Michigan officials have announced they are distributing nearly $100 million in marijuana tax revenue to over 300 local governments and tribes across the state thanks to the state’s adult-use legalization law.
The $94 million in tax dollars will support various local infrastructure, education and other programs and services in 313 municipalities, counties and tribal areas. That level of cannabis-derived funding is roughly equivalent to what the state allocated last year.
“A total of 114 cities, 39 villages, 81 townships, 75 counties, and four tribes will receive payments from the Marijuana Regulation Fund,” officials with the state Cannabis Regulatory Agency (CRA) said in a press release on Tuesday.
“For the State of Michigan’s 2025 fiscal year, this means each eligible municipality, county, and tribe will receive $54,017.10 for every licensed retail store and microbusiness located within its jurisdiction,” the agency said.
Under the state’s cannabis law, tax dollars from marijuana sales must go to cities and tribes with licensed retailers (15 percent), counties and tribes with retailers (15 percent), the School Aid Fund for K-12 eduction (35 percent) and the Michigan Transportation Fund for repairs and maintenance of roads and bridges (35 percent).
The announcement from state cannabis regulators comes amid a
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