Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana.

• Next milestone for Alaska’s young pot industry: paying taxes
  (Associated Press: National, 17 November 2016)

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — With legal marijuana sales underway in Alaska, growers will soon be submitting their first tax payments to the state.

• Denver May Become the First U.S. City to Legalize Marijuana Use in Bars and Restaurants
  (Entrepreneur: Latest, 16 November 2016)

The Colorado measure will permit private businesses to allow marijuana use by adults in designated areas with certain exceptions.

• Rec and MMJ legalization bills introduced in Texas
  (Marijuana Business Daily: News, 16 November 2016)

In what could be the start of a string of post-2016-election ripple effects, a pair of cannabis legalization bills have been introduced in the Texas Legislature – one to allow medical marijuana and another to legalize adult use.