chris hansen
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Colorado House debates net neutrality versus benefits of competition
The Colorado House on Monday debated legislation to preserve net neutrality and ensure internet providers that receive tax dollars aren’t playing games with speed and prices. House Bill 1312 passed on a voice vote and is likely to pass the recorded vote in House in the next few days. Then it will have a tougher…
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‘Idaho stop’ bike bill rolls through House 1st approval
A bicycle bill described as “the one you love to hate” got enough love to win preliminary approval from the Colorado House of Representatives, but not without a bit of anti-bicycle chatter about the so-called “Idaho stop.” Senate Bill 144 would allow local governments to authorize the Idaho stop in their jurisdictions. It would allow a…
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Updated: Colorado House Democrats to lead committee and hearings on climate change
Update: Rep. Chris Hansen tells Colorado Politics Republicans have appointed its members to the committee, Reps. Cole Wist of Centennial and Yeulin Willett of Grand Junction. The first meeting has been rescheduled to March 14 at the Capitol as soon as the House adjourns. The original post is below. ******************* The heat under the issues…
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Democratic secretary of state candidate Jena Griswold lands backing from unions, elected officials
Jena Griswold, a Democratic candidate for Colorado secretary of state, announced Monday she’s won the endorsements of two local unions and more than a dozen current and former elected Democrats, including state lawmakers, city council members and county officials. “Colorado needs a secretary of state who will protect all eligible voters’ right to vote and…
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Insights: In a web of confusion few Colorado parties are neutral on net neutrality
Between the pendulum of fake news and alternative facts, the average citizen trusts in a leap of faith to understand anything out of Washington these days. The issue of net neutrality lays this bare. Three Republicans outvoted two Democrats on the Federal Communications Commission this month to abolish rules established in 2015 with the open…
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Expect net neutrality to become a Colorado legislative issue next session
The Colorado legislature will take up net neutrality in the session that begins in January, as some lawmakers try to shield the state from federal rules that give Internet service providers more say in the speed allowed for some websites over others. That’s a big advantage to big companies that can afford to pay more.…
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Jason Crow picks up big-name legislative endorsements in CD6 primary
Jason Crow showed some separation the three-way primary in the the 6th Congressional District Friday with a list of endorsements from Democrats you probably know, if you know much about Colorado statehouse. He’s facing Levi Tillemann and David Aarestad in the primary for the district that includes Aurora and portions of Adams, Arapahoe and Douglas…
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We all play a part in improving Colorado’s air quality
Colorado’s Front Range stands at the brink of being bumped from “moderate” to “serious” nonattainment of the 75 parts per billion ozone standard issued by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in 2008. If Metro Denver and the northern Front Range do not meet the standard this summer, the bump-up to “serious” nonattainment could have significant…
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Getting to yes, just saying no: Lawmakers Everett, Hansen and Kennedy talk session votes
By one measure, state Rep. Justin Everett, a House Republican serving his third term in the Colorado General Assembly, and state Reps. Chris Hansen and Chris Kennedy, a pair of Democrats in their first terms, stand as far apart as any lawmakers at the Capitol, based on the votes they cast in the just-completed 2017…