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Bennet Signs Up To Co-Sponsor Shield Law

Colorado’s junior Senator will co-sponsor a bill to protect reporters from having to reveal their sources.

2013/05/16

Conservative Colorado Group Claims To Have Been Targeted By The IRS

A group in Colorado says it’s been unfairly targeted by the Internal Revenue Service, and now the U.S. Department of Justice has opened a criminal investigation into allegations the IRS targeted conservative groups.

2013/05/14

Drug Czar: Pot Legalization Won’t Change Mission

The nation’s drug czar said Wednesday the legalization of marijuana in Washington state and Colorado won’t change his office’s mission of fighting the country’s drug problem.

2013/04/24

Marijuana Task Force In Colorado Finishes Work

Exhaustive suggestions for how marijuana should be grown, sold and taxed are finally in the hands of the elected officials who will decide how to regulate the newly legal drug.

2013/03/13

Former DEA Chiefs Speak Out Against Colorado Marijuana Law

Eight former U.S. drug chiefs warned the federal government Tuesday that time is running out to nullify Colorado and Washington’s new laws legalizing recreational marijuana use.

2013/03/05

CBS4's Stan Bush talks to Tim Blake at his marijuana farm in Mendocino County, Calif., (credit: CBS)

How Feds Handle Pot Growing In California Could Impact Colorado

Colorado voters overwhelmingly approved the legalization of marijuana and now state lawmakers are tasked with implementing a regulatory framework for what is still considered an illegal drug.

2013/02/12

Hartley Frustrated In Wait For News Since Murder Arrest

Nearly two months after word of an arrest in her husband’s death, a Colorado woman says she’s received very little information about the case since.

2012/11/27

A woman votes in Florida (Photo by Marc Serota/Getty Images)

Opinion: Voter ID: A Good Idea

It has been argued that “granny” might not be able to vote if they make her have a voter ID. But seriously, why all the concern about taking the extra measure of a voter ID to make sure that every vote cast in a United States election is a legally qualified vote, including “granny’s”?

2012/08/22

Bolivian Diego Mariaca(R) and his brother Gustavo Mariaca(L) fill out paperwork under the 'Dream Act' (Photo credit: PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/GettyImages)

Opinion: A Step Forward And A Step Back For The American Dream

Yesterday the Obama administration put in place provisions of the DREAM Act that brought many young people out of the shadows to participate in the American Dream. On the same day a judge in Pennsylvania let stand what may be the most egregious attempt at voter suppression in a generation.

2012/08/16