Carla Johnson

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In this photo taken on Aug. 13, 2014, Kenneth Bouch, center, and Ben Kovler, right, of Green Thumb Industries, an Illinois-based partnership of medical marijuana entrepreneurs, review security plans for a proposed medical marijuana facility with security adviser Terry Gainer during a meeting in Chicago. Medical marijuana in Illinois will be encased in vaults, monitored by security guards and protected by fingerprint-recognition biometrics. That's the picture painted by business owners who are competing for a limited number of marijuana cultivation and dispensary permits under the state's new law. A detailed security plan will give an edge in the scoring, so many of the applicants say they're exceeding the Illinois law's already-strict requirements.(AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

‘Fort Knox’ security for Illinois marijuana trade

Carla Johnson · August 15, 2014 6:56 pm

Illinois to hold 3 town halls on medical marijuana

Carla Johnson · August 9, 2014 4:21 pm

Illinois posts marijuana patient application forms

Carla Johnson · August 8, 2014 9:48 pm

NRG to close Illinois coal plant in clean-air move

Carla Johnson · August 7, 2014 7:58 pm

Illinois opens insurance rate records to public

Carla Johnson · August 5, 2014 9:23 pm

Illinois Medicaid restricts use of hepatitis drug

Carla Johnson · July 30, 2014 8:32 pm

In this July 3, 2014 photo, Michael Mayes, CEO of Chicago-based Quantum 9 Inc., a medical cannabis consulting company, poses for a photo in his Chicago office. The prospect of adding jobs, even as few as 30, has led officials in many shrinking Illinois' communities to set aside any qualms about the state's legalization of medical marijuana and to get friendly with would-be growers. Quantum 9 has helped win permits for marijuana producers in four other states. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Illinois towns see jobs ahead in medical marijuana

Carla Johnson · July 12, 2014 4:34 pm

Court: Retiree health benefits must not be reduced

Carla Johnson · July 3, 2014 10:21 pm

Illinois pushes ahead with Medicaid managed care

Carla Johnson · June 30, 2014 5:51 pm

Event honoring Quinn raises ‘pay to play’ issues

Carla Johnson · June 20, 2014 8:30 pm

FILE - In this Feb. 3, 2014, file photo, Yvette Calderon, right, an In Person Counselor for President Barack Obama's new health care law, speaks with taxi driver David Bilewu, a 39-year-old Nigerian immigrant at a city office where Chicago taxi drivers go to renew their license. An Illinois group says in a preliminary report that a "poorly designed" federal system prevented perhaps thousands of immigrants from enrolling in coverage under Obama's health care overhaul. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)

Report details immigrant health sign-up hurdles

Carla Johnson · June 20, 2014 12:33 am

Political firm had key job in Get Covered Illinois

Carla Johnson · June 13, 2014 6:03 pm