Author: Ramsey Scott
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Hullinghorst drops hospital fee bill, at last, with Crowder’s name attached
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Colorado Speaker of the House Dickey Lee Hullinghorst, D-Gunbarrel, on Monday introduced a bill to remake the state’s hospital provider fee in order to free up millions of dollars for the state budget. The Speaker had threatened to introduce the proposal for months and, absent the bill itself, the merits of the proposal had been…
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In year of Trump, state GOP leaders seek to reassure El Paso assembly attendees
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State Republican elected officials and party leaders sought to tamp down concerns and consolidate support among vital El Paso County Republican activist voters who attended the party’s county assembly on Saturday. In a series of speeches, they conceded that it has been a wild ride on the right this year and that many Republican voters…
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Equal pay receives unequal welcome in House
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A signature piece of election-year Democratic legislation that would make equal pay for equal work among state contract workers the law in Colorado passed in the House and is headed to the Senate, where it is unlikely to ever reach the chamber floor. It’s the latest in the main narrative of 2016’s divided Legislature so…
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In latest battle over drilling, House Dems advance bill to boost local control
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After hours of testimony Monday, the House State Affairs committee moved forward legislation aimed at expanding local control over oil and gas operations. Majority Democrats on the committee voted for the bill. Minority Republicans voted against it. It was just the latest battle in the long war being fought nearly every week now in the…
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Salazar oil-and-gas liability bill makes bumpy way through House
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The legislative showdown over oil and gas drilling had been headed to the full Colorado House for months, rumbling along like a low-grade temblor. When it finally hit the floor Thursday morning, it sent lawmakers out of their seats to the front of the chamber, where they faced off for more than two hours of…
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Delicious Ag Day at the Capitol a favorite this year, like every year (video)
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On Agriculture Day at the Capitol, everyone falls in line. Lawmakers, aides, lobbyists and hungry Cap Hill lunchers had March 16 marked on their calendars since the beginning of the session — because Colorado Ag Day is the day that the main floor of the building is stocked with some of the best food the…
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Half-way home: House minority tallies wins, examines remaining goals for session
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The first act of this year’s session of the Colorado General Assembly has been one of mostly compromise and accord. But in the second act, the drama will likely start up in earnest. During a mid session review by members of the House Republican Leadership Friday, Minority Leader Brian DelGrosso, R-Loveland, said the 60 days of…
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Salazar bill to put drillers on the hook for damages clears first hurdle
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The surest sign that an oil and gas bill is about to be debated at the Capitol is the sea of “I ♥ energy” stickers affixed to lapels of well-tailored suits. The energy lobby was out in full force Thursday to oppose a bill sponsored by Rep. Joe Salazar, D-Thornton. House Bill 1310, which is…
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Vaccination bill sparks procedural tussle in House
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The Colorado General Assembly has a do-over rules. And one was used in the House Friday morning. House Democrats on Friday voted just before what should have been a final vote to send House Bill 1164, sponsored by Speaker Pro Tempore Dan Pabon, D-Denver, back for more debate Monday and to make “substantial amendments” to the bill. Those…
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Sonnenberg OK with lack of attention at Capitol to agriculture, but pushing two bills he says really matter
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Lawmakers haven’t introduced many agricultural bills this legislative session, but that doesn’t mean farmers and ranchers haven’t been paying close attention — or that they’re upset about the lack of acknowledgement. Jerry Sonnenberg, R-Sterling, chair of the Senate Agriculture, Natural Resources and Energy Committee, said Colorado’s farmers and ranchers work better when they’re left to…
