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OUT WEST ROUNDUP | Libertarian U.S. Senate candidate discloses cannabis investments
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Libertarian Senate candidate discloses cannabis investments SANTA FE – U.S. Senate candidate Gary Johnson of New Mexico has disclosed personal financial interests in the cannabis sector that include stock holdings, a profit sharing agreement and recent capital gains on investment sales, according to filings reviewed by The Associated Press. Johnson in Senate filings in September…
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OUT WEST ROUNDUP | Former Kansas Republican governor endorses Democrat
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Former Republican governor endorses Democrat over GOP nominee KANSAS CITY – Republicans in Kansas further splintered this week as the last moderate member of the party to hold the governor’s office endorsed a Democrat for governor over Kris Kobach, the GOP nominee. In a statement, former Kansas Gov. Bill Graves said he planned to support…
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OUT WEST ROUNDUP | Oklahoma awards first medical marijuana patient licenses
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Oklahoma awards first medical marijuana patient licenses OKLAHOMA CITY – More than 1,600 people and businesses applied for Oklahoma medical marijuana licenses on the first day that applications were made available. The online application system went live in late August at www.OMMA.ok.gov for all potential medical marijuana patients, growers, dispensaries, processors and caregivers. Oklahoma State…
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OUT WEST ROUNDUP | Aging lookout towers still key during fire season across the West
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Idaho Aging lookout towers still key during fire season across the West BOISE, Idaho – Fire-lookout towers perched atop remote, craggy peaks across the U.S. West may seem like quaint reminders of an era before satellites, smartphones and jet-propelled air tankers. Indeed, some of the structures are more than 100 years old. But with their…
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OUT WEST ROUNDUP | Bullock outlines jobs initiative for governors association
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Montana Bullock outlines jobs initiative for governors association HELENA, Montana – As Montana’s governor prepares to serve a yearlong chairmanship of the National Governors Association, he announced his top initiative: Good Jobs for All Americans. One of the biggest challenges for employers isn’t government regulation or the tax structure, it’s having a talented and trained…
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OUT WEST ROUNDUP | Oklahoma fast-tracks medical marijuana, faces pushback
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Oklahoma Oklahoma fast-tracking medical marijuana, but with pushback OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahoma pushed ahead last week with emergency rules aimed at fast-tracking operations of the medical marijuana industry, but not before concerned health officials tacked on requirements that cannabis advocates say will only slow things down. The state Board of Health narrowly voted to prohibit…
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COVER STORY 2: Sage-grouse conflict is fiercest in neighboring states
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Across the West, the Trump administration is pushing for sweeping changes to greater sage-grouse protection plans and bringing oil and gas development closer to the bird’s key habitats. While only modest changes were proposed in Colorado, the amendments to existing plans in Wyoming, Idaho, Utah, Nevada and Oregon are more substantial. All the plans were…
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OUT WEST ROUNDUP | Romney looks ahead after winning Senate nomination
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Utah Romney looks to November after landslide Utah primary win SALT LAKE CITY – Mitt Romney looks like a shoo-in for a U.S. Senate seat from Utah after winning a landslide primary victory and toning down his criticism of Donald Trump, but first he’ll face a Democratic opponent with a distinctly different political outlook. Jenny…
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OUT WEST ROUNDUP | Nebraska advances execution plans despite secrecy concerns
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Nebraska State advances execution plans despite secrecy concerns LINCOLN, Nebraska – State officials are forging ahead with plans to execute Nebraska’s longest-serving death-row inmate without disclosing where they obtained lethal injection drugs, despite a judge’s order last week to identify their supplier. The Nebraska attorney general appealed the judge’s ruling as it pushes in a…
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OUT WEST ROUNDUP | Bullock tells Montana contractors to report ‘dark money’
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Montana Bullock tells Montana contractors to report ‘dark money’ spending HELENA, Montana – Montana Gov. Steve Bullock signed a first-of-its-kind executive order last week to require many state government contractors to report their political contributions, even those to so-called “dark money” groups that don’t have to disclose donors under federal law. Bullock said the measure…