Author: Mark Samuelson
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Colorado’s cannabis sales continue to slide
With inflation skyrocketing, Coloradans are curbing their retail purchases of cannabis, according to tax data released by the state on Tuesday. That’s particularly true of medical marijuana sales, according to monthly tallies by the Colorado Department of Revenue. Medical marijuana revenue for May was $20,742,830, almost a 44% drop from a year ago. Recreational pot…
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Colorado’s cannabis sales continue to slide
With inflation skyrocketing, Coloradans are curbing their retail purchases of cannabis, according to tax data released by the state on Tuesday. That’s particularly true of medical marijuana sales, according to monthly tallies by the Colorado Department of Revenue. Medical marijuana revenue for May was $20,742,830, almost a 44% drop from a year ago. Recreational pot…
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Colorado medical researcher thinks he has drug therapy to stop Parkinson’s
A medical researcher in Colorado who has spent much of his career studying treatments for Parkinson’s disease believes he has a drug therapy that could halt Parkinson’s in its tracks. Over a decade ago, Dr. Curt Freed and his team came to focus on a class of existing drugs called HDAC inhibitors after research identified…
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As marijuana sales slide, pot industry warns of declining tax revenues
In what industry experts are calling a perfect storm of impacts, Coloradans are purchasing less marijuana this year — considerably less — and government programs that rely on cannabis sales for revenue, including for affordable housing, metal health and homeless services, stand to be impacted. The Colorado Department of Revenue, which tracks industry sales, issued…
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Homeowner policies leave most victims of Marshall fire underinsured
On New Year’s Eve, Amit Ginsburg, Rona Schank and their two daughters got the shock of their lives after spending a night in a motel in Longmont: A drone photo from one of their neighbors showed beyond doubt that their 4-bedroom house in Louisville had burned to the ground, along with hundreds of others. But…
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Renewable energy developer is making a move into Denver’s Lower Downtown
At a moment when the war in Ukraine is drawing heightened attention to solar and wind energy systems, the world’s largest independent renewable energy company is readying to move its U.S. corporate office into McGregor Square, the office/hotel/condo project south of Coors Field in Denver’s Lower Downtown. RES in the Americas, a subsidiary of London-based Renewable…
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Developers have doubts about Denver’s plan to boost affordable housing
As housing prices soar in the Denver area, a City Council committee is expected to discuss a proposal that supporters say would build and maintain more affordable units. The proposed program would ensure that developers create affordable units along with market rate condos and apartments. Builders and Realtors, however, have doubts whether those plans will help or…
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Swapping skills for schooling helps Colorado fill workforce
As COVID moves further into the rearview mirror, Colorado’s economy still has 117,635 jobs to fill as of this month, following a pandemic when many workers chose to leave work to care for family or avoid outside contact. That was on the mind of Gov. Jared Polis when he signed an executive order Thursday requiring…
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Swapping skills for schooling helps Colorado fill the workforce when over 117,000 jobs are vacant
As COVID moves further into the rearview mirror, Colorado’s economy still has 117,635 jobs to fill as of this month, following a pandemic when many workers chose to leave work to care for family or avoid outside contact. That was on the mind of Gov. Jared Polis when he signed an executive order Thursday requiring…
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As forces battle in Ukraine, Colorado astronaut says Russians have much to lose by failing to cooperate in space
At a moment when Russian forces are struggling to gain momentum in their full-scale onslaught into Ukraine, a war of words has broken out between Russian and U.S. space professionals over cooperation aboard the International Space Station, one of the few ongoing cooperative efforts between the two superpowers. “Without continuing their cooperation on the ISS,…