Tag: Meg Froelich
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Unsustainable? Colorado’s government keeps growing
Proponents of Colorado’s Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights designed the constitutional amendment to curb government’s voracious appetite for more spending. But the state’s most recognizable tax law, which turns 30 this year, hasn’t stopped the government from growing. Not even close. Consider this: Lawmakers propose to spend $36.4 billion in the next fiscal year, an amount…
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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…
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Colorado Democratic lawmakers to sponsor bill upholding women’s right to abortion in 2022 session
The prospect that the conservative majority on the U.S. Supreme Court will overturn Roe v. Wade is pushing Colorado’s Democratic women legislators to act, long before a decision from the court is likely. The nation’s highest court is reviewing Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, a 2018 Mississippi law that bans abortions after 15 weeks.…