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9 hrs ago | Denver Westword

Hemp growing legal right now? No, says Colorado Department of Agriculture

That's a complicated question -- and one that the Colorado Department of Agriculture is trying to clear up in a statement issued this week: "Amendment 64 did not authorize the immediate cultivation of hemp.

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, Colorado, Colorado Government, US Governors

20 hrs ago | The Providence Journal

Former Cranston Mayor Laffey to run for governor in Colorado

Former Cranston Mayor Stephen P. Laffey has filed papers to run for governor in Colorado, a Denver television website is reporting.

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Related Topix: Cranston, RI, US Governors

Yesterday | The Commerce City Sentinel

Meal planning

A bill to help make sure more Colorado schoolkids get a decent breakfast was signed into law May 15 by Gov.

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Related Topix: US Governors, Commerce City, CO, Colorado Springs, CO, Education Etc.

Mon May 20, 2013

CBS Local

Too High To Drive? CBS4 Puts Stoned Drivers To The Test

It's been one of the toughest questions facing the state of Colorado - now that marijuana has been legalized, how high is too high to drive? In an effort to find out, CBS4 conducted a test with the help of a leading driving instruction company, a respected lab and marijuana businesses to provide the volunteers.

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PETA

Schoolkids Win PETA Award for Promoting Rescued Cats and Dogs as 'State Pets'

Colorado just raised the bar for helping our four-legged friends. That's because, on May 13, Gov.

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Related Topix: US Governors, Kids, Family

Denver Post

Robert Dewey set to reap benefits of new Colorado compensation law

Robert "Rider" Dewey is kneeling on a grimy garage floor amid a scattering of oily rags and wrenches while a fat black dog named Lovey snoozes nearby.

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Related Topix: Harley Davidson, Automakers, US Governors, Denver, CO

CBS Local

How Will the Sheriffs' Gun Lawsuit Impact the Gun Conversation?

Some people may have thought that when Governor Hickenlooper signed two controversial gun control measures that the State Legislature passed this spring that the gun control conversation was over.

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Related Topix: US Governors, Colorado, Colorado Government

Sun May 19, 2013

KREX

Hickenlooper Signs Bill to Increase School Funding

Governor Hickenlooper has signed into law a bill that injects more funding into the state's public schools.

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KRVN-AM Lexington

Colorado Sheriffs Suing Over Gun Control Laws

Colorado's recently approved gun control laws, passed in response to the Aurora, Colo., and Newtown, Conn., massacres, are being challenged by a delegation of sheriffs who say the laws are unconstitutional.

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Related Topix: Aurora, CO, US Governors, Denver, CO, Criminal Defense Law, Law

CBS Local

New Legislation Helps Fund Eisenhower Tunnel Fire Suppression System

Gov. John Hickenlooper signed a bill into law Saturday establishing the Petroleum Cleanup and Redevelopment Fund within the Division of Oil and Public Safety, a part of the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment.

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The Las Vegas Sun

Wash. state to release draft rules for legal pot

They've spent nearly eight months visiting marijuana grow houses, studying the science of getting high and earning nicknames like "the queen of weed." Now, officials in Washington state are taking their first stab at setting rules for the state's new legal weed industry.

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The Telluride Watch

Governor to Hold Bill-Signing Ceremony at Ouray School

Gov. John Hickenlooper will visit the Ouray School next Thursday, May 23, to sign the newly enacted School Resource Bill.

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Sat May 18, 2013

Fort Morgan Times

Legislature fills governor's wish list

In his annual State of the State address last January, Gov. John Hickenlooper gave the General Assembly a wish list that included civil unions, universal background checks, tuition for undocumented students, Medicaid expansion, a comprehensive overhaul of the state's mental health system and school finance and a bill to support advanced industries.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law, Denver, CO, US Governors, University of Denver, Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, Metropolitan State University, Guns

Jurist

Colorado sheriffs challenge new gun control laws

The challenged laws, signed by Governor John Hickenlooper [JURIST report] in March, ban high capacity magazines, limiting them to a maximum capacity of 15, and establish a required universal background check for all sales and transfers of guns in the state.

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Related Topix: Guns, Prison, US Governors, US News, US Supreme Court

CBS Local

New Law Helps Protect Homes From Wildfire

Gov. John Hickenlooper signed the Wildfire Risk Reduction Grant Program into law on Friday at the dedication of Staunton State Park.

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Greeley Tribune

Governor signs high-tech startup bill into law at UNC

JOSHUA POLSON/jpolson@greeleytribune.com Gov. John Hickenlooper signs the Advanced Industries Accelerator Act into law Wednesday at the University of Northern Colorado's Panorama Room in Greeley.

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Ashland Times-Gazette

Ohio governor to alert families to execution mercy

In the future Ohio Gov. John Kasich will call family members of murder victims when he decides to spare the lives of death row inmates, the governor's office said Friday.

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Washington Times

Magpul joins Colorado sheriffs in filing lawsuit against gun-control bills

Magpul Industries joined 54 Colorado county sheriffs Friday in filing a federal lawsuit against the state's recently signed gun-control bills.

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Related Topix: Guns, Colorado, US Governors, Denver, CO, Aurora, CO

Colorado Political News

Sky Will NOT Fall When Magazine Bill Takes Effect

Late this afternoon, the office of Colorado Attorney General John Suthers released a long-awaited technical guidance prepared with the Department of Public Safety on the implementation of House Bill 1224 , the magazine limit bill.

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Fri May 17, 2013

ReporterHerald.com

Sentencing review long overdue

The shocking murders of Tom Clements, executive director of the Colorado Department of Corrections, and Nathan Leon, an IBM employee and part-time pizza delivery driver from Golden apparently at the hands of former state prisoner Evan Ebel have led to a long overdue audit into prison sentences and the way they are carried out.

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