Northglenn Voters Will Decide on Marijuana Sales Tax Increase in November
Northglenn pot shops currently charge a 2 percent special sales tax on all marijuana sales.
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New Bronco Pacman Jones’s Top 13 Legal Issues: “Hope You Die Tomorrow”
Although the braintrust of your Denver Broncos insists that it seeks out footballers of high moral character, the team has experienced fifty player arrests since the year 2000, more than any other NFL franchise during that period. But cornerback and punt returner Adam “Pacman” Jones, just signed by the squad, makes other previous offenders seem like pikers by comparison, as is proven by the following list of thirteen arrests, suspensions and more over the course of the past fifteen years.
United Airlines Catering Workers Will Vote to Unionize
A government agency overseeing labor relations at airports has denied an effort by United Airlines to stop a vote by its catering employees over whether to unionize
Mike Johnston Considering Run Against Cory Gardner in 2020
Like Lieutenant Governor Donna Lynne and entrepreneur Victor Mitchell, former state senator Mike Johnston qualified for the Colorado gubernatorial primary but fell short of earning a spot on the November ballot. Afterward, Lynne and Mitchell expressed frustration with the current system. But Johnston speaks with fondness about the campaign and gives every indication that he’s ready for another major race.
CU Kratom Critic: “We Don’t Know If It Works or What the Proof Is”
Advocates for kratom tout the popular herbal substance grown mainly in Southeast Asia as great for treating chronic pain, anxiety and heroin addiction, among many other uses, and decry Denver Environmental Health’s decision to ban it for human consumption last November. But University of Colorado professor and pharmacologist Robert Valuck thinks such a prohibition makes sense even if kratom has medical value.
Ask a Stoner: Why Won’t Weed Shops Grind My Weed for Me?
Buy a pre-roll, or quit whining.
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Long Hours, Low Wages and Lawsuits Plague the Federal Au Pair Program
Thousands of former au pairs are part of a class-action suit filed in Denver.
How Hancock’s Sexy Texts Apology Could Cost Taxpayers More Than $300K
As hinted at this past March, the attorney representing former City of Denver employee Wayne McDonald, who was paid $200,000 in 2016 to settle a lawsuit over his firing, has filed a notice of claim that foreshadows a potential new complaint focusing on Denver Mayor Michael Hancock.
The Health Center Dispensary Expands to Boulder
“We’ve seen a lot of other companies get big rapidly, and [then] crash and burn — so we really like to go slow and steady.”
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Meet Dianne Primavera, Jared Polis’s Lieutenant Governor Pick
Dianne Primavera, who’s running for lieutenant governor alongside Democratic gubernatorial nominee Jared Polis, is a former state representative whose personal experiences as a cancer survivor inspired her to become one of the state’s most passionate health-care advocates. Get to know her in the following interview.
What Denver GoTopless Day Was Like This Year
The sixth-annual Denver GoTopless Day took place on Sunday, August 26, and according to Matt Wilson, who helped organize the body-positive, equality-themed event for the fourth consecutive year, the vibe was inspiring, with the empowering aspects of the gathering dwarfing a handful of critical responses from passers-by.
In 15 Colorado Counties, DUI Totals Are More Than 1 Percent of the Population
In fifteen counties in Colorado, the number of arrests for driving under the influence represents more than 1 percent of total population.
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Op Ed: Trump Wants to Strip Citizenship From Many Naturalized Immigrants
Beyond increasing animosity toward immigrant and refugee populations, DRIVE predicts this administration will expand the original scope of this de-naturalization effort and that the current Congress will ignore increasingly unprecedented acts toward these populations without consideration or compassion.
Take a Tour of Colorado’s Biodynamic Pot Farm
Colorado Cannabis Tours is taking interested visitors up to the Trotters’ pot farm throughout September to learn how the couple use the fat of the land for their sustainably operated commercial grow.
Reader: You All Are Spoiled by Denver’s Cheap Weed
According to a recent Wikileaf survey, prices are low in the Mile High City.
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Reader: DIA Makes Tons of Money While Employees Get Pocket Change
If it makes the May 2019 citywide ballot, the Denver Airport Minimum Wage initiative would raise the minimum wage of airport workers to $15 dollars by 2021.
Denver Awards Social Consumption License to Second Business
Vape and Play will operate a bar that will give consumers all the tools they need to get high — save for the pot itself, which isn’t allowed under city rules — and offer games, TVs and vending machines and live entertainment from comedians and musicians.
Beer Companies and Brewers Are Taking the Plunge Into Legal Pot
Several influential brands have announced partnerships with cannabis companies over the past few months.
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How Denver Open-Access Clinic Can Save Lives of Suicidal Teens and More
There are plenty of obstacles to treatment for children, teens and other members of lower-income families struggling with mental-health issues, not the least of which is a lack of access to professionals who can see them on a timely basis. Simply getting an appointment to see such a doctor can take weeks or longer given the chronic shortage of facilities that offer such services and the overwhelming demand on those that do. And delays in care under such circumstances can have fatal consequences.
Oral History of Denver GoTopless Day
Denver GoTopless Day is expected to attract well over 1,000 people to its 2018 edition, which takes place downtown on Sunday, August 26. But the size of the crowd is only one indication of how the gathering has evolved, as is clear from the following Denver GoTopless Day oral history.
Ex-Denver for Trump Head: We’ll Recall Any Republican Disloyal to the President
Steve Barlock, who led Donald Trump’s campaign in Denver, wants Treasurer Walker Stapleton to become Colorado’s next governor, a position for which Barlock made a run for earlier this year. But should Stapleton subsequently prove insufficiently loyal to Trump, Barlock promises that he and others in the president’s corner will take swift and decisive action.
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Denver International Airport Workers Will Ask Voters for a $15 Minimum Wage
An effort is underway to get a measure on the May 2019 ballot that would raise the minimum wage for airport workers at DIA to $15 an hour.