Ald. William Hall (6) attends a City Council meeting on Oct. 9, 2024. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

Ald. William Hall (6) plans to put forth an ordinance that would regulate and tax hemp-derived products and the businesses that sell them in the city while also attempting to keep currently unregulated intoxicating hemp-derived products out of children’s hands. 

“Our role as a city is to identify it, say it's present, say that it's here and to say we want to make sure that it's safe but also get our fair share of sustainable revenue,” Hall told The Daily Line last week. “It's a black market of upwards of close to $400 million annually.”