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Hemp ban makes it into funding bill:
‘Soon be banned nationwide’
Hemp-derived THC products could be on the chopping block as senators made progress on a deal to end the government shutdown.
Late Sunday, enough Democrats split from their caucus to join Republicans in voting 60-40 to allow a vote on an updated stopgap funding bill. The deal included a continuing resolution to open the government through Jan. 30 and three full-year fiscal 2026 appropriations bills. One of the three proposed full-year bills, the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, contains language that would ban hemp products
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Stateside Vodka Takes Anheuser-Busch to Court, Accusing Beer Giant of Copying Surfside Brand
Philadelphia-based Stateside Vodka is suing Anheuser-Busch InBev, claiming the company’s recently launched canned cocktails copied the design of its highly successful Surfside brand, writes Emma Dooling for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The lawsuit was filed earlier this week in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. The local spirits company claims that the alcoholic beverage giant’s Skimmers line of hard iced tea and lemonade ready-to-drink products copied the overall look and feel of Surfside, which has offered hard iced tea and lemonade varieties since 2022. Skimmers debuted in April 2025.
Molson Coors to cut 400 Corp jobs as it positions itself ‘beyond beer’
The Miller Lite owner is reducing its salaried workforce by 9%, with new CEO Rahul Goyal saying the brewer needs to transform “even faster. Molson Coors will cut 400 salaried jobs by the end of the year, the company said Monday, part of a plan to create a “leaner, more agile” business under new CEO Rahul Goyal. The move will result in a 9% reduction in the beer giant’s corporate workforce.
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