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Lamar constituents hear about TABOR and hemp at Crowder, Lewis town hall

Aug 21, 2017

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Sen. Larry Crowder and Kimmi Lewis were all aboard on hemp last session and had no qualms about selling out the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights, because the price was right. The Lamar Ledger this weekend provided a thorough accounting of a town hall meeting with the two southern Colorado Republicans last Thursday night at Lamar…

ICYMI: Hemp bill hot water, redistricting outcry in El Paso County, Aurora performing arts center in the works

May 30, 2017

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Mike McKibbin

? A bill designed to help an Arkansas Valley hemp farmer in a water dispute with the federal government landed state Sen. Don Coram, R-Montrose, in some hot water with at least one constituent. Coram sponsored Senate Bill 117, which recognizes industrial hemp as an approved agricultural product so it can use federal water. It…

It’ll be hemp, hemp, hooray once legislation turns on the spigot

Apr 27, 2017

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Dan Njegomir

Senate Bill 117, which won final approval from the entire legislature this week, will keep federal water flowing to Colorado’s hemp crop even amid broader differences between the Centennial State and Washington over drug policy. A Senate GOP press release says the measure, introduced by Montrose Republican Sen. Don Coram, “…ensures that Washington can’t deny hemp growers access to water…

Hemp for your heifers: Popular Colorado bill would make it possible

Feb 10, 2017

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JOEY BUNCH

Colorado cows might soon be into edibles. Sort of. State Sen. Kerry Donovan, D-Vail, has momentum behind her proposal for the state to explore industrial-grade hemp for livestock and animal feed. “Currently, it is illegal to sell animal feed that is deemedadulterated,” Senate Bill 109 states. “The bill clarifies that the use of industrial hemp…