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Hickenlooper On Marijuana, Budget; Future Of Defunct Airport’s Iconic Tower; Longmont Banjo Player Reworks Old Folk Songs

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Governor John Hickenlooper has had recent calls with President Trump's budget director and his infrastructure guru. We'll hear about those and about the governor's letter imploring the federal government to butt out when it comes to state marijuana laws. Then, we meet a former air traffic controller at Denver's old Stapleton airport who hasn't been there since it closed in 1995, and we learn about plans to turn the control tower into an upscale bowling alley. Also, a Longmont banjo player says old folk songs are like heirloom seeds. He's planting them and growing new music.