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1. HEALTH EXCHANGE SALARIES HIGH
Employees of Colorado’s health exchange are making more money than workers in similar positions in three other states, with nearly half of the payroll earning more than $80,000. said Linda Gorman, who studies health care policy for the Independence Institute, a free-market think tank.
2. RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA PRIVACY
Colorado’s constitutional amendment that legalized recreational weed does not require stores to keep records on customers, as medical marijuana dispensaries must. But retail stores aren’t prohibited from recording personal information, either. Here’s .
3. GET TO THE POINTS
No felony convictions? That’s two points. The city of in deciding who will get the coveted 24 recreational marijuana licenses when pot shops can finally open in the city on Oct. 1.
4. HEADING TO THE SUPREME COURT
? That’s what Colorado’s highest court will decide when it considers the constitutionality of the Douglas County School District’s pilot program.
5. “JESSICA’S LAW” BILL ADVANCES
? For the past two years, Rep. Libby Szabo, R-Arvada, has tried unsuccessfully, but after some heated debate, a bill designed to create mandatory minimum sentences for those convicted of crimes against children advanced Monday in the Colorado House.
6. FIRE AT SAME HOME TWICE IN A MONTH
Investigators are trying to determine what caused a fire at a home in southwest Denver Tuesday morning. It was .
7. CRIMEA JOINS RUSSIA
With a historic sweep of his pen, President , describing the move as correcting past injustice and a necessary response to what he called Western encroachment upon Russia’s vital interests.
8. WHY YOU SHOULD NAP AT WORK
For most American workers, napping in the office is frowned upon. This is a shame, given the long list of benefits from an afternoon nap. Here .
9. WHO WILL PLAY CENTER FIELD FOR THE ROCKIES
Drew Stubbs, Charlie Blackmon and Brandon Barnes are all making a play to man center field in LoDo this summer. But, ? “The kid has a chance to be a star someday,” said right fielder Michael Cuddyer. In other Rockies news, reliever yesterday.
10 NUGGETS SNAP CLIPPERS WINNING WAYS
In the last four days the Nuggets have taken down the Miami Heat and then on Monday, the NBA’s hottest team, the L.A. Clippers. The next logical question the players wondered after their 110-100 win at the Pepsi Center was: ?
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