ll get you high. -
The Missouri Division of Cannabis Regulation’s guidance comes two weeks after it revoked nine licenses linked to out-of-state groups. -
BeLeaf Medical is arguing the post-harvest employees at its Sinse facility in St. Louis don’t have the right to unionize because they’re considered agricultural workers. -
Delta-8 THC products — including a large variety of drinks that are popular at bars and available at gas stations throughout the state — can be sold in Missouri stores because they are made from hemp, which is federally legal. -
Some of the licenses were connected to a Michigan company who recruited out-of-state applicants through Craigslist. -
A bill that would allow naturopathic doctors to become licensed in Missouri passed its first hurdle Wednesday. -
Testimony and evidence presented during this week’s appeal hearing showed state regulators were aware Delta Extraction was using hemp-derived THC long before its products were recalled. -
Delta Extraction will try to convince the Administrative Hearing Commission to reverse its license revocation and allow it to sell its product in Missouri after allegations the company violated state law by selling THC concentrate derived from out-of-state hemp.
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Naturopathic medicine — or the practice of a primary care physician with a focus on holistic care — is currently illegal in Missouri because the state does not have licensing or registration laws for naturopathic doctors. Missouri Republicans are trying to change that.
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All together, $19.3 million will be going to support veterans this year: $13 million from medical marijuana sales and $6.3 million from adult-use.
