Tag: pot
Dish Network’s firing of medical marijuana user upheld by state Supreme...
Brandon Coats never sought out to be a lightening rod. All he wanted was a job.
Employment doesn’t come easily to the 35-year-old Denverite who...
House passes historic marijuana legislation
This week, the House of Representatives approved a slate of historically weed-friendly amendments to the annual bill funding the Department of Justice.
"We’re really, really close...
Statetap: Native American mascot bill passes House
Fair Play
The Colorado House passed a bill that would force public schools with American Indian mascots to get approval from the Colorado Commission of...
Racial disparity in marijuana arrests; overall charges down
Criminal justice reform, particularly for communities of color, was one of the principal reasons Coloradans voted two-to-one to legalize marijuana. Now, just over a...
#Coleg Notebook: Funding the felony DUI, and voting on pot taxes...
Funding the felony DUI
With only $5 million in new spending available to each legislative chamber because of this year's expected TABOR (Taxpayer Bill of...
Polis: Solution on pot is not another dead-end lawsuit but to...
This time, it's the sheriffs.
Led by Larimer County's Justin Smith, sheriffs in Colorado, Kansas and Nebraska say they're facing a "crisis of conscience" brought...
Wiretap: Weed, just so very much safer than tobacco and alcohol
This may not surprise you, but a new study finds that pot is much, much safer than alcohol or tobacco. In fact, the study...
#Coleg Notebook: Rural development death by political cuts
Rural development conundrum in the pipes:
Despite early support and positive reviews, Vail Democrat Sen. Kerry Donovan's rural development bill went down with little comment from...
Listen up, America: 12 lessons from Colorado’s first year of legal...
We've hounded the experts while on holiday to bring you an invaluable list drawn from the nation's latest greatest experiment in permissibility: Here's a dozen Colorado-legalized-it...
Littwin: The Great Pot Shot
Now we know what they do on a slow day (in other words, every day but 'Husker game day) in Nebraska. They take their...