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Opinion: In spite of AG Jeff Sessions, criminal justice reform still moving forward

Op-ed: A bipartisan groups of lawmakers at the federal and state level want rational crime policies that don’t waste money or discard redeemable lives.

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IRS targeted nonprofits with names including “medical marijuana,” “progressive”

A federal watchdog has identified cases in which the Internal Revenue Service may have given extra scrutiny to groups with names including “medical marijuana.”

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Gov. Hickenlooper suggests pot-tax recipients pay for special session – GOP leader calls it “one of the worst ideas”

Gov. Hickenlooper opens the door to calling the special session off if Republicans would publicly commit to addressing the pot-tax error by the end of January.

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Cory Gardner is backing legislation to ease the way for medical marijuana research

U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner is backing bipartisan legislation to ease the way for medical marijuana research  that he hopes will be a big positive for Colorado.

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Marijuana grows — legal or not — are far from business as usual for Colorado electric companies

A gathering of Colorado utilities officials centered around the massive power draw of indoor marijuana cultivation and issues with illegal grows.

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Going into its fourth harvest, industrial hemp industry still facing growing pains

The Colorado hemp market has grown exponentially since it became legal, and farmers this year are expected to harvest 9,000 acres – up from 200 acres in 2014.

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Congressional medical marijuana protections extended by debt limit deal

Existing federal protections for medical marijuana states are expected to continue through at least Dec. 8.

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GOP-led House Rules Committee blocks voting on marijuana amendments

The GOP-led House Rules Committee rejected a number of marijuana-related amendments from a federal appropriations bill, most notably Rohrabacher-Blumenauer.

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Spending bill eyes cuts to disaster relief to fund Trump’s border wall

Disaster relief after Harvey-caused epic flooding in Texas tops an already crowded agenda when President Donald Trump meets next week with House and Senate leaders at the White House.

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The Sessions Letters: Read the U.S. attorney general’s missives to the first four states to legalize marijuana

In April, the governors of the first four states to legalize recreational marijuana asked Attorney General Jeff Sessions to “engage with us before embarking on any changes to regulatory and enforcement systems.” Sessions responded at the end of July with four separate letters.

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