cody donahue
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Bill would grant benefits to families of fallen local officers
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While Colorado lawmakers in March celebrated the passage of a bill to provide health benefits to the families of fallen state employees, families who lost health benefits when a city or county employee dies in the line of duty could only watch from the sidelines. Republican state Sen. Bob Gardner of Colorado Springs saw that,…
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Monument meeting provides talk on funding for ‘the gap’
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Dozens of people met Saturday at Lewis-Palmer High School in Monument to tell the Tri-Lakers on how its going with Interstate 25’s lane expansion called simple “the gap.” Their trips north and back is a visible reminder of Colorado’s traffic problems, a double whammy of growth and neglect. The legislature hasn’t put much money into…
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Coloradans weigh in on the future of self-driving vehicles at Senate hearing
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WASHINGTON – A congressional hearing Wednesday implied broad changes are coming soon for Colorado’s highway transportation industry from self-driving truck technologies. Driverless trucks are part of the automated vehicle technology being developed by government agencies and private companies. They use computerized sensors to steer, throttle and brake vehicles, usually without human intervention. Senators at the…
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Colorado Gov. Hickenlooper signs ‘Move Over for Cody Act’ to honor fallen state troopers
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Gov. John Hickenlooper on Thursday signed the “Move Over for Cody Act” legislation to raise penalties against drivers who don’t exercise caution when approaching and passing roadside emergency vehicles. The bill is named for State Trooper Cody J. Donahue, who was struck and killed in November by the driver of a semi on Interstate 25…
