Wednesday’s news conference was the latest move in an increasingly aggressive push to head off another wave of opposition to the hemp ban.

Hemp backers are sounding off after a newly filed bill to ban THC in Texas has made its way out of committee and will head to the full Senate for a vote. Though the Legislature has 30 days from when the special session kicked off Monday,

The governor appeared to walk back his calls last month for lawmakers to regulate the state’s burgeoning THC industry like it does alcohol.

On Tuesday, the Senate Committee on State Affairs passed a bill that would eliminate the majority of hemp products in Texas.

A new product coming to one suburb's liquor stores has "high interest." Eden Prairie, Minnesota, is rolling out its own hemp-derived THC gummy, and the city wants residents to name it. As WCCO's Caroline Cummings reports,

The ongoing status quo — even as members of Congress weigh a federal ban on intoxicating hemp goods, a reversal of the 2018 Farm Bill which legalized them — has Ohio marijuana company executives warning of the financial and social costs the state may have to bear before lawmakers take action.

The governor of Texas is detailing where he stands on a renewed push in the legislature to ban most consumable hemp products, seemingly departing from a proposal that advanced through a Senate committee this week by calling for regulated access to low-THC hemp items for adults.