State budget agreement reached Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Democrats in the General Assembly say they have agreed on a budget for fiscal year 2023. The budget, according to the governor’s office, would bring .
A dispensary can’t open within 1,500 feet of an existing pot shop unless it’s owned by a so-called social equity applicant, according to Chris Slaby, a spokesman for the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional and Regulation.