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Study: Tourist pot complaints up at Colorado emergency rooms

DENVER – Colorado’s tourists aren’t just buying weed now that it’s legal – they’re ending up in emergency rooms at rates far higher than residents, according to a new study. Docto...

DATE: Feb 24, 2016 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New pot shop in Colorado tied to strip club and mayor

GLENDALE – Colorado’s newest pot shop has some wondering whether strippers and weed are too closely aligned on a busy highway just east of downtown Denver. The Smokin’ Gun Apothec...

DATE: Feb 12, 2016 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Abortion debate will play part in Colorado elections

DENVER – Colorado Republicans could be forgiven for thinking that several years of fiery political contests over abortion and reproductive rights, which helped Democrats win several election...

DATE: Jan 22, 2016 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Pot states take fresh look at out-of-state investment

DENVER – States that have legalized pot are taking a fresh look at making it easier for out-of-state investors to get in the weed business, saying the industry’s ongoing difficulty in bankin...

DATE: Jan 20, 2016 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Partisan spending rift divides Colorado lawmakers, Gov. John Hickenlooper

Hickenlooper’s plan would reclassify hospital fee money

DATE: Jan 7, 2016 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Emerging from shadows, pot industry tries to build brands

DENVER – Snoop Dogg has his own line of marijuana. So does Willie Nelson. Melissa Etheridge has a marijuana-infused wine. As the fast-growing marijuana industry emerges from the b...

DATE: Dec 30, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado’s pot credit union begs for access to nation’s banking system

Bank challenges Federal Reserve’s denial of access to financial system

DATE: Dec 28, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Court hears Colorado pot banking case

Many in marijuana industry nervous handling only cash

DATE: Dec 27, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Connect For Health Colorado says this year’s enrollment smoother

DENVER – A new insurance-matching tool similar to Uber car sharing is helping Colorado’s health insurance exchange meet demand during open enrollment for people who need to sign up for healt...

DATE: Dec 17, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Lawmaker: Planned Parenthood ‘the real culprit’ for violence

DENVER – A Republican state lawmaker from Denver blamed Planned Parenthood for a deadly shootout last week at a clinic in Colorado Springs. Rep. JoAnn Windholz wrote in a Facebook...

DATE: Dec 1, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Swing state Colorado mulls universal health care

DENVER – A new plan for government-run health care that covers everyone is coming from a surprising corner: Colorado, a politically moderate swing state where Republicans and Democrats often...

DATE: Nov 22, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado asks voters to reshuffle spending of new pot taxes

Sponsors want to keep it related to kids

DATE: Oct 31, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News