Texas Hemp Businesses Fight New Rules

0:00It's April 9th, from your city to your ears. This is Dallas News Today, powered by AI. I'm Cory with the story. Texas Hemp Businesses just fouled an emergency lawsuit to block new state rules, cracking down on smokeable hemp products, especially flowers, which make up their top sellers and could force shops to close. These rules come from the Texas Department of State Health Services, following direction from Governor Greg Abbott to prioritize safety and keep. Products away from kids, but the industry says agencies win too far by adding bans, lawmakers never approved. Owners like Candace Denette of Emerald Organics and Fort Worth are feeling the hit hard. She furloughed 16 out of 29 employees, more than. Half her team, just to keep the doors open after her cancer battle, inspired the business seven years ago. Employees are stressed too, forcing fake smiles for customers while fearing more layoffs and stinted stresses they're fine with record keeping for. Safety, but not losing flower sales that help people in pain. A judge will hear the case this

1:04Friday and everyone's watching to see if it buys time before more jobs vanish and lights go out across North Texas.