Author: Megan Schrader
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Balancing Colorado’s pot production with demand a tricky equation
DENVER – Colorado is on track this year to produce about 100 metric tons of marijuana – the weight of about 15 average-sized African elephants – in licensed pot grows for both medical and recreational purposes. A study estimated the demand for marijuana in 2014 among in-state and out-of-state Colorado buyers was closer to 130…
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Group aims to mandate THC symbol on marijuana edibles
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save All marijuana edibles in Colorado – whether it’s hard candy, brownies or granola bars – would be marked with a diamond shape that encloses the letters THC under rules that were debated before members of…
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Hundreds turn out for Ben Carson event in Colorado Springs
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save In high school Lauren Kunkle dressed up as Ben Carson – in surgical scrubs – for a book report about the renowned pediatric neurosurgeon, but she’s been a fan ever since she read one of…
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Ben Carson speaks in Colorado Springs
NOTE: Scroll down for a live Twitter feed from the event with The Gazette’s Megan Schrader. — Ben Carson, the retired neurosurgeon who is running for president, will rally with supporters in America the Beautiful Park Thursday at 6 p.m. according to the El Paso County GOP. Carson came to Colorado Springs almost exactly a…
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Colorado treasurer brings feistiness to PERA head’s contract meeting
DENVER – State Treasurer Walker Stapleton brought some feistiness to via conference call what would otherwise have been a quick approval to award a contract extension worth up to $1.8 million to the head of Colorado’s public pension system. The exchange between Stapleton and several other members of the Public Employees’ Retirement Association Board of…
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New poll shows more Coloradans opposed to legal marijuana
A poll sponsored by the Community Alliances for Drug Free Youth shows that slightly more than half of Coloradans are now opposed to marijuana legalization. According to a release from SmithJohnson Research, 51 percent of 600 likely voters in Colorado said they would vote against marijuana legalization if it came up today. The poll, which…
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Immigration talk dominates Jeb Bush town hall near Denver
SHERIDAN – At a VFW hall in the southeast Denver suburbs, Jeb Bush pulled no punches for the embattled Veterans Affairs department he called outdated, insular and unaccountable. “There should be the quality of service in the Veterans Administration that you deserve,” Bush told a small crowd of people at the Veterans of Foreign Wars…
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GOP presidential hopeful Ben Carson returning to Colorado Springs
DENVER – Ben Carson, the retired neurosurgeon who is running for president, will rally with supporters in America the Beautiful Park Thursday at 6 p.m. according to the El Paso County GOP. Carson came to Colorado Springs almost exactly a year ago to sign copies of his book, but he was on the fence then…
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Details of ‘lavish’ contract for Colorado pension program chief held under wraps
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save DENVER – Details of a proposed new compensation package for the head of Colorado’s employee pension program won’t be made public until after the board votes on the new salary and benefits Wednesday, but one…
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Colorado energy companies spend top dollars for lobbyists
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save DENVER – Colorado state Sen. Leroy Garcia hit a powerful force – the well-funded energy lobby – during the 2015 legislative session when he tried to make the board that regulates utility companies representative of…