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Updated: Watch Black Friday strikes at various Walmart stores
This post will be updated periodically with new information, live videos and recorded videos throughout the day. The video below features a worker protest in Lakewood, Colorado, published by The Associated Press on Friday, November 23, 2012. The video below features a worker protest in Dearborn, Michigan, published by The…
Colorado marijuana push used old-fashioned politics to win
While it may be difficult for some to imagine a well-organized push to legalize marijuana, the Colorado movement to convince citizens of the state’s recently-passed ballot measure’s merits was much like any other politician campaign: comprised of canvassing, targeted outreach, phone banks, and advertisements, reported the Denver Post. Early reports…
Watch live: Paul Ryan in Colorado
Paul Ryan holds a campaign event in Montrose, Colorado. Watch live, broadcast on NBC News on Nov. 2. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy…
Watch live: Ryan campaigns in Colorado
Paul Ryan holds a campaign rally in Greeley, Colorado. Watch live, broadcast on NBC News on Nov. 1. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy…
Study: Voters in three states could approve billion-dollar ‘shock’ to Mexican cartels
If Washington, Colorado or Oregon legalize marijuana in next week’s statewide elections, the result won’t just be felt in those states: according to a study published this week, American voters appear set to back a massive “structural shock” to the Mexican drug cartels that could sap literally billions from their…
Documents found in Colorado meth house reveal inner workings of Montana dark money group
By Kim Barker, ProPublica, and Rick Young and Emma Schwartz, Frontline This post was co-published with PBS’ Frontline. The boxes landed in the office of Montana investigators in March 2011. Found in a meth house in Colorado, they were somewhat of a mystery, holding files on 23 conservative candidates in…
Colorado tax enforcer tells ’60 Minutes’: Weed beat the recession in Denver
In a 13-minute segment broadcast Sunday night, CBS’s “60 Minutes” explored Colorado’s budding medical marijuana industry, and heard from a former drug cop turned tax enforcer who insisted that the industry has helped Denver beat the recession. That runs contrary to President Barack Obama’s logic: he said in 2010 that…
Colorado’s largest labor union endorses marijuana legalization
The United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW) Local 7, Colorado’s largest labor union, said Monday that its members endorse Amendment 64, a ballot measure that aims to legalize the recreational use of marijuana by adults and regulate the drug similarly to alcohol. “Amendment 64 will foster economic growth and…
Former law enforcement officials endorse Colorado marijuana legalization
A handful of former law enforcement officials said Thursday that they hope Colorado votes this November to legalize marijuana and regulate it like alcohol. The signatories to an open letter in support of Colorado’s Amendment 64 ballot initiative included former police officers, former judges and even a former Colorado assistant…
Romney skips Colorado rally after small plane crash
BURLINGTON, Massachusetts — Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney canceled a campaign rally scheduled in Colorado on Sunday after a crash at the airport where his plane was due to land later in the day. “Due to a plane crash involving a small aircraft at the Pueblo airport that is under…
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