Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin recently commented on mortgage-finance giants, Federal National Mortgage Assctn Fnni Me(OTCMKTS:FNMA) and Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp(OTCMKTS:FMCC), and noted that overhauling the mortgage financing system is crucial.

 

Mnuchin stated, “We are committed to working with the House and the Senate on having a reform package that makes sure that we promote necessary liquidity in the housing markets.” However, the Treasury Secretary noted that the overhaul isn’t a focus in…

DES MOINES, Iowa (KCRG-TV9) — Governor Branstad says he’ll likely sign the medical marijuana bill into law.

The bill expands access to medical cannabis to people with more than a dozen conditions.

It passed the Senate. But its fate was uncertain in the House. During his weekly news conference Monday, Branstad said he was pleased the legislature reached…

Where are you putting your B2B budget, time and energy for the rest of the year? You might want to consider checking in with a doctor or two.

Forbes.com recently looked at five booming sectors B2B marketers should consider when looking for new places to focus energy and budget this year, and the medical sector is a significant target audience.

Not surprisingly, augmented reality and virtual reality were high on the list for where to allot budget dollars,  for the way they can help brands immerse potential customers in an experience with…

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A young boy in Northern Ireland will be the first in the UK to legally use medical cannabis. 11-year-old Billy Caldwell from Castlederg has a rare and severe form of epilepsy. Now, he finally has the chance to access a simple and safe medicine that may save his life right in his hometown. To his mother, Charlotte Caldwell, this news seems almost too good to be true.

The UK has its first medical cannabis patient

Billy has not yet reached his teen years and he already suffers from daily…

NBC10’s Alicia Lozano attended the World Medical Cannabis Conference & Expo in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania over the weekend. During her time there, she spoke with Jake Eerie as he made a glass water pipe, State Senator Daylin Leach about why he believes recreational marijuana will come to Pennsylvania, State Senator Mike Folmer about his experience using cannabis-based treatments during chemotherapy and Delaware mother Janie Maedler about how cannabis-based medicine helps her 11-year-old daughter cope with seizures.

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ALBUQUERQUE — An estimated $800,000 in medical cannabis was sold in New Mexico on Thursday, three times the revenue over the same period last April 20, according to figures released…

Support for legal cannabis at an all time high as West Virginia is poised to become the 29th State to legalize marijuana.

In August, 2016, the West Virginia Center for Policy and Budget published a report exploring the potential budgetary and economic impacts of legalizing marijuana in the state. The report’s findings helped make serious headway in the discussion for legalizing marijuana both for medicinal benefits, as well as to fix West Virginia’s estimated $300 million projected budget deficit in 2018. The report cited the shift in…

Here is Attorney General Jeff Sessions at a Senate Hearing on April 4, 2016:

“Good people don’t smoke marijuana.”
– Your new attorney general Jeff Sessions
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— Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) April 20, 2017

Of course, this is the same guy who recently said that marijuana is “only slightly less awful than heroin” — which is not only false, but dangerously so.

Yesterday, in honor of 4/20,  CBS released a new poll on American’s attitudes about marijuana. The…