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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

Colo. medical pot rules still hanging in limbo

DENVER – Colorado’s attempts to make medical marijuana regulations more like recreational pot rules are running into trouble in the state Legislature. Colorado is the only state t...

DATE: Feb 18, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Concealed carry with no permit proposed

GOP says current requirements are inappropriate

DATE: Feb 18, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News

State Senate rejects limits on private land seizures

DENVER – A bipartisan group of Colorado senators rejected a proposal Tuesday to limit government seizures of private land for open space. The bill would have prevented counties fr...

DATE: Feb 17, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News

State’s pot tax tally offers lessons

From taxation to effects on black market state provides hints

DATE: Feb 11, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Eyewitness rules change clears panel

DENVER – A new statewide standard for eyewitness identifications cleared a Colorado Senate committee 5-0 Monday after lawmakers heard from crime victims, prosecutors and police – who all agr...

DATE: Feb 9, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News

GOP looks to make education changes

Proposals include tax credits for private school

DATE: Feb 8, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News

GOP advances bill to roll back renewable-energy mandate

DENVER – Colorado Republicans pushed one of their top priorities through the Senate on Thursday – rolling back renewable-energy mandates. But the vote probably doesn’t mean that u...

DATE: Feb 5, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News

State publishes review of health research on pot

DENVER – Colorado released a sweeping report Monday about marijuana and health – everything from pot’s effect on drivers, asthma, cancer rates and birth defects. The 188-page repo...

DATE: Feb 2, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Bike-trail funding plan fails Denver

DENVER – Colorado needs more recreational bike trails – just not a change to how they’re paid for, lawmakers from both parties agreed Thursday as they voted down a bill to direct more Colora...

DATE: Jan 29, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Denver airport bans sale of pot-themed souvenirs

DENVER – Tourists who fly to Colorado, home of legal pot, can forget about buying souvenir boxer shorts, socks or sandals with a marijuana leaf on them when passing through the Denver airpor...

DATE: Jan 28, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News