Tag: Colorado Legislature
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Will Colorado courts curb lawmakers’ backdoor taxes
During its August special session, the Colorado General Assembly passed several bills to raise tax revenue and partially fill the growing chasm between federal tax policy and progressive Democrats’ insatiable spending. Although the Taxpayers Bill of Rights (TABOR) in our state constitution requires a public vote on any “tax policy change directly causing a net…
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Evergreen shooting catapults a familiar debate back to the forefront
When a 16-year-old student began firing at his schoolmates at a popular Mountain town in Colorado and critically injured two students, it catapulted to the fore an emotionally-wrought and familiar debate at the state Capitol — how to stop a school mass shooting from happening again and again. In Colorado, students, teachers and parents have…
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The big winner of the special session? Big Tech | Vince Bzdek
If you are looking for winners and losers from the recent legislative special session, the biggest winner has to be the tech industry, which showed itself to be a force to be reckoned with in the fight over the AI bill. There are 100 legislators in the Colorado Legislature. The tech industry hired 150 lobbyists…
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Douglas County commissioners balk at legislation ‘impairing local control’
Commissioners lamented four proposals as diminishing local control as Douglas County continues quest for home rule status.
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Bill to stop growing number of grocers from selling booze passes key House committee
Colorado’s independent liquor stores won a resounding victory Thursday as a state House committee unanimously approved a bill that would freeze any increase to the number of grocery stores selling hard booze. The House Business Affairs and Labor Committee passed Senate Bill 25-33 by a 13-0 bipartisan vote, virtually assuring a smooth path for legislation…
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Douglas County declares support for bill allowing Colorado law enforcement to work with ICE
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Douglas County law enforcement officials on Wednesday declared support for legislation to flip a state law that has barred local officials from working with federal immigration agents. If approved by the Democrat-controlled legislature, it would reinstate a bill allowing local law enforcement to work with federal immigration officials with a focus on those who commit…
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State task force recommends overhaul of Colorado’s education accountability system
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A task force composed of state officials, district school board members, superintendents and parents agrees Colorado’s education accountability system needs a major overhaul. The Accountability, Accreditation, Student Performance, and Resource Inequity Task Force released its report…
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Ranked-choice voting would mark the end of person-to-person democracy | Vince Bzdek
The most significant vote many Coloradans will take this election, besides picking a new president, is whether to completely change the way we practice democracy in this state. Proposition 131 would substitute our state’s 100-year-old system of “one-person, one vote” for a nonpartisan primary and “ranked-choice” voting. Lots of pros and cons have been flying…
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Water, wolverines, firearm sales among new laws set to take effect Aug. 7
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save More than 200 new Colorado laws will take effect on Aug. 7. Here’s a quick rundown of some of the more interesting and significant pieces of legislation signed into law by Gov. Jared Polis and set to hit the books in just a few days.…
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Sen. Rachel Zenzinger’s final bill aims to boost Colorado’s higher education
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Education has been Sen. Rachel Zenzinger’s top priority since she took her seat in the state Senate over nine years ago. Wednesday is Zenzinger’s last legislative session day, as she is term limited. Zenzinger, D-Arvada, was first chosen to represent the 19th Senate district in…