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IL high court says zoning law dispute doesn't stop Dept of Ag from deciding how close marijuana growers can be to neighborhoods

By Dan Churney | Friday, May 21, 2021 @ 9:41am

The Illinois Supreme Court has ruled the Illinois Department of Agriculture was within its rights to determine marijuana cultivation centers may be sited within 2,500 feet of residential areas, unless the areas are zoned "exclusively" residential, which could allow other state agencies to interpret state laws as they see fit.
Did IL agency violate law when it permitted Aurora cannabis growing site? IL Supreme Court to decide

By Jonathan Bilyk | Monday, Mar 15, 2021 @ 8:25pm

The Illinois Supreme Court heard arguments March 10 to decide the fate of the suburbs' designated medical cannabis cultivation license.
IL high court to decide if state regulators broke law in awarding marijuana growers' license

By Jonathan Bilyk | Friday, Jan 8, 2021 @ 6:47pm

A Lake County company has asked the Illinois Supreme Court to declare a state agency wrongly rewrote a state law in deciding to award a license for a cannabis cultivation facility to a competitor looking to operate a site in Aurora.