A new bill promises relief for pot shop business owners as they propose to decriminalize marijuana at the federal level, which would allow the shops to use cashless payments like debit and credit cards. Pot shops are easy targets for robberies because current law allows them to operate as cash-only businesses.
Initiative 134 in the upcoming November election will ask residents to consider the use of ranked-choice voting as well as approval voting. But not all agree putting both voting systems on the same ballot is a good idea.