Colorado town's approval of pot sales facing pushback, petition effort
Keeping good on earlier promises, opponents of allowing marijuana businesses to operate in Parachute started the process Monday to put the issue before voters in the fall of 2016 — the earliest date...
View ArticleAdams County approves 6 out of 10 marijuana lottery applications
Four out of 10 entrepreneurs randomly selected to open a marijuana establishment in unincorporated Adams County did not submit their applications within the allotted six-month timeframe, and now the...
View ArticleMountain town Hayden opens door for commercial pot growing
Commercial marijuana growers will be able to apply to operate in Hayden, a northern Colorado town about 25 miles west of Steamboat Springs. The post Mountain town Hayden opens door for commercial pot...
View ArticleLyons voters to decide on new wholesale marijuana tax
The Lyons Town Board will ask voters to decide in November to authorize a new excise tax on the amounts that any locally licensed marijuana-cultivation or marijuana-infusion facilities charge when they...
View ArticleBoulder City Council member wants to scrap 'out of step' pot regulations
Macon Cowles wants his fellow City Council members to throw out Boulder's strict marijuana business regulations and instead adopt the state's comparatively relaxed rules — with a few tweaks for local...
View ArticleEmbattled Colorado grow facility unveils new plan to fix pot-smell issue
Four Pitkin County commissioners took a long look and a big whiff Wednesday to see if the owners of the marijuana greenhouses outside of Basalt have eliminated what critics call a skunky smell. The...
View ArticleColorado grow facility proposes odor investigator as license hearing looms
The owners of a midvalley marijuana greenhouse complex are proposing that an independent third party be appointed to investigate any complaints about odors wafting off its site near Basalt. The post...
View ArticleBoulder's strict local rules for pot businesses up for City Council review
Representatives of the marijuana industry, supported by Boulder City Councilman Macon Cowles, want the city to reconsider its approach to marijuana regulation and come in line with the rest of the...
View ArticleBoulder taking a more 420-friendly approach to regulating pot industry
Boulder City Council members want to move into a new era in marijuana regulation that is more focused on helping the industry succeed and less about keeping operators under the microscope. The post...
View ArticleUpdated regulations for Boulder marijuana businesses move forward
Boulder marijuana businesses would have the ability to request quasi-judicial hearings when they face revocation or suspension of their licenses under an amendment to a series of revisions to the...
View ArticleCannabis clubs: This city could set course for Colorado
Another effort to navigate Colorado marijuana laws prohibiting public consumption of pot: a planned ordinance for cannabis clubs in Englewood. The post Cannabis clubs: This city could set course for...
View ArticlePhilanthropy from marijuana industry finding larger acceptance
As marijuana legalization matures, businesses are becoming more ingrained in their communities by donating cash and time to charities The post Philanthropy from marijuana industry finding larger...
View ArticleEnglewood wants more time to think about permits for cannabis clubs
Air quality, employee and customer sobriety, and impact on neighbors all came up as issues that need to be addressed before this city would consider issuing licenses to establishments that allow...
View ArticleSymposium spotlights how Denver leaders regulate weed
Denver’s first-ever Marijuana Management Symposium, the first cannabis event of its kind organized by a government agency, will take over the Colorado Convention Center on Thursday and Friday. The post...
View ArticleInside the first-ever government-organized marijuana symposium
Denver's inaugural Marijuana Management Symposium provides a chance for the city to share its approach to cannabis regulation -- and for city leaders to also learn from policy makers from around the...
View ArticleDenver officials seek to stop an influx of new marijuana vendors
Denver's marijuana regulators are asking the City Council to expand rules that would bar any new players from entering the state's largest market. The post Denver officials seek to stop an influx of...
View ArticlePlanned Parenthood gunman a 'marijuana newcomer,' say neighbors
Robert Dear Jr.'s arrival here was part of a frenetic migration some locals derisively call the "green rush." Just as people rushed haphazardly into the Rockies for gold in 1858, many of Hartsel's...
View ArticleBoulder County pot shops get prelim approval to stay open until 10 p.m.
Beginning in January, the five licensed marijuana shops in unincorporated Boulder County will be able to stay open three hours later at night, under a regulatory revision the county commissioners...
View ArticleAnti-pot racketeering suit settles, opens door for future RICO claims
A high-profile racketeering lawsuit against a proposed Summit County marijuana shop and companies that did its banking, bonding and accounting settled in U.S. District Court earlier this month — a...
View ArticleA green oasis: When Colorado cities ban pot sales, small towns fill void
An interesting David-and-Goliath dynamic is taking shape across Colorado's burgeoning commercial cannabis sector, with tiny communities friendly to the sale of recreational marijuana living in the...
View ArticleUnbalanced pot landscape in Denver raises concerns
Recreational marijuana businesses have proliferated so rapidly in some of Denver's poorer neighborhoods during the past two years that city officials are exploring ways to disperse future growth more...
View ArticleCharitable cannabis companies find giving back isn't as easy as you'd think
More marijuana businesses have begun to explore philanthropy in the legal era, but many face difficulty finding nonprofits that will accept their donations. The post Charitable cannabis companies find...
View ArticleDenver cannabis church leader, neighborhood group clash
The leader of the International Church of Cannabis, Steve Berke, had a first community meeting to answer concerns from Washington Park neighbors. The post Denver cannabis church leader, neighborhood...
View ArticleColorado pot taxes aren't going where they're supposed to, and lawmakers are...
Lawmakers are in a mad dash to correct an error in a recently passed law that is slicing off hundreds of thousands of dollars a month in Colorado pot tax revenue for several well-known Colorado...
View ArticleRecall bid over mayor's shelved plan for pot sales roils Colorado town
The mayor pro-tem of Mead says that he proposed the idea of bringing marijuana shops to town as a way of raising much needed revenue for infrastructure, but it was about a year-and-a-half ago. The post...
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