Tag: Legislation
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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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Bill banning governments from forcing employees to sign NDAs heads to Polis
Colorado governments of all types will no longer be allowed to press their employees into signing confidentiality agreements under a bill headed to Gov. Jared Polis’ desk. With some exceptions, Senate Bill 23-53 prohibits state, county, and municipal governments, as well as school districts, from using the non-disclosure agreements with employees, particularly those settling grievances…
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Recent Colorado laws will cost businesses $2 billion, analysis shows
A slew of recent laws — notably a new family leave program — will cost businesses billions of dollars just as the flow of people coming into Colorado is dropping, a predicament that poses risks to the state’s competitiveness prognosis, according to a new analysis from a think tank. The study from the Common Sense Institute said the…
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Colorado’s emissions bill abandons trip reduction plan, expands ozone pollution regulations
A modified version of a sweeping emissions regulation proposal would let the state deny or revoke any construction permit over modifications that increases ozone pollution by any amount. The bill’s sponsors argue the legislation is necessary because Coloradans, particularly people of color and residents of low-income communities, have long suffered from high levels of ozone pollution,…
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Not so fast: Walmart to phase out plastic bags around Colorado Springs, but not immediately
Walmart stores in the Colorado Springs area that posted signs saying they were phasing out plastic bags in the upcoming days and weeks jumped the gun, the retail giant says. While Walmart plans to stop utilizing single-use carryout bags in Colorado starting in early 2023, the switch hasn’t started yet; Walmart said it is working…
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Michael Bennet, Colorado veterans discuss ‘burn pit’ bill and how to improve health care
U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet visited Colorado Springs on Thursday, in part to tout the PACT Act, which President Joe Biden signed into law Wednesday, expanding health care benefits for veterans who developed illnesses from exposure to toxic substances from burn pits on military bases. Burn pits are used to dispose of waste collected on overseas…
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The Aurora theater shooting: Tom Sullivan remembers
Tom Sullivan started his day on July 20, 2012, like any other day. He got up at 2:30 a.m. to make coffee, getting ready for his 4 a.m. job at the post office. He turned on the TV to catch up on sports scores, but the TV was turned to a news channel. It was…
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Blue Rising Together calls for legislative solution to fentanyl crisis
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Blue Rising Together, an organization focused on issues that make it difficult to grow up in Colorado, shared its support of passing bipartisan legislation to combat “the epidemic being caused by fentanyl across the state.” Dawn Reinfeld, executive director of Blue Rising Together, said the…