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New Colorado bill corrects marijuana tax funding error that stiffed RTD, SCFD

Special districts that affect Boulder County residents can now collect marijuana tax revenues again after Gov. John Hickenlooper signed a bill that corrects an error enacted in July.

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Hickenlooper says he doesn’t see the benefit of rescinding marijuana policy for Trump Administration

After news broke earlier this week that Attorney General Jeff Session has rescinded the Cole Memo, changing how the government enforces federal marijuana laws, Gov. John Hickenlooper told CNN Saturday that he didn’t see how the move would help the Trump administration.

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Op-ed: Five years after Amendment 64, Colorado’s marijuana crop is getting greener

Five years after Coloradans legalized recreational marijuana, the state is more familiar with marijuana’s environmental impact, prompting positive changes.

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$10 million in pot taxes aimed at solving teacher shortage woes

Gov. John Hickenlooper earmarked $10 million in marijuana sales tax money in his proposed 2018-19 budget to address problems of hiring and retaining teachers in Colorado, where as many as 3,000 teaching jobs are unfilled.

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Colorado budget proposal calls for new task force to target illegal marijuana ops

Colorado aims to establish a state law enforcement unit dedicated to investigating and, ideally, eradicating illegal marijuana grow operations that have cropped up throughout the state.

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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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Efforts to curtail marijuana-impaired driving collide with evolving attitudes, medicinal use

Promoting cannabis as a safer alternative to alcohol was a tenet of the marijuana legalization movements in Colorado and other states. Early data indicate that attitude continues when people get behind the wheel.

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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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Feds visit Colorado to research marijuana regulation, black market, enforcement

Colorado officials who oversee the state’s marijuana agencies are sharing details about a fact-finding visit earlier this week by federal law enforcement and drug policy administrators.

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Feds hold closed-doors meetings with Colorado officials known to have doubts about weed

Federal Department of Justice and drug policy officials met privately Wednesday with Colorado Springs Mayor John Suthers, local police and other community leaders who have expressed concern with marijuana.

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