Author: Marianne Goodl
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Colorado lawmakers propose $2 billion budget hike
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Colorado lawmakers are proposing to spend $40.6 billion in the next fiscal year – $2 billion more than last year – driven by bigger allocations for health care, a significant expansion in the state’s workforce and more money for schools seeing increased enrollment of immigrant students. Lawmakers began tackling the spending proposal on Wednesday, with…
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Modified Colorado bill bans firearms in state Capitol
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Colorado lawmakers substantially modified a proposal that originally listed nearly 20 places where a person would be prohibited to carry a firearm – even with a concealed weapons permit – to only a handful of areas, notably including higher education institutions. In narrowing down that list, the legislators added a new place where guns would be banned…
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‘For cause’ evictions bill passed by Colorado Senate, clearing major hurdle
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A two-year effort to add more stringent requirements before a landlord can evict a renter cleared a major hurdle on Tuesday, when the state Senate approved a House measure on a close vote. On Monday, the measure, which requires landlords to show “cause” before evicting a tenant, went through a six-hour debate in the Senate.…
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Colorado lawmakers adopt cuts, hard choices as state faces $170 million budget shortfall
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Between March 15 and March 21, the six members of the Joint Budget Committee – the group of lawmakers in charge of drafting Colorado’s spending plan – found themselves with a problem. With just over a week before the introduction of the state’s 2024-25 budget, new revenue forecasts showed they had a hole to plug, with…
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THIS WEEK AT THE COLORADO CAPITOL | Week of March 25, 2024
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Here are legislative committee hearings and other events of note for the week ahead for the Colorado General Assembly. Committee schedules are subject to change. Schedules for both the House and Senate can change at any time. This website is the best resource for keeping up with daily activities. Options for public testimony during committee hearings can…
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St. Patrick’s Day edition | Capitol M, Week of March 23, 2024
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The lighter side of the Capitol, usually. Capitol M just LUVS the conversations that go on around the Capitol about the history of pranks, like when a particular Senate president in the recent decade (but it isn’t Kevin Grantham) flew a drone through the Senate chamber, or when Rep. Gary McPherson’s pants were hung from…
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Bill aimed at increasing Colorado condo construction advances to full Senate
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A bill whose sponsors hope would spur more construction of affordable condos by reducing insurance costs has cleared its first hurdle. Senate Bill 106 won a 4-3 vote from the Senate Local Government and Housing Committee on Thursday. Testimony on the bill took place two weeks ago, and the bill’s sponsors – Sens. Rachel Zenzinger, D-Arvada,…
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Colorado House transit-oriented development bill has similarities to last year, same opponents
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Is a bill requiring Front Range communities to set up transit-oriented development the 2024 version of a land-use bill that went down in flames in 2023? Not exactly, but there are several major similarities between House Bill 24-1313 and last year’s Senate Bill 23-213. Chief among them: another effort by the Polis administration and the…
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Democratic leaders introduce bill to put 1 million acres of Colorado wetlands under state protection
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Nearly a million acres of wetlands in Colorado could gain state protection after losing federal oversight when the U.S. Supreme Court decided last year that wetlands that lacked direct connection to bodies of water didn’t require Environmental Protection Agency preservations. The Court decision in Sackett v. Environmental Protection Agency redefined the terms by which a body of…
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4 Colorado Democratic Party officers seek removal of Sheena Kadi from position
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A petition started by four members of the state Democratic Party’s central committee seeks to remove Sheena Kadi, the party’s vice chair of public relations and marketing, from her elected position. Kadi has held the state party position since last year. The petition is tied to the recent court ruling that granted Rep. Leslie Herod,…