● While the state and federal governments have different definitions regarding the legality of marijuana, it’s an even murkier picture when it come to marijuana’s far less potent cousin, industrial hemp. And, as the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel reported, the differences surfaced over a water issue in southeastern Colorado. The Bureau of Reclamation denied a farmer’s request for water because part of his crop was hemp. Further complicating the matter, the 2014 Farm Bill defined hemp as distinct from marijuana. There’s a bill in the Colorado Legislature that brought the issue to light, so stay tuned.

● U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo., likes Mexicans, is not a big fan of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and is just as frustrated with the level of bipartisanship in Congress as the rest of us. Read that and what Bennet had to say after a visit to Bruce Randolph School in Denver in a story from Chalkbeat.org.

● Those often frustrating anonymous political flyers that surface every election might be relegated to past political practices, if a bill requiring every flyer to identify who paid for them is passed by Colorado lawmakers. As you would expect, Democrats and Republicans clashed over the bill, as reported by the Colorado Independent.

● In the haven’t-we-heard-something-like-this-before arena, U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner, R-Colo., plans to sponsor legislation to move the headquarters of the Bureau of Land Management from Washington, D.C. to a Western state. Gardner mentioned the legislation while meeting with members of Club 20, a coalition of local governments, tribes, businesses and citizens from Colorado’s Western Slope, according to the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel.

● Former Aurora city officials are netting some pretty lucrative retirement benefits on taxpayer’s dimes — an issue that has recently caught the attention of some of the local government watchdogs in the community. Right now, Aurora City Council members are considering a ballot question to ask voters to increase elected officials’ pay this fall. But the Aurora Sentinel reported that nearly two dozen former city officials and their spouses net as much as $2,089 a month in retirement benefits, according to documents obtained through an open records request. As they say, timing is everything …

● More to choose from and lower cost is undeniably a good thing. And that’s just how it was if you were in the market to buy a small business in Colorado during the first quarter of 2017. The Denver Business Journal reported that a quarterly insight report by BizBuySell.com, an online businesses for sale marketplace, there were 496 small businesses up for sale in the first quarter of 2017, 11 percent more than the first quarter of 2016.

● Glenwood Springs is known not only for its hot springs pool, nearby ski resort and tramway that takes visitors up a mountain to deep underground caves. As someone who lived and worked there for several years, I have heard many stories about serial killer Ted Bundy, who escaped from the Pitkin County Jail in Aspen and the Garfield County Jail in Glenwood Springs in 1977. Recently, the Glenwood Springs Post Independent said in a story that forgotten photos of Bundy were found when an old, largely ignored safe at the newspaper office was opened by a locksmith.

● Last week, I mentioned a story about an 18-year-old Manual High School student who wants to serve on the Denver Public Schools board of education. Well, here’s what you might call the other side of the coin: a 100-year-old woman has worked in the gifted and talented department for DPS for 48 years. Granted, she only works four hours a week, but work is work, right? 9News reported Rallie Ginsberg doesn’t have any retirement plans, either. You go, girl!