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Democratic state Senate candidate Alan Kennedy-Shaffer targeting pot customers with campaign ads

Dec 10, 2017

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Ernest Luning

In what could be a first, Democrat Alan Kennedy-Shaffer, one of five Democrats running for an open state Senate seat in next year’s election, plans to start running campaign ads through the primary on video screens at marijuana dispensaries throughout the Denver district. Kennedy-Shaffer told Colorado Politics his campaign ads touting the attorney as a…
Risky business: Perlmutter bill would give marijuana ventures access to banking system

May 8, 2017

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Adam McCoy

Serving marijuana ventures can prove to be risky business for banks, but new federal legislation sponsored by a Colorado Democrat who has his eye on the governorship seeks to remedy that. U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter, a Democrat from Arvada, introduced the Secure and Fair Enforcement Banking Act (SAFE Banking Act) last week, which would protect financial institutions…

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