The state’s largest doctors organization is taking a stand on marijuana. The Colorado Medical Society hasn’t had an official position on the drug since it was legalized statewide in 2001. On Thursday, that changed. KCFR Health Reporter Eric Whitney spoke with Dr. Mark Laitos, president of the Society, about the issue.
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An Amtrak rider who alarmed fellow passengers in Colorado by talking about terrorist threats on a cell phone was pulled from the train in La Junta, and faces a felony charge of endangering public transportation…Gov. Bill Ritter is urging a group looking at water issues across the state to offer some ideas by the time he leaves office in 11 months…and, A southeast Colorado landmark reports more people walking through its gates.
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The fight over Governor Ritter’s proposal to eliminate roughly 130 million dollars in business tax exemptions and credits extended into the wee hours Thursday morning, and the debate is far from over. Just hours after the hearing, opposing sides further locked down on their positions when business and education groups held back to back rallies at the state capitol. Bente Birkeland has more from Denver.
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Congresswoman Betsy Markey (D) says President Obama struck a chord with fiscally conservative Democrats, while Republican Congressman Doug Lamborn says the thinks the country is “headed in the wrong direction”….and, Colorado business groups say a plan by Governor Ritter to impose certain taxes will cost jobs.
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A measure aimed at cracking down on abuse in the state’s medical marijuana system easily cleared a senate health committee yesterday, despite the objections from many medical marijuana patients. The bill focuses on the doctor patient relationship, and not regulating dispensaries. Bente Birkeland reports from the state house in Denver.
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The senate finance committee cleared a bill that would lower benefits and increase the retirement age for the public employee pension fund. Lawmakers say the bill is necessary or the fund will go broke in 21 years. Bente Birkeland reports from the statehouse in Denver.
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The senate finance committee is set to hear a signature piece of Governor Bill Ritter’s legislative agenda today. The bill aims to reform the public employee pension system, or PERA, to make it solvent. The pension fund has lost about 23 billion dollars since the start of the recession. Bente Birkeland reports from the statehouse in Denver.
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A long awaited medical Marijuana measure was recently introduced into the state senate. Bente Birkeland analyzes the bill with fellow statehouse reporters as part of our capitol conversation series.
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A Democratic state lawmaker formally withdrew a controversial measure that would’ve changed the American Indian student tuition waiver at Fort Lewis College in Durango. The bill was expected to be heard in a committee on Monday, with hundreds of students from Durango planning to drive to Denver to protest it. Bente Birkeland has more from the state house.
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State economic forecasters expect the number of Medicaid recipients in Colorado to reach half-a-million this year. KCFR Health reporter Eric Whitney has more…The Army says human error is to blame for the crash of a Black Hawk helicopter on a Colorado mountain that killed all four Fort Campbell, KY crew members in August…and, federal and Colorado state forest managers say tree-killing beetles have infested another 500,000 acres of pines in the region.
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