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County Clerk & Recorder candidates agree that customer service needs improvement, county elections are safe and fair

Both candidates for Las Animas County Clerk & Recorder said during a recent candidate forum that they believe Las Animas County elections are safe and secure, but that they have numerous improvements they want to make to the office if elected. Republican Las Animas County Clerk & Recorder nominee Karrie Apple, who currently works at the office, and her Democrat opponent Henry “Smokey” Guzzo Jr., who owns and operates American Family Insurance, outlined their goals for the office Monday, Oct.

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Did marijuana legalization lead to increased use in Colorado? New study has novel answer

In the decade since Colorado voters passed Amendment 64 legalizing adult use of marijuana in state law, a slew of studies have tried to estimate the impact. They’ve looked broadly and more narrowly, and have concluded — depending on how you might read them — that legalization either did or did not lead to an increase in cannabis use.

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