ALBERT LEA, Minn. (FOX 9) - After receiving pushback over denying the first non-tribal-owned recreational marijuana dispensary from opening as part of a dispute centered around state requirements on population size, the Albert Lea City council has approved the licenses for two dispensaries within its limits – just not the one that initially brought forth the challenge.

Albert Lea dispensaries

What we know:

After more than an hour of discussion, the Albert Lea City Council approved the licenses for two cannabis microbusinesses, and denied the reconsideration of another.

Chris Gracia, operating under Matchbox Farms MN, LLC, was approved to operate by the council.

Meanwhile, the council also approved Cristina Aranquiz, operating under Black Husky, LLC.

At the same time, council offi

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