2018 legislative session
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Colo. House approves $29 billion state budget bill on bipartisan vote
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DENVER – The Colorado House of Representatives this morning approved the 2018-19 budget as contained in House Bill 1322 on a 42-22 vote, sending it on to the Senate. All House Democrats voted in favor of the $28.9 billion measure, along with six Republicans, including state Rep. Bob Rankin of Carbondale, who represents the Republican…
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Colorado House Republicans announce committee assignments
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The Colorado House Republicans announced its committee assignments Friday. As the minority party in the chamber, the caucus controls no committee chairmanships or majorities. Here are the assignments: House Agriculture, Livestock, & Natural Resources Committee House Appropriations Committee House Business Affairs and Labor Committee House Education Committee House Finance Committee House Health, Insurance and Environment…
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Out West Roundup: Idaho lands nation’s first International Dark Sky Reserve designation
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Idaho Idaho lands nation’s first International Dark Sky Reserve BOISE – A giant chunk of central Idaho with a dazzling night sky has become the nation’s first International Dark Sky Reserve. The International Dark-Sky Association designated the 1,400-square-mile Central Idaho Dark Sky Reserve. The sparsely populated area’s night skies are so pristine that interstellar dust…
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Reactions to Hickenlooper’s State of the State fall along party lines
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Reactions to Gov. John Hickenlooper’s final State of the State speech Wednesday fell predictably along party-lines, with rah-rahs from Democrats and less enthusiasm from Republicans. The governor took 49 minutes to talk about his agenda for the 2018 legislative session and his final year in office. “We have a lot to accomplish in the next 119 days”…
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Republican gubernatorial candidate Doug Robinson releases legislative priorities as session starts
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Republican Doug Robinson, one of nine candidates in a primary for governor, on Tuesday released his legislative priorities as Colorado lawmakers were set to kick off the General Assembly’s 2018 regular session. On the retired investment advisor’s list: long-term funding for roads, adequate career training for students, solutions to the opioid epidemic and long-term stability…
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WATCH LIVE: Colorado legislative session commences Wednesday
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If you’ve been reading this website, you know the legislative session tempo has been picking up for days. Now it’s time to dance in Denver. House Speaker Crisanta Duran and Senate President Kevin Grantham will gavel in the 120-day legislative session at 10 a.m. Wednesday, different than the one they gaveled out last May. Out…
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Senate President Kevin Grantham focused on the next four months, not his legacy
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State Senate President Kevin Grantham faces term limits after the next session, but he plays off questions about his political ambitions, assuming he has any. With the legislative session set to begin Wednesday, he prefers to talk about transportation, fixing state employees’ retirement plans, protecting the energy industry and handing off leadership to another Republican…
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House Speaker Crisanta Duran’s high profile rooted in Colorado goals
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Colorado House Speaker Crisanta Duran, 37, is ending her House career at an age when many lawmakers are barely getting started. In the last two years, Duran’s national profile has risen dramatically, even before becoming the state’s first Latina speaker of the house. She won the Gabrielle Giffords Rising Star Award in March 2016 from…
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State Rep. Dylan Roberts plans to introduce bill to bring transparency to insulin prices in Colorado
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Inspired by a Nevada law that takes effect Monday, state Rep. Dylan Roberts, D-Eagle, plans to introduce legislation when the Colorado General Assembly convenes next week to require transparency about insulin pricing from drug manufacturers. “If you have Type I diabetes, you cannot live without insulin, and it’s one of the prescription drugs whose price…
