Author: Marianne Goodland
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Progressive Democrats and unions protest against Gov. Jared Polis’ veto of wage theft bill, others
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Three bills vetoed by Gov. Jared Polis last Friday prompted progressive Democrats and union allies to hold a boisterous rally on the west steps of the state Capitol on Thursday. The three bills are House Bill 1008, a wage theft bill tied to the construction…
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Speaker Pro Tem Rep. Chris deGruy Kennedy to lead Bell Policy Center as new CEO
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Speaker Pro Tem Rep. Chris deGruy Kennedy, D-Lakewood, will step into the role of president and chief executive officer of the left-leaning Bell Policy Center, effective July 1. He will replace Scott Wasserman, who has led the Bell for eight years. Wasserman is starting his…
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Colorado ethics commission considers backtracking finding that ethics complaint is ‘non-frivolous’
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The state ethics commission took a first-ever step Tuesday to consider whether to put back under wraps a complaint over alleged overpayments it accepted and made public last October. That reclassification, if it happens, could make the complaint and all filings that followed confidential and raise…
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Ballot initiatives seek to ban biological boys in girls’ sports, require schools to notify parents over ‘gender incongruence’
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A parent who sued the Wellington School District over an LGBTQ middle-high school club is seeking to put a measure in front of voters in November that would require schools to notify parents when their child expresses “gender incongruence.” Another ballot initiative would prohibit biological…
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How Democrats’ failure at the ballot box led to bipartisan successes in the Colorado legislature
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The seeds of the bipartisan cooperation that yielded major policy successes — notably in taxation — this year began in a major failure last year. Several lawmakers on both sides of the aisle pointed to the failure of Proposition HH, the property tax measure that voters rejected…
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Douglas County commissioners opt out of state law banning guns in government buildings
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Douglas County commissioners aren’t waiting for Gov. Jared Polis to sign a bill banning firearms in government buildings into law. Tuesday, the commissioners passed a resolution stating they would “opt-out” of following Senate Bill 24-131, which bans firearms in polling locations, schools, government buildings, and…
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Colorado lawmakers introduce 705 bills in 2024 session, 525 approved
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Final statistics on the bills offered by lawmakers during the 2024 session are in. As previously reported by Colorado Politics, lawmakers introduced 705 bills. That’s the most since 2019 when 721 bills were introduced, but far short of the record set in 2003, at 735.…
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Wolf advocates charged with illegal lobbying at state Capitol
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The state’s election office on Monday began proceedings against an advocate for wolves in Colorado over allegations of illegally lobbying during the 2024 session at the state Capitol. Initially, a second individual was also accused of illegal lobbying, but that complaint has been dismissed. The complaints,…
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Outgoing Colorado Senate President Steve Fenberg reflects on bipartisanship and lessons learned
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save When the current term-limited senators end their General Assembly careers at the beginning of 2025, there will be no Democrat in the 100-member General Assembly who has ever been in the minority and no Republican…
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Bipartisan teams emerge to push for major bills in Colorado
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Behind the slew of legislation tackling some of the biggest challenges in Colorado were teams of bipartisan lawmakers who emerged to push the proposals across the finish line. Unsurprisingly, the lawmakers are veteran policymakers who have sharpened their skills at finding agreements over the years. …