Author: Jared Wright
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Alaska OKs marijuana, but some communities ban pot commerce
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Alaskans two years ago approved recreational use of marijuana. That doesn’t mean they want it sold in their towns. Voters in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough, a municipality just larger than the state of West Virginia, and one renowned for a potent strain of black market pot, on Tuesday will consider a ban on commercial enterprises that…
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Following Colorado’s lead, Montana to test 1,400 unprocessed rape kits dating to 1995
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Montana will be following the Colorado Legislature’s lead when it tests 1,400 rape kits dating back to 1995 that weren’t submitted to the state’s crime lab by local law enforcement authorities, Attorney General Tim Fox said Thursday. The state also will add personnel to track the kits, counsel victims and investigate when DNA from the…
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Peres lauded by world leaders as a man of peace
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Current and former world leaders mourned the passing of Israeli statesman Shimon Peres on Wednesday, praising him as a visionary who committed his life to the elusive goal of lasting peace in the Middle East. President Barack Obama described Peres as “soldier for Israel, for the Jewish people, for justice, for peace, and for the…
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Mosle and Bicha: 2Gen approach about increasing quality of social service systems
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Ask any group of parents – rich or poor – what they want for their children and the answers you’ll get are amazingly consistent. They want good-paying jobs to support their families, high quality child care and great schools. We asked ourselves: Shouldn’t we design social service systems that address that universal list of hopes and dreams…
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Christensen: Medicare Part B experiment threatens community cancer clinics
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Put yourself in the shoes of a cancer patient in rural Colorado. If she’s lucky, she has a cancer clinic somewhat close to home with an oncologist she knows well (and who knows her well). Less lucky are the patients who make an arduous trip across the state, often driving hundreds of miles round trip…
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Coram: The TPP would mean benefits to energy, agriculture in CO
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Throughout this election year, there has been a lot of misinformation disseminated about the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and its impact on the economy here in the United States. While some have claimed – erroneously – that it will ship jobs overseas and allow foreign companies to gain a competitive advantage, the fact is that it will bring…
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GOP lawmaker: FBI gave immunity for Clinton aide’s testimony
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Hillary Clinton’s former chief of staff, Cheryl Mills, and two other staff members were granted immunity deals in exchange for their cooperation in the now-closed FBI investigation into Clinton’s use of a private email server as secretary of state, says a Republican congressman. Rep. Jason Chaffetz, chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee,…
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Monson: ‘The one finger salute’ and why women should vote for Trump
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“The one finger salute. I get a few of those,” said a guy at the gas station as I asked him about his “Trump, Pence” bumper sticker. Mean actions and mean words are not unique to Hillary, NeverTrump, Johnson, Stein or Trump supporters. Each has individuals in their camps who have very bad manners. And…
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Purcell: Hillary summons the dead for advice
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Journalists in the mass media love to dig up dirt on Republican presidential candidates. Well, I just dug up some dirt on Hillary Clinton. In Bob Woodward’s 1996 book, “The Choice,” Woodward reports that Hillary once conducted séances to summon the spirits of Eleanor Roosevelt and Mahatma Gandhi. Through some crack investigative work – I…