{"id":27086,"date":"2016-08-26T08:04:56","date_gmt":"2016-08-26T15:04:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spijue.wpengine.com\/news\/walker-fills-vacancy-on-state-marijuana-control-board\/"},"modified":"2016-08-26T08:04:56","modified_gmt":"2016-08-26T15:04:56","slug":"walker-fills-vacancy-on-state-marijuana-control-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/news\/walker-fills-vacancy-on-state-marijuana-control-board\/","title":{"rendered":"Walker fills vacancy on state Marijuana Control Board"},"content":{"rendered":"
ANCHORAGE \u2014 An Anchorage man opening a retail marijuana business has been appointed to the state Marijuana Control Board.<\/p>\n
Gov. Bill Walker announced Wednesday that Nicholas Miller will serve on the board. He replaces Bruce Schulte, whom Walker removed from the board July 29.<\/p>\n
Miller is chairman of the Anchorage Cannabis Business Association. The association is made up of people filing for state and local licensing of pot businesses.<\/p>\n
Miller\u2019s appointment runs through February 2018.<\/p>\n
The Marijuana Control Board has the job of regulating Alaska\u2019s marijuana industry.<\/p>\n
Schulte was appointed to the board in July 2015 as one of two industry representatives and served as board chairman until June.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"