GRAND JUNCTION, Colo.—The discussions started roughly a decade ago, when an account manager at Xcel Energy, the electricity and gas utility provider, expressed confusion, officials at Colorado Mesa University recalled.  A public school on the state’s remote western slope, Colorado Mesa had recently doubled in size, but its energy usage had hardly budged as it...

Nevada’s economic woes and tourism declines during 2025 may have contributed to a nearly 9 percent drop in sales by the state’s legal cannabis industry in the last fiscal year. James Humm, executive director of the Cannabis Compliance Board, added Friday that another reason for the trend could be that more than 30 states have...

The anti-trust lawsuit stems from a 2024 tip to the attorney general's office from an Ohio cannabis industry employee, alleging "widespread shelf-space allotments." According to Yost's office, the investigation into the tip found multistate cannabis operators had agreed to prioritize each other's products in Ohio dispensaries, all while reducing or even eliminating purchases from independent...