This is not easy work. It is not for the faint-hearted, and it’s for people who are really committed to this kind of work,” ...

Minnesota’s top cannabis regulator is stepping down after leading the state Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) since its inception in 2023, Gov. Tim Walz announced Monday in a news release. Interim ...

According to a 2025 report by the Minnesota Office of Cannabis Management, the agency found more than 199 pounds of illicit ...

Charlene Briner has been leading the Office of Cannabis Management in the absence of a permanent director. She stayed in that role much longer than planned after Gov. Walz's choice to lead the agency ...

Delaware Marijuana Commissioner Rob Coupe and Minnesota’s Interim Office of Cannabis Management Director Charlene Briner are ...

Minnesota's interim leader of the Office of Cannabis Management, the department charged with setting up a legal marijuana industry in the state, is leaving the post.

Charlene Briner will step down as interim director of the Office of Cannabis Management, according to an announcement from the governor’s office this week, with General Counsel Eric Taubel ...

Charlene Briner, Minnesota’s interim cannabis czar, is stepping down from her post, Gov. Tim Walz announced on Monday. Walz credited Briner with creating the Office of Cannabis Management (OCM ...

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz announced Monday that the Office of Cannabis Management Interim Director Charlene Briner is stepping down from her role. The move comes after Briner helped build OCM from ...

“This is not easy work. It is not for the faint-hearted, and it’s for people who are really committed to this kind of work,” Charlene Briner said Minnesota Office of Cannabis Management ...

Charlene Briner has been leading the Office of Cannabis Management in the absence of a permanent director. She stayed in that role much longer than planned after Gov. Walz's choice to lead the ...

Tim Walz announced Monday in a news release. Interim OCM Director Charlene Briner, a state government veteran who served previous stints as deputy commissioner at the Departments of Education and ...