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Colorado marijuana tax model considered in Connecticut
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Connecticut’s continuing fiscal woes, coupled with a new law that fully takes effect next year in neighboring Massachusetts, have prompted state lawmakers to take their most serious look yet at possibly legalizing the recreational use of marijuana for adults, and they are considering Colorado’s tax model as a possible blueprint. Several bills with bipartisan support…
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Legislature moves to outlaw black-market internet pot ads
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Weed on Craigslist? It’s widely for sale in Colorado, but a bill moving through the state Legislature aims to crack down on folks who sell weed illegally using online ads. Senate Bill 15, sponsored by Sen. Irene Aguilar, D-Denver, and Rep. Dan Pabon, D-Denver, was approved unanimously by the state Senate Monday. It would create…
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Pot industry, state gear up to take on marijuana black and gray markets
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Cracking down on the black and “gray” marijuana markets in Colorado is needed and supported by both the state’s legal marijuana industry and state regulators, a Denver City Council committee was recently told. Kristi Kelly, interim executive director of the Marijuana Industry Group, told the Special Issues Committee that regulation of medical and recreational marijuana…
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The Hot Sheet – Trump story gets YUUUGGGE, a mixed baggie of weed data, the cost of being ‘faithless,’ Oh, golly – another candidate for guv and … MORE!
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VOL. 01 NO. 211 | DECEMBER 22, 2016 | COLORADOSTATESMAN.COM/THE-HOT-SHEET | © 2016 DENVER – Same story, different year. With the start of the Colorado legislative session just 20 days off, media speculation and a tad bit of media bias is beginning to sprout through the freshly fallen snow; media bias in the sense of which bills,…
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The Hot Sheet – Curing homelessness with pot, attacking Trump’s youngest, Skewes gets skewered, Colorado politics drinking game, U 2KINKY and MORE …
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VOL. 01 NO. 193 | NOVEMBER 28, 2016 | COLORADOSTATESMAN.COM/THE-HOT-SHEET | © 2016 DENVER – Suck in the holiday gut and belly up to your desk … It’s time to get back to work following (for many of us) a long Thanksgiving break. Oh, and happy ‘Cyber Monday’ to you, your favorite electronic device and…
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Smell from Boulder marijuana grow draws $14,000 in fines
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The smell from a Boulder marijuana grow facility has earned the facility’s operator $14,000 in fines. The Daily Camera reports that the Dandelion Grow earned its second odor violation this month, costing the grow $10,000 – more than any other single fine the city has administered since recreational marijuana was legalized in 2014. Boulder spokeswoman Sarah…
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? Transparency urged for Denver pot policy office
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The 2 year old Denver Office of Marijuana Policy should do more to increase public awareness of where the city’s marijuana-related tax revenue is spent, according to Denver Auditor Timothy O’Brien. While he praised the strategic planning and collaborative efforts of the office in an audit report presented to the independent audit committee Thursday, Oct.…
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? Billboard touts Denver pot consumption initiative
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Backers of Initiated Ordinance 300 (I-300), a City and County of Denver measure on the Nov. 8 general election ballot that would allow marijuana consumption in some private establishments, unveiled a billboard Monday to promote voter approval of the measure. The billboard, located at 489 Lincoln St., reads “Now that adult use is legal… Permit it in some…
