Tag: 2022 Session
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2022 SESSION: Republicans lose out on legislation but force concessions
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save As Republicans hold only 39 seats of Colorado’s 100-member legislature, the minority party ran into issues for their priority legislation but partly succeeded in diminishing several Democratic initiatives. Only five of the Colorado Republican Party’s…
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Gov. Jared Polis’ agenda advances through state legislature
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save One month after Gov. Jared Polis announced his legislative agenda during the State of the State address, bills reflecting his priorities are steadily advancing through the legislature. Polis, whose signature or veto ultimately determines the fate of any legislation, set the tone of the 2022…
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COVER STORY | Hot Topics of the 2022 General Assembly
With 2022 an election year, lawmakers traditionally back off a bit from introducing controversial bills. That’s why they have approved some of the biggest measures of the past six years — oil and gas reform, Colorado option, climate change and greenhouse gas — in odd-numbered years when they worry less about voter reactions at the ballot box. Will…