Shelby Kinney-Lang Posts

They organized, they collected signatures, they won a ruling from a judge, but Protect Our Loveland likely will have to wait and weather more appeals before their petition for a two-year citywide halt on fracking can be put to a vote.

State lawmakers have narrowly killed a bill that would have freed up state money to religious student groups – even those demonstrating prejudice in picking their leaders. The measure would have prevented universities from enforcing non-discrimination requirements for religious groups seeking state funding and other resources available to student organizations.

The ACLU is tracking the rise of debtor's prisons across the US. This, even though the Supreme Court abolished using punitive means for those too poor to pay fines and legal debts over twenty years ago.

Maybe the most dangerous place in Colorado to support gun-control is at the state capitol. After helping pass modest new gun laws, two senators were recalled in special elections and the “gunnies” are working to recall another senate supporter now. So a coalition of gun-control supporting groups held a news conference at the capitol Monday morning to remind shaky legislators why they voted for the gun laws in the first place.

The latest figures from Colorado’s health insurance marketplace show 3,408 Coloradans are now covered through the marketplace, while another 52,542 have signed up for accounts. In the first month Massachusetts opened its pioneering insurance exchange, informally known as Romneycare, only 123 people enrolled.

Coloradans on Tuesday passed a meaty statewide sin tax on pot in Proposition AA, handing a windfall to the state’s emerging marijuana regulatory regime and some yet-to be determined amount to local school budgets. The first $40 million taken in will be set aside for the state’s BEST school construction grant program, which can be used to build new schools or improve existing school buildings. Next year, the Colorado General Assembly will be tasked with engineering a stronger pot enforcement division, one designed no longer to oversee a fledgling medical marijuana industry but statewide recreational pot sales and use.

The debate between supporters and opponents of Colorado pot tax Proposition AA is an ideological debate on how taxes will affect pot as a product in an emerging market. Voters will decide where they stand tomorrow.

It’s not just about forcing marijuana customers to pay more, it’s also about setting precedent for legalization around the country, say advocates opposed to the steep consumption tax voters are being asked to approve next month.

An activist group opposed to a state initiative aimed at taxing recreational marijuana, will provide relief to flood victims here Monday by handing out free joints. The group, No on Proposition AA, is headed by Larisa Bolivar and Miguel Lopez, chief organizers of Denver’s annual “4/20″ civil disobedience smoke-out.

There are 50,000 wells in all of Colorado. Right now, the state is in the beginning stages of recovering from a seriously improbable and violent storm that inundated 4,500 miles of the northern Front Range — toppling bridges, crumbing highways and washing away homes and businesses. When it comes to the oil and natural gas sites in Colorado, much more is unknown than known.