Alaska Legislature – Alaska lawmakers consider statewide marijuana sales tax

JUNEAU — A Fairbanks lawmaker is pushing to overhaul Alaska’s marijuana tax structure, as cultivators and retailers say the current structure is an “existential threat” to their business. HB 91 would phase out the existing $50 per ounce tax levied on cultivators to replace it with a 6% sales tax paid by consumers, modeled after the […]