The Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission this week announced it had finally filled the long-vacant job of executive director, with a Dec. 18 vote by commissioners to hire Travis Ahern, who was originally a runner-up in October before the commission’s first choice declined the position. Ahern, the town administrator of Massachusetts …

With less than 12 hours to spare before the clock switched over to 2025, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced that the state’s legal cannabis inudstry surpassed the $1 billion sales mark since its launch just over two years ago, driven by 275 operational adult-use dispensaries. Not only that, but …