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CHARLESTON — Local diners have taken to social media to air their frustrations about the service fees being added to their restaurant bills. That includes complaints from some who said they were ...

DALLAS — Texas officials are close to victory in a major fight against hemp-THC. And, depending on how things shake out with a proposed smokable hemp ban, it could be a total win for state officials ...

Smokable hemp is allowed back on store shelves in Texas — at least for another week. The 15th Court of Appeals on Thursday temporarily reinstated Texas' ban on smokable hemp products before reversing ...

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As the global pollution crisis caused by manufacturing and disposing of single-use plastics continues to grow, researchers have developed a non-toxic plastic alternative derived from the hemp plant—a ...

This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with The Denver Gazette. Sign up for Dispatches to get our stories in your inbox every week. Colorado regulators ...