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Seattle clears marijuana convictions, following San Francisco lead

Five years after Washington legalized marijuana, Seattle officials say they’re moving to automatically clear past misdemeanor cannabis convictions.

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Cory Gardner’s siege of the Justice Department over marijuana enters second month

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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Aurora Girl Scouts spur adoption of Colorado’s first vehicle smoking ban to protect minors

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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After sounding alarm about increased crime, Sessions credits Trump with crime rate drop in first half of 2017

Sessions is making the case Trump administration anti-crime policies are working, even though the trend already was apparent when he repeatedly warned that crime was out of control.

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It’s official: Vermont becomes 9th state to legalize recreational marijuana

The Green Mountain State on Monday became the ninth U.S. state to legalize recreational marijuana and the first to do so via a legislative act.

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What Trump said about marijuana enforcement while campaigning in Colorado

The Colorado Spring’s Gazette’s editorial board has released audio from July 2016, with Donald Trump repeatedly pledging to respect states’ marijuana laws.

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Polis, Buck butt heads on spending bill amendment to protect state-legal marijuana

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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Congressmen: Rescinding marijuana banking guidance would be “dangerous and imprudent”

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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19 state attorneys general back Colo. Rep. Ed Perlmutter’s marijuana banking bill

The recent rescission of prior Obama-era guidance from the U.S. Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) for banks doing business with marijuana firms has made the need for Congressional action more urgent, the attorneys general said.

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Minister who sued to stop Colorado’s pot DUI law running for Weld County commissioner

The pastor of a marijuana-based church, who sued to stop the state’s pot DUI from taking effect, will run for Weld County commissioner as a Republican.

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