Legislation championed by Gov. JB Pritzker to strongly regulate hemp sales stalled in the Illinois House late Monday after intense lobbying by both the governor and Mayor Brandon Johnson, who opposed ...

"It came out of left field, got the email [Wednesday] morning," said hemp farmer Luke Wilson. The Sutter County Board of Supervisors unanimously voted to ban hemp farming for the next 45 days.

Sutter County adopted an interim ordinance temporarily halting the cultivation of industrial hemp. In a unanimous vote, the Board of Supervisors confirmed the 45-day-moratorium after Assistant County ...