News Brief

Supporters of a Colorado marijuana legalization and regulation initiative Wednesday turned in nearly double the number of signatures needed to qualify for the November ballot.

A Colorado marijuana legalization initiative looks almost assured of making the November ballot after organizers handed in a final 12,000 signatures. They only need 2,400 valid ones.

The Colorado Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol initiative hit a bump in the road Friday, falling just short of the number of valid signatures needed to make the November ballot. But it still has 15 days to make up the shortfall.

Marijuana legalization gets strong support in polls in Colorado and Massachusetts, but not enough for activists to rest easy.

And then there were two. It's official: Colorado will vote on marijuana legalization in November, joining Washington state.

The Colorado Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol has put up its first billboard. Ironically, it's above a liquor store.

The Colorado Democratic Party has endorsed Amendment 64, the Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act.

This week, we have a grab bag of crooked law enforcement types, including a big city cop, a probation officer, a prosecutor, and a TSA agent.

University of Colorado Boulder officials are pulling out all the stops in a bid to squash the school's unofficial annual 4/20 rally. The ACLU is objecting, and the performer the school hired to divert students with a concert says pot ought to be legalized.

If grand jury indictments earlier this month are any indication, there's not enough real crime in Pitt County, North Carolina, to keep cops and prosecutors busy. The most common grand jury charge: possessing marijuana with intent.