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COVER STORY | Profile: Entrepreneur Jared Polis seeks to make a difference

Sep 25, 2018

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Ernest Luning

It’s easy to see the contradictions in Jared Polis. The wildly successful entrepreneur – he launched three companies before he turned 30 that collectively sold for more than $1 billion – routinely faces derision from Republican opponents as an enemy of capitalism and a threat to the state’s very economy. The 43-year-old power broker with…
Out West Roundup: Native American artists slam proposed jewelry sale rules

Apr 6, 2018

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Associated Press

New Mexico Native American artists slam proposed jewelry sale rules SANTA FE – Native American artists have criticized a plan that would impose more regulations on sales of their jewelry at New Mexico’s historic Palace of the Governors museum in Santa Fe. The Native American artists said the proposed changes are burdensome and disruptive to…
Lamborn challenger Owen Hill blasts GOP incumbent’s position on pot enforcement

Feb 12, 2018

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Ernest Luning

State Sen. Owen Hill, a Colorado Springs Republican challenging U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn in a primary, on Monday called on the federal government to keep its hands off Colorado’s legalized marijuana industry and tore into Lamborn for welcoming a recent shift in policy that could lead to a federal crackdown. “Doug Lamborn is coming out in…
Four years after legalization, Denver officials say more data needed to assess marijuana’s impact

Dec 15, 2017

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Ernest Luning

According to a recent federal study, marijuana use among Colorado teenagers has fallen considerably in the past two years – to its lowest rate in nearly a decade. But high school principals in parts of Denver with high concentrations of pot businesses say the opposite is true, and an organization that works with homeless youth…
Fremont County Republican Stephanie Luck throws hat in ring for Senate District 2 seat

Dec 2, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Fremont County Republican Stephanie Luck, a conservative attorney and longtime critic of legalized marijuana, announced Friday she’s running for the Senate District 2 seat held by term-limited Senate President Kevin Grantham, R-Cañon City. “I am a builder,” Luck said in a statement. “I am a builder, not of buildings, but of communities. I am passionate…
Out West Roundup: Kids have furry, four-legged friends in New Mexico courts

Dec 1, 2017

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Associated Press

New Mexico Kids have furry, four-legged friends in New Mexico courts ALBUQUERQUE – Looking adorable is only part of the job description. Also required is the ability to remain calm in public spaces and to impart that peaceful feeling to others, particularly children. Filling the job openings are Lucy and Kasey 2, golden retrievers who…
Colorado Christian University calls on legislators to reject campaign donations from marijuana industry

Oct 13, 2017

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Ernest Luning

In a stern letter to state lawmakers, the president of Colorado Christian University and the director of the school’s conservative think tank on Thursday called on legislators to refuse campaign donations from the marijuana industry, saying the legalized drug “has devastated Colorado by nearly every metric.” “It has come to our attention that state legislators…
Colorado Republican Doug Robinson looks ahead in gubernatorial run: ‘We’re not going to drift to a better place’

Aug 20, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Doug Robinson compares winning the Republican nomination for governor of Colorado to getting hired after a really long job interview, and he believes his background and experience will give him the edge. One of seven declared GOP candidates for next year’s election – with at least three heavyweights waiting in the wings – Robinson speaks…
Gov. John Hickenlooper names Michael Hartman to head Colorado Department of Revenue

Jul 12, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Gov. John Hickenlooper on Tuesday announced that Michael S. Hartman will be taking over as executive director of the Colorado Department of Revenue at the end of the month. He’s replacing Barbara Brohl, who said last month she would be stepping down after six years in the position. Hartman is senior vice president at Mutual…
Barbara Brohl to step down as Department of Revenue chief this summer

May 22, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Gov. John Hickenlooper on Monday announced that Colorado Department of Revenue Executive Director Barbara Brohl is stepping down from the position she has held for nearly six years. During her tenure, Brohl helped put in place the world’s first regulatory system for the recreational marijuana industry created by Colorado voters with a 2012 constitutional amendment.…