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Secretary of Finance Jim Hudson told legislators Monday his department is in no rush to award the final medical marijuana dispensary licenses.
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Neal Earley covers state politics for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. He joined the paper in 2020 and is a graduate of Indiana University.
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