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Colorado passes laws for the legal sale of marijuana beginning Jan. 1
Lawmakers in Colorado voted Wednesday night to approve a historic, first-ever regulatory framework for the production, taxation and sales of marijuana. Four bills awaiting the governor’s signature Thursday morning — SB 283, HB 1317, HB 1318 and HB 1325 — will convert the state’s medical marijuana regulatory agency into a…
Colorado court: Businesses can fire employees for off-hours pot use
A Colorado Court of Appeals ruled on Thursday that businesses can still fire employees who test positive for marijuana use, even if they never show up to work under the influence. According to NBC News, a divided panel of judges ruled that even though marijuana use is legal in the…
Colorado town considers requiring AK-47s and AR-15s in every home
A town in Colorado is looking into a proposal that would require that every home have at least one assault-style rifle, similar to the Bushmaster AR-15 used to slaughter 20 elementary school children in Connecticut last year. The Craig Daily Press reported this week that the Craig resident Craig Rummel…
Task force: Tourists welcome to get stoned in Colorado
Regulators on Colorado’s Amendment 64 Implementation Task Force recommended on Tuesday that tourists be allowed to toke up when visiting the Centennial State, but officials stopped short of saying it’s cool for visitors to carry their stash back across state lines once they’re headed home. The task force’s Tuesday meeting…
Rule-making panel: Coloradans can still lose jobs over pot smoking
Marijuana users in Colorado may no longer fear arrest but they very well could still lose their jobs after a drug test, a task force set up to recommend rules for legalization decided Tuesday. In other words: Just because Colorado voters approved regulation of marijuana last November doesn’t mean you…
Colorado Senate panel approves civil unions for same-sex couples
The Colorado Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday approved legislation to allow gay and lesbian couples to form civil unions. The bill was approved by a 3 to 2 party-line vote. It is expected to pass the Democrat-led Colorado legislature and be signed into law by Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper. “And…
Colorado cops wrongfully shoot second dog in just two months
For the second time in just two months, law enforcement officers in Colorado have been accused of wrongfully killing a man’s best friend. Business owner Jeff Fisher told KUSA that his 8-year-old dog, Ziggy, was shot and killed when Adams County deputies ended up at the wrong address while responding…
Judge orders Colorado theater gunman to stand trial
A judge has ordered that alleged cinema gunman James Holmes stand trial over a massacre that killed 12 people in Colorado last July, court documents showed. Judge William Sylvester on Thursday found that prosecutors had established there was “probable cause” to believe the defendant committed the crimes, and ordered Holmes…
Gunman among 4 dead in Aurora, CO hostage standoff
Four people are dead including a gunman after an hours-long standoff with police in Aurora, Colorado, this morning. According to video from Denver’s Channel 9 News, police were alerted to the situation around 3:00 Saturday morning. Aurora police immediately sent out emergency notifications to residents of the area, urging them…
Colorado governor legalizes marijuana nearly a month ahead of time
Marijuana wasn’t supposed to be legalized in Colorado until January 5, but Gov. John Hickenlooper (D) said Monday that he signed an executive order formalizing the ballot initiative into law. “Voters were loud and clear on Election Day,” Hickenlooper said in a media advisory. “We will begin working immediately with…
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