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Pot-shop warnings for pregnant women rejected

DENVER – A Colorado proposal to require marijuana shops to post warnings for pregnant and nursing women failed Wednesday when Senate Republicans said the first-in-the-nation requirement woul...

DATE: Apr 22, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado may allow medical pot for PTSD

DENVER – Colorado may add post-traumatic stress disorder as a condition to be treated with medical marijuana – a dramatic turnaround after years of rejecting appeals to make PTSD the first a...

DATE: Apr 12, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Snow-tire measure pumps the brakes in Colo. Senate

DENVER – A Colorado proposal to expand snow-tire requirements during winter months has hit a skid in the state Senate. The bill would have required motorists without four-wheel dr...

DATE: Apr 10, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Federal banking official meets with Colo. pot shops

DENVER – A federal banking official took the unprecedented step Thursday of meeting with marijuana business owners. But Kansas City Federal Reserve President Esther George gave n...

DATE: Apr 10, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Pregnant women may worry over pot shopping

DENVER – Colorado pot shops would have to post warnings for pregnant and nursing women under a bill that passed its first test at the state Legislature on Tuesday. The warnings bi...

DATE: Mar 31, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado responds to pot challenge

Says federal government should be sued instead

DATE: Mar 27, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado may give up on changing edible pot

DENVER – Colorado may give up on one of its toughest marijuana problems to emerge in the new market – making sure that edible pot products can’t be confused with regular foods. A...

DATE: Mar 24, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Youths, drugs, sex survey on hold

DENVER – Alarmed by anonymous surveys asking Colorado’s middle and high school students about their sex lives and drug habits, the state Board of Education delayed action Thursday on conside...

DATE: Mar 12, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News

3 states’ sheriffs sue over legal pot

La Plata County’s Sean Smith, however, ‘not aware of any lawsuit’

DATE: Mar 4, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Colorado panel approves medical pot regs

Patients: Regulation will increase costs

DATE: Feb 26, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Red-light camera ban passes 1st test in Colorado

DENVER – A ban on red-light cameras and speed-van enforcement passed its first test Wednesday in the Colorado Legislature. But a long afternoon of testimony showed the topic is as...

DATE: Feb 25, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News

GOP moves pro-fracking bill ahead of report

Task force recommendations come next week

DATE: Feb 20, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News