Denver Post editorial: Limit marijuana grows in residential areas
Of the 28 states that have legalized marijuana for adults or patients, 12 ban home cultivation and no other state allows people to grow more than 16 plants in their homes.
There is no true limit in Colorado.
A medical marijuana patient can get a doctor’s permission to grow as many as 99 plants. A caregiver can grow the plants for numerous patients in their own homes with no hard limit.
On the recreational side, the Constitution promises individuals can grow no more than six marijuana plants with three or fewer being mature, flowering plants. But a house with five roommates expands that to 30 plants in a house, and some stretch the law even further and co-op their plants into mega-grows.
Colorado should not tolerate this behavior.
Judicial discipline commission reports increased transparency, increased submissions
Michael Karlik
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Updated 19 minutes ago
The Colorado Commission on Judicial Discipline received 473 misconduct complaints about judges in 2025, which was nearly 29% higher than in 2024 and substantially greater than any time in the past decade. However, only 31 complaints were referred to the commission...
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis sparks backlash after raising clemency questions in Tina Peters case
Marianne Goodland
marianne.goodland@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 15 minutes ago
Gov. Jared Polis ignited a political firestorm Tuesday night after weighing in on the prison sentences of two former Colorado officials convicted of attempting to influence a public servant. The comments quickly fueled speculation about possible clemency for former Mesa...
Colorado Supreme Court signals intervention in dispute over treatment for trans children
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 19 hours ago
The Colorado Supreme Court ordered Children’s Hospital Colorado on Tuesday to explain why it should not direct the organization to resume providing certain types of services to transgender children in compliance with the state’s non-discrimination law. Last month, a Denver...
Trump faces first domestic test on Iran conflict with Senate war powers vote
Ramsey Touchberry, Washington Examiner
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Updated 21 hours ago
Administration officials are scrambling to sell members of Congress on President Donald Trump’s military operations in Iran ahead of bipartisan attempts to limit his war powers in the Middle East without approval from lawmakers. The Senate and House are set...
Supreme Court hands California parents win over secret gender transition policy
Jack Birle, Washington Examiner
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Updated 21 hours ago
The Supreme Court gave California parents a significant victory late Monday when it kept in place a lower court’s block of the Golden State’s public school policy hiding students’ gender identity and preferred pronouns from parents. A 6-3 majority on...
Judge nixes latest policy requiring 7 days’ notice for Congress members to visit ICE facilities
Michael Kunzelman
michael.kunzelman@associatedpress.com
Updated 21 hours ago
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge agreed on Monday to temporarily suspend the latest version of a Trump administration policy that requires members of Congress to provide a week’s notice before they can visit immigration detention facilities. U.S. District Judge...
Judge nixes latest policy requiring 7 days’ notice for Congress members to visit ICE facilities
Michael Kunzelman
michael.kunzelman@associatedpress.com
Updated 19 hours ago
WASHINGTON • A federal judge agreed on Monday to temporarily suspend the latest version of a Trump administration policy that requires members of Congress to provide a week’s notice before they can visit immigration detention facilities. U.S. District Judge Jia...
Gov. Polis, Upper Basin states criticize federal draft plan for managing the Colorado River
Marianne Goodland
marianne.goodland@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 21 hours ago
With no agreement among the seven Colorado River states and federal deadlines now passed, the Upper Colorado River Commission on Monday sharply criticized the U.S. Department of the Interior’s draft plan for managing the river after current guidelines expire this...
Ballot access, dual-office ban bills move swiftly through Colorado legislature
Marianne Goodland
marianne.goodland@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 22 hours ago
With an eye on the 2026 election cycle and mounting tensions with the Trump administration, Colorado lawmakers are fast-tracking a pair of election bills they say will protect the state’s mail ballot system and tighten rules for elected officials. The...
Colorado GOP chair Brita Horn loses ‘no-confidence’ vote, vows to refocus on ‘mending that divide’
Ernest Luning
ernest.luning@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 6 hours ago
The Colorado Republican Party’s state central committee approved a resolution expressing “no confidence” in state chair Brita Horn in a landslide late Monday night near the end of an online meeting marked by rancor and confusion. Almost 80% of the...
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