State audit finds major issues with Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission
The AMCC repeatedly violated the state's Open Meetings Act and overpaid a law firm by more than $200,000.
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Audit faults Alabama Family Trust Board for transparency, compliance lapses
A state audit found the Alabama Family Trust Board failed required vacancy notices and meeting disclosures but reported no financial mismanagement.
Prattville Library Board formally denies violating Open Meetings Act
The library board of trustees Friday denied violating the Open Meetings Act.
Medical marijuana “fix” has rough debut in committee
The new legislation was met with skepticism and anger during a committee meeting that wasn't streamed or recorded.
Fired Prattville library director demands reinstatement, retractions
Charges include numerous Open Meeting Act violations, due process violations and defamation.
Cannabis Commission grapples with application controversies ahead of key meeting
Alabama Always LLC. raised critical concerns over the application scoring process and law compliance.
Cannabis Commission proposes voiding licenses for the second time
The Commission, in a court filing, proposed voiding the licenses and then re-issuing them to address violations of the Open Meetings Act.
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See recent postsThe Cannabis Commission needs to start over from scratch
With errors on top of errors and its credibility shot, the only real option at this point for the Cannabis Commission is to just start over.
Cannabis licenses on hold as court weighs claim of Open Meetings Act violation
AMCC attorney William Webster threatened to air applicants' "dirty laundry" by foregoing executive session entirely if the court finds in favor of the plaintiffs.
Multiple lawsuits: Did the Cannabis Commission get it wrong again?
The commission is accused of engaging in illegal voting, holding illegal deliberations, and utilizing improper parliamentary procedures.