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Retweets: Here are the tweets of the week in Colorado politics

Sep 10, 2017

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Joey Bunch
We all play a part in improving Colorado’s air quality

Aug 29, 2017

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DAN NJEGOMIR Colorado Politics

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…
Hickenlooper signs ‘Long Bill,’ applauds bipartisan collaboration on state budget

May 27, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Gov. John Hickenlooper on Friday signed the upcoming year’s budget, known as the Long Appropriations Bill, praising legislators on both sides of the aisle for coming together to avert “draconian” cuts while safeguarding spending on health care and schools. Senate Bill 254 sets a $28.7 billion budget for the state for the 2017-18 fiscal year,…
Getting to yes, just saying no: Lawmakers Everett, Hansen and Kennedy talk session votes

May 25, 2017

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Ernest Luning

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…
Insights: House GOP leader Neville pivots from expectations to be a principled dealmaker

May 14, 2017

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Joey Bunch

When Rep. Patrick Neville won the House Republican leadership last November, most of us in the state Capitol expected the caucus to take a hard slide to the right. Neville had never seen a fight where he thought the odds were against him since he took office in 2015. And it would have been so easy for the Castle Rocker…
Construction litigation reform roller-coaster concludes with unthought-of unanimous votes

May 11, 2017

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Ernest Luning

It was almost anticlimactic when the bipartisan construction defects litigation reform bill passed unanimously in the Senate on May 4, sending the much-anticipated legislation to Gov. John Hickenlooper’s desk. While there had been plenty of drama surrounding the measure throughout most of April, after the governor, House sponsors and prominent stakeholders announced a deal had…
Firestone tragedy unlikely to shake up Capitol oil and gas politics

May 9, 2017

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John Tomasic

A lot has changed in the wake of the oil and gas industry-linked explosion at the end of April in Firestone that killed two. Anadarko Petroleum shut down 3,000 wells. Matt Lepore, Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission director, spoke about conducting “an ongoing conversation about new safety measures” of one kind or another. Gov.…
Gas patch lawmakers bring late bill to map oil and gas well flowlines in wake of Firestone tragedy

May 5, 2017

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John Tomasic

Gas patch lawmakers racing against the legislative clock on Friday introduced a bill that would grant state oil and gas regulators the power to map well flowlines and it would require drilling companies to share flowline maps with the state, cities and counties where drilling occurs and make the maps available to the public. House…
Senate committee gives unanimous OK to bipartisan construction litigation reform bill

May 1, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Bipartisan legislation to make it more difficult for homeowners’ associations to sue condominium developers for defective construction is one step closer to becoming law after winning unanimous approval from a Senate committee Monday on its first vote in the upper chamber. House Bill 1279, sponsored in the Senate by Minority Leader Lucia Guzman, D-Denver, and…
House passes bipartisan construction litigation reform bill unanimously

Apr 24, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Bipartisan legislation to make it more difficult for homeowners associations to sue condominium developers for construction defects passed unanimously out of the Colorado House on Monday and is headed to the Senate. The bill marks a breakthrough backers hope will thaw Colorado’s frozen condo construction market and help address a housing shortage across the state.…