2017 special session

Unite Colorado unaffiliated candidates blast DC dysfunction, compare shutdown to failed special session

Jan 20, 2018

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Ernest Luning

The four unaffiliated statehouse candidates running under the Unite Colorado banner – that’s the organization that used to be known as the Centrist Project – declared a pox on both major parties’ houses after the federal government ran out of money late Friday night when Congress failed to approve spending legislation. In separate releases, all…
Lawmakers consider road ahead in wake of inconclusive special session on pot tax

Oct 11, 2017

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Ernest Luning

There’s no guarantee, but lawmakers on both sides say they’re hopeful they can come up with a way to let special districts again collect sales tax on recreational marijuana when the Colorado Legislature convenes in January. The question vexed the General Assembly last week during the two-day special session called by Gov. John Hickenlooper to…
Republicans in the Senate chose the path of obstruction

Oct 6, 2017

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KC Becker

I have not been shown a copy of the post-special session essay penned by a Republican to serve as a counterpoint to this one; I don’t even know who’s writing it. But I can just about guarantee that it includes something along the lines of, “I took an oath to uphold the Colorado Constitution” and…
Losers outnumber winners in Colorado Legislature’s brief special session on pot tax

Oct 3, 2017

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Ernest Luning

It’s safe to say no one is happy with the special legislative session that convened Monday and concluded Tuesday at the Colorado Capitol. Gov. John Hickenlooper has faced nearly unified opposition from Republican lawmakers since calling the special session in order to come up with a “simple fix” to a drafting error in complicated legislation…
Statehouse Democrats slam Rep. Dave Williams’ ‘take a knee’ allegation, charge Republican ‘will lie about anything’

Sep 30, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Democratic lawmakers were furious Friday after state Rep. Dave Williams, a Colorado Springs Republican, alleged some Democrats were planning to “take a knee” at the start of next week’s special legislative session in solidarity with NFL players, charging that Williams invented the accusation out of whole cloth. Williams issued a statement Friday morning denouncing what…
Hickenlooper, GOP square off over ‘simple fix’ to pot tax in looming special session

Sep 29, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Gov. John Hickenlooper and Democratic lawmakers say it’s a simple fix, but Republicans say it’s anything but. As next week’s special legislative session approaches – it’s set to convene Monday – Republican leaders in the Capitol and outside pressure groups are ramping up their opposition and predict the endeavor will be an expensive waste of…
Hickenlooper addresses rhetoric over special session, says it should be simple, not partisan

Sep 19, 2017

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Marianne Goodl

Gov. John Hickenlooper Monday responded to criticism from Republican lawmakers and others about the special session he called last week to address a mistake made in the hospital provider fee law. The measure, signed into law on May 30, is intended to spare hospitals from a greater than half-billion budget cut in 2017-18. The law…

2017 special session

Unite Colorado unaffiliated candidates blast DC dysfunction, compare shutdown to failed special session

Lawmakers consider road ahead in wake of inconclusive special session on pot tax

Republicans in the Senate chose the path of obstruction

Losers outnumber winners in Colorado Legislature’s brief special session on pot tax

Statehouse Democrats slam Rep. Dave Williams’ ‘take a knee’ allegation, charge Republican ‘will lie about anything’

Hickenlooper, GOP square off over ‘simple fix’ to pot tax in looming special session

Hickenlooper addresses rhetoric over special session, says it should be simple, not partisan