The Port of Portland’s board of commissioners voted Monday to eliminate a social equity policy over concern the Trump administration could remove a sizable chunk of the agency’s funding. Since taking ...

Port of Portland commissioners on Monday voted to revoke a social equity policy installed in 2018. The Port is the latest group to buckle under the Trump administration’s threat of cutting federal ...

OBERLIN, Ohio — The city of Oberlin has released the final draft of its Social Equity Plan meant to address systemic barriers faced by historically marginalized and underrepresented groups. The Social ...

Boston City Councilor Brian Worrell is introducing this week a new ordinance that would examine the impact proposed policies and home rule petitions would have on racial and social inequities in the ...

Last week’s vote by the Port of Portland’s board of commissioners to revoke its social equity policy disappointed many, (“Port of Portland rescinds social equity policy, citing Trump executive order ...

The Minnesota Office of Cannabis Management eliminated its planned social equity preapproval process after a series of lawsuits led to a judge halting the agency’s social equity lottery, which was ...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI — Six marijuana companies have sued the city of Grand Rapids, arguing that a cannabis social equity program requiring them to pay 3% of their annual sales to the city amounts to ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — The owners of six Grand Rapids dispensaries are suing the city, claiming its social equity policies have effectively become a fine. The city in 2018 adopted the Marihuana ...

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