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FDA approves prescription-grade CBD oil for rare epilepsy disorders
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The Food and Drug Administration Monday gave its first-ever approval of a plant-based cannabidiol product – Epidiolex – for treating two rare seizure disorders that begin in childhood. It’s not quite medical marijuana. The strawberry-flavored syrup is a purified form of a chemical ingredient found in the cannabis plant – but not the one that…
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Hickenlooper signs pension-reform bill; vetoes 2 measures
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Gov. John Hickenlooper signed several pieces of legislation Monday but also added to his veto tally. The governor signed into law a bill that lawmakers and pensioners hope will start the state on a path to shoring up a $32 billion shortfall in the Colorado Public Employees Retirement Association (PERA) pension plan for state workers…
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Out West Roundup: After tax cuts many saw as a failure, Kansas may cut again
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Kansas After tax cuts many saw as a failure, Kansas may cut again TOPEKA, Kansas – Kansas has some financial breathing room less than a year after legislators reversed past income tax cuts to deal with persistent budget woes that followed what many voters saw as a failed fiscal experiment. Now some Republicans want to…
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This Week at the Capitol, Week of April 16-20
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Here are the legislative committee hearings of note for the week ahead at the Colorado Capitol. Committee schedules are subject to change. The daily schedule is available on the legislature’s website. Click here and scroll down to committee hearings to listen online. MONDAY House Education Committee, 1:30 p.m. Room 112 House Bill 1379, School Finance Act.House Bill…
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CBD oil could gain prescription-level approval in Colorado
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DENVER – On one side: segments of Colorado’s hemp and marijuana industry, claiming a bill that won final approval in the Colorado House of Representatives Thursday will benefit just one company and could carry a rash of unintended consequences. On the other: other segments of the hemp and marijuana industry, joined by parents and doctors who…
