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Missouri Court Orders Officials To Award Marijuana Business Licenses Amid Application Scoring Flaws

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March 22, 2026

[#item_full_content] “The department’s scoring criteria and the scorers’ determinations were based on the subjective valuations of the scorers. This fundamental flaw infected the entire scoring process.” By Rebecca Rivas, Missouri Independent A Missouri appeals court has delivered a sweeping rebuke of the state’s marijuana licensing process, ordering regulators to award Hippos LLC 13 facility licenses after Missouri Court Orders Officials To Award Marijuana Business Licenses Amid Application Scoring Flaws Read More

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