Author: Marianne Goodland
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Lawmakers seek to redirect Colorado wolf program funds to pay for health insurance
Among the more than two dozen bills contemplated for Thursday’s special session of the Colorado General Assembly is a proposal to pause funding for the wolf reintroduction program run by Colorado Parks and Wildlife. The money — $264,268 — would be shifted to pay for the health insurance accountability enterprise to help cover subsidies for…
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Colorado legislators seek to stabilize health insurance premiums with federal tax credits going away
Colorado legislators are considering an infusion of cash into a program in an effort to keep health insurance premiums low amid recent changes to the tax code enacted by Congress, notably the end of tax credits offered on state-run and federal exchanges. One proposal would boost funding for the program by $100 million. Another proposal…
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Amend or repeal? Proposals surface to effectively undo AI regulation law in Colorado
While finding a way to plug an almost $800 million budget hole tops the business for lawmakers at next week’s special session, time is also closing fast for a fix to a 2024 law on artificial intelligence. And so far, four bills seek to modify the law, some of which would effectively repeal the mandates.…
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Colorado’s Congressional delegation talks bipartisanship, tariffs and health care at chamber luncheon
The eight members of Colorado’s delegation to the U.S. House often agreed more times than is often portrayed — on major issues affecting the state. All eight members appeared together, for the first time publicly ever, to attend the Colorado Chamber of Commerce’s seventh biennial congressional delegation luncheon, where they discussed issues in front of…
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Polis nominees to Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission already face scrutiny
Gov. Jared Polis’s latest appointments to the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission have drawn quick scrutiny, with one nominee criticized as a political insider and the other dismissed by longtime outfitters as an unknown in the industry she’s slated to represent. Polis said the nominations will help “bring down the temperature and move away from…
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Colorado lawmakers wrap up special session, pass property tax deal
Colorado’s lawmakers on Thursday concluded a special session by passing a compromise measure that will reduce property tax liabilities for residential and business owners and, in return, mean withdrawing two initiatives containing deeper tax cuts from the November ballot. The final vote on House Bill 24B-1001 — the deal crafted by legislative leaders, the governor,…
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Primary property tax relief bill wins party-line vote in first committee
The Democrats’ main proposal to deal with soaring property taxes cleared its first committee on a party-line 4-3 vote on Friday afternoon – but not without grumbling from counties and special districts that believe they have been left out. Senate Bill 23B-001 passed the Senate Finance Committee on the first day of the Colorado General…
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Meet the new dogs edition | CAPITOL M
The lighter side of the Capitol, woof, woof. One of the things you see around the state Capitol from time to time is dogs. Whether it’s the governor’s dog, Gia, the Airedales Minnie & Porky, who belong to Lt. Gov. Dianne Primavera, or various pooches that run around on the second floor, having a dog…
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House committee tackles first of several fentanyl-related bills
The first of three bills attempting to deal once again with fentanyl won approval from a House panel on Tuesday. House Bill 1167, which applies to the state’s Good Samaritan law, attempts to fix problems that the sponsor said came out of last year’s omnibus legislation on the deadly drug. As amended by last year’s…
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Bill on horse meat consumption takes the road less traveled
A bill originally intended to ban the slaughter of horses for human consumption passed narrowly out of a Colorado Senate panel after it was watered down to attempt to regulate the transportation of horses headed to slaughter. Originally, Senate Bill 38 would prohibit the slaughter of horses for human consumption in Colorado. The last slaughterhouse…