Tag: Marc Snyder
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Colorado transit-oriented housing bill nears compromise with amendments
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Updated 4/26/24 Could a compromise finally be on the way for the significant housing bill of the 2024 session? It’s not there yet, but amendments under consideration by the Senate sponsor of House Bill 1313, the transit-oriented housing bill, could move the needle in that…
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Meet your new Colorado House of Representatives leadership | Cronin and Loevy
The November 2022 state legislative elections in Colorado were swept by the Democrats. The Legislature is now in session in Denver. In the House, there are 46 Democrats and 19 Republicans. The Legislature is organized on a political party (partisan) basis. The party that has the most members gets to name the key leadership posts…
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Consider pets in evacuation plans, animal rights group urges lawmakers
A fire evacuation plan should include pets. That’s the message policymakers reviewing potential wildfire legislation heard on Wednesday from the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Saving pets became a major issue during the Marshall fire, which struck on New Year’s Eve last year and tore through more than 1,000 homes and businesses.…
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House lawmakers target embattled Office of Public Guardianship, reject funding for expansion
Problems with the state’s Office of Public Guardianship, as reported by Colorado Politics last month, led state House lawmakers Wednesday to halt the program’s expansion. The decision to keep the program from expanding occurred during the debate in the legislature over the proposed 2022-23 state budget. Democratic Reps. Meg Froelich of Greenwood Village and Adrienne…