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Welcome back to The Spot, where The Denver Post’s politics team captures what’s happening this week — from the Colorado legislature to Denver city hall, with a stop through the halls of Congress in Washington, D.C.
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May 3, 2018 blogger Business, Colorado News, Colorado Politics, Cory Gardner, drugs, employment, federal prosecutors, Jeff Sessions, Latest News, marijuana, Marijuana Business, medical marijuana, Medicial Marijuana, Nation World News, National Politics, News, politics, Retail, small business, Stop Smoking Marijuana, Stop Smoking Pot, Trump Administration, unemployment, weed, white house, withdrawal
A low unemployment rate and the spreading legalization of marijuana have led many businesses to rethink their drug testing policies for the first time in decades. A small but increasing number are simply no longer testing for pot.
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Welcome back to The Spot, where The Denver Post’s politics team captures what’s happening this week — from the Colorado legislature to Denver city hall, with a stop through the halls of Congress in Washington, D.C.
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March 25, 2018 blogger car crashes, Colorado News, Colorado Politics, Courts, Crashes and Disasters, Crime & Courts, drugs, drunken driving, Investigations, Latest News, marijuana, marijuana health, Marijuana social use, Medicial Marijuana, News, politics, Stop Smoking Marijuana, Stop Smoking Pot, Transportation, weed, withdrawal
Amid a rise in Colorado auto fatalities involving marijuana, state transportation officials are surveying thousands of residents this year to better understand public attitudes toward driving under the influence of pot, with the hopes of blunting the increasingly deadly trend.
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Congress this week passed a massive $1.3 trillion plan to fund the federal government through Sept. 30 and tucked into that 2,232-page measure — which President Donald Trump must sign to avoid a shutdown– are several provisions that will have an impact on Colorado.
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A $1.3 trillion plan to fund the federal government through the end of September won’t include protections for the recreational marijuana industry — a blow to Colorado lawmakers who tried to add that language to the must-pass bill.
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It’s been a month since the pot-blockade began and U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner is standing firm in his vow to jam all appointments to the Department of Justice until Attorney General Jeff Sessions changes his approach to federal marijuana policy.
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What started off last spring as an effort by an Aurora Girl Scout troop to take on a social service project turned into passage Monday of Colorado’s first ban on smoking in a vehicle while children under 18 are inside.
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January 18, 2018 blogger Bob Troyer, Colorado News, Colorado Politics, Jared Polis, Jeff Sessions, Ken Buck, Latest News, marijuana, marijuana politics, Medicial Marijuana, National Politics, News, politics, Stop Smoking Marijuana, Stop Smoking Pot, U.S. Department of Justice, weed, withdrawal
Colorado Reps. Jared Polis and Ken Buck butted heads in a House Rules Committee meeting over a proposed federal amendment protecting state-legal marijuana.
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January 18, 2018 blogger Banking, Business, cannabis, Colorado News, Colorado Politics, congress, Cory Gardner, Ed Perlmutter, federal prosecutors, Jeff Sessions, Latest News, marijuana, Marijuana Business, marijuana in Colorado, marijuana nation world, marijuana politics, Medicial Marijuana, Michael Bennet, Nation World News, National Politics, News, politics, Stop Smoking Marijuana, Stop Smoking Pot, Trump Administration, Washington DC, weed, withdrawal
A letter from Reps. Perlmutter and Heck in support of Obama-era marijuana banking guidance has been signed by 29 additional members of Congress
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