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Tue, 31 Jan 2017 17:12:04 GMTBY KRISTEN WYATT
ASSOCIATED PRESSDENVER — The first state to legalize marijuana is just now taking steps to consider the drug medicine for people suffering from post-traumatic stress.
Colorado has authorized medical marijuana for nearly two decades, and the state approved recreatio...

Tue, 31 Jan 2017 17:14:03 GMTTHE ASSOCIATED PRESSWASHINGTON — A Senate committee has approved Republican donor and school choice advocate Betsy DeVos for education secretary, even as two GOP senators expressed some reservations.
After a heated debate Tuesday morning, senators on the Health, Educati...

Tue, 31 Jan 2017 17:18:15 GMTBY ALAN FRAM
ASSOCIATED PRESSWASHINGTON — Democrats blocked planned Senate committee votes on President Donald Trump’s picks to be Health and Treasury secretaries on Tuesday, boycotting the session and demanding more information on the two nominees’ past financial behavior.
The ...

Tue, 31 Jan 2017 17:29:48 GMTState Rep. Clarice Navarro, R-Pueblo, saw her House Bill 1043 passed out of the House Finance Committee Monday with bipartisan support.
Navarro co-sponsored the bill fellow Rep. Matt Gray, a Democrat, and state Sens. Angela Williams, a Democrat, and ...

Tue, 31 Jan 2017 05:56:03 GMTBY RYAN SEVERANCE
THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAINPueblo police on Sunday were dispatched to a home on the 1600 block of Englewood Drive on a report of property damage and learned that someone had shot out one of the home’s windows.
The homeowner stated to officers that she heard a loud noise around...

Tue, 31 Jan 2017 05:56:07 GMTCHIEFTAIN PHOTO/JOHN JAQUESTim Mossberger wears what seems like summer clothing as he takes in a round of disc golf on the City Park course on a very warm Monday....

Tue, 31 Jan 2017 06:06:02 GMTBY JULIE PACE AND ERIC TUCKER
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITERSWASHINGTON — Accusing her of betrayal and insubordination, President Donald Trump on Monday fired Sally Yates, the acting attorney general of the United States and a Democratic appointee, after she publicly questioned the constitutionality of his con...

Tue, 31 Jan 2017 06:06:03 GMTBY TRACEY LINDEMAN AND ROB GILLIES
ASSOCIATED PRESSQUEBEC CITY — The French Canadian university student charged with killing six Muslim men during evening prayers at a mosque was known for far-right, nationalist views and his support of the French rightist party led by Marine Le Pen.
Alexandre Bisso...

Tue, 31 Jan 2017 06:30:03 GMTTHE PUEBLO CHIEFTAINColorado State University-Pueblo’s nationally ranked men and women’s track and field teams turned in a number of top 10 NCAA Division II times this past weekend at the Colorado School of Mines Invitational indoor meet held in Golden.
The Pack’s No. 1...

Tue, 31 Jan 2017 06:30:04 GMTThe Greater Pueblo Chamber of Commerce has scheduled four legislative breakfast meetings this year.
The events, all set for 8 to 9:30 a.m. at the Pueblo Convention Center, feature local legislators who give updates on their work in Denver. There are ...