WASHINGTON (CNN) — A huge increase in workload, rather than deliberate targeting, led to “foolish mistakes” and the political discrimination in the Internal Revenue Service cited by an inspector general’s report, the…
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Senate approves Internet sales tax proposal
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — The Senate approved a long-anticipated Internet sales tax proposal on Monday, moving the legislation one step…
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Fight over marijuana DUID proposal resumes on two separate fronts
DENVER — At the Capitol, lawmakers, lobbyists and staffers are now referring to legislation establishing a marijuana bloodstream limit for…
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Rhode Island becomes tenth state to make same-sex marriage legal
(CNN) — Rhode Island became the tenth state in the nation to legalize same-sex marriage after the state legislature approved…
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Father blasts Colo. lawmakers for killing DUID bill: ‘They voted in favor of pot smokers instead of victims’
DENVER — Supporters of a bill to set a marijuana blood limit for drivers are livid that lawmakers Monday night…
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Marijuana bill being re-worked to address law enforcement concerns
DENVER — Hours before lawmakers hear testimony on legislation to put a regulatory framework in place to manage the legalization…
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Benzene found in Parachute Creek for second straight day
DENVER — For the second straight day, the cancer-causing chemical benzene has been detected in Parachute Creek, a tributary of…
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Marijuana regulation bills introduced, will be heard next week
DENVER — Two bills concerning Colorado’s implementation of Amendment 64, which legalized marijuana statewide after being approved last November, were…
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Gun violence victims promise to remember Senate’s votes
DENVER — The tribute, placing more than a thousand pairs of shoes on the Capitol’s west steps, started more than…
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Retired Kansas Corrections chief to fill Clements’ role through July
DENVER — Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper has appointed Roger Werholtz, the former head of the Kansas Dept. of Corrections, to…
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Bennet, Gang of 8 ready to begin big immigration reform push
DENVER — The country’s 11 million undocumented immigrants would be eligible for a 13-year path to citizenship under a landmark…
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Hickenlooper in Israel with Larry Mizel, close friends
DENVER — Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper, who announced Tuesday that’s he was heading off on a week-long personal trip to…
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Tiny Paonia’s unlikely win in the war against fracking
PAONIA, Colo. — Nestled along the north fork of the Gunnison River just beneath two snow-capped Colorado peaks, the town…
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Obama calls for cigarette tax hike of 94 cents a pack
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — President’s Obama’s call for a 94-cent-a-pack hike on federal cigarette taxes to fund early childhood education…
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Compromise sets up likely Senate debate on gun laws
WASHINGTON (CNN) — Two U.S. senators, a Democrat and a Republican, announced on Wednesday they had reached a compromise on…
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Parachute creek contamination spreads, spurs calls for more regulations, fines
PARACHUTE, Colo. — One month after workers first observed a hydrocarbon leak in groundwater beneath a gas treatment facility here,…
