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Bob Ferguson

Chelan County judge agrees with Attorney General’s opinion, holds that local governments can ban marijuana businesses

Attorney General’s Office presented arguments to defend I-502, uphold will of the voters

WENATCHEE — A second superior court judge today agreed with an opinion issued by the Attorney General’s Office last year, concluding that nothing in Initiative 502 overrides local governments’ authority to regulate or ban marijuana businesses.