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A bi-partisan bill to create a legal limit for driving while high initially passed the house on Tuesday. Supporters say it’s especially important now that Colorado has legalized the recreational use of marijuana. Bente Birkeland reports from the state capitol.

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• Early and Severe Fire Season Forecast For West Slope
• Four BLM Controlled Burns Planned for Grand Mesa Area
• Driving While Stoned Bill Passes State House
• Western Slope Skies From Black Canyon Astronomical Society
• KVNF Comment Line
  

The State Senate held a lengthy debate April 1 on a complicated plan to change how Colorado funds its K through 12 schools. The Democratic proposal initially passed the senate on a party line vote. Bente Birkeland has more from the state capitol.

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• Delta County Stands For Second Amendment
• Legislature Debates School Funding
• Drought Prompting Water Users To Think Outside The Irrigation Box
• Local Vintner Working For Alternative To Gas Development
• Delta County Landfill Now Charges To Accept Tires
• Sandhill Crane Count
  

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• Capitol Conversation - State Budget
• Pipeline Leak Reveals Holes In Regulatory System
• Threat of Colony Collapse Coming to a Beehive Near You
• Crane Count: 750 last night; 11,000 so far
  

Headlines:

• Oil and gas and fracking bills dominate legislature
• Alternative plan proposed for North Fork Valley resource development
• High benzene levels detected near Parachute Creek after gas leak
• Appointed committee to regulate pot in disarray after scathing audit
• BLM announces lease procedures and acreage in three Western states
• Crane count from Fruitgrowers Reservoir

Bills on oil and gas and fracking are expected to dominate the latter part of the state's legislative session. A measure to change the makeup of the agency that regulates the energy industry drew a large crowd at the capitol on Thursday. As Bente Birkeland reports, it cleared its first committee.

Headlines:

• State lawmakers begin budget debate
• BLM grants West Elk lease modifications to expand
• Autopsy released following gunfight in Crawford
• Lund vs. Marston for District 3 DMEA board position
• Hunters boycotting Colorado due to new gun laws
• Local prep sports report