Cannabis tax ballot question progresses toward final vote
The Sitka Assembly is one step closer to putting a marijuana tax question out to the voters, but it will be a slightly lower tax than previously advertised.
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Assembly may put cannabis tax question out to voters in October election
A tax on cannabis products could come before Sitka voters this fall. Sitka’s assembly voted Tuesday (5-10) on first reading to put the question on the municipal ballot. If passed, the new tax revenue would go toward the student activities fund.
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Despite challenges, Sitka’s cannabis industry sees homegrown success
Sitka now has three licensed cultivation facilities and two other retailers. Business is going pretty well. In the first 14 months of legal cannabis sales in Alaska the industry statewide generated over $57 million in sales, and contributed over $5 million in taxes .
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Slideshow: Two years after pot vote, a budding industry in Sitka
While the local government has been hammering out the rules for the marijuana industry, growers and retailers have been building their businesses -- literally from the ground up. KCAW’s Cameron Clark recently went behind the scenes to explore the highs and lows of Sitka’s cannabis trade.
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