Author: John Ingold
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Colorado AG Suthers says he will respect marijuana measure
Colorado Attorney General John Suthers, an ardent opponent of marijuana legalization, said Wednesday he would respect the will of the voters on Amendment 64 but cast doubt on the measure’s longterm success. The measure — which legalizes possession of up to an ounce of marijuana and allows for a commercial, recreational marijuana industry — passed…
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Denver man charged with making child pornography videos
A 30-year-old man has been arrested and faces federal charges accusing him of making child pornography videos at his southwest Denver home. Jesse Evans faces up to 30 years in prison if convicted of the most serious of the charges. According to a criminal complaint affidavit filed in late June, an investigator in January found…
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Denver man charged with making child pornography videos
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A 30-year-old man has been arrested and faces federal charges accusing him of making child pornography videos at his southwest Denver home. Jesse Evans faces up to 30 years in prison if convicted of the…
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Last Chance, residents standing tall after huge wildfire
LAST CHANCE — There used to be a motel here. A homey cafe, two auto garages, a gas station and a Dairy King, too. When a wildfire marauded into Last Chance on Monday — en route to destroying four homes and charring 70 square miles in Washington County in half a day — it discovered…
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Marijuana driving limits pass final Colorado House committee
A bill setting a scientific limit for what it means to be too stoned to drive passed its final legislative committee Tuesday, when the state House Appropriations Committee approved it 9-4. The bill must still go before — and receive the approval of — the full House on second reading by the end of the…
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Colorado AG questions constitutionality of panel to aid wildfire victims
The Colorado Attorney General’s office has raised questions about whether a bill to create a unique commission to compensate victims of the Lower North Fork fire violates the state constitution. A memo written Tuesday by state Assistant Solicitor General Frederick Yarger says the bill “presents a significant risk” of violating the constitution’s prohibition against special…
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Colorado AG questions constitutionality of panel to aid wildfire victims
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Colorado Attorney General’s office has raised questions about whether a bill to create a unique commission to compensate victims of the Lower North Fork fire violates the state constitution. A memo written Tuesday by…
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Boulder DA asks feds to back off on medical marijuana dispensaries
Boulder District Attorney Stan Garnett has sent a letter to the top federal prosecutor in Colorado, asking the feds to drop their crack-down on medical-marijuana dispensaries that are abiding by state law. In the letter, dated Tuesday, Garnett writes that Colorado has created a system for regulating medical-marijuana businesses that is working and argues it…
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Boulder DA asks feds to back off on medical marijuana dispensaries
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Boulder District Attorney Stan Garnett has sent a letter to the top federal prosecutor in Colorado, asking the feds to drop their crack-down on medical-marijuana dispensaries that are abiding by state law. In the letter,…
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Colorado pot-legalization ballot deadline is today
The campaign behind a measure to legalize limited possession of marijuana in Colorado will learn today whether it has enough signatures for the initiative to make the ballot.The Colorado Secretary of State’s office must determine by today whether the campaign collected 86,105 signatures from valid Colorado voters. Last month, the campaign turned in nearly twice…