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How Colorado’s congressional delegation voted this week
H.R. 2152: Citizens’ Right to Know Act of 2018 This was a vote to pass H.R. 2152 in the House. The Citizens’ Right to Know Act requires local governments that receive Justice Department funding to report the names, arrest records and failures to appear in court of any accused person participating in federally-funded pretrial services…
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Mother’s Day reminds Colo. politicos who made them special
With Mother’s Day brightening the springtime, Colorado Politics reached out to some of the state’s best-known politicos to find out what lessons on life they learned from the woman who gave them life. We begin with Gov. John Hickenlooper’s essay about his own mother, the woman he often references in talks with reporters about the…
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What Colorado lawmakers did for and to schools in 2018
The Colorado General Assembly’s 2018 session ended with a down-to-the-wire compromise on pension reform that left some teachers feeling bruised, but Gov. John Hickenlooper said there should be no confusion. In a world of competing priorities, education came out ahead. The 2018-19 budget puts more into K-12 education than the state has spent in years,…
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Bennet checks in on bucks for cleanup near Peterson Air Force Base
When Sen. Michael Bennet was home from Washington last week, he checked in with water districts in El Paso County that will benefit from $44 million he got into the federal defense budget to clean up water contamination near military bases and another $10 million to study the related health effects, his office tells Colorado…
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Independent slate of legislative candidates outraises Democrats, Republicans combined
The unaffiliated candidates for Colorado’s legislature endorsed by Unite Colorado and running under the national organization’s banner collected more in campaign contributions than their Republican and Democratic opponents combined during the most recent fundraising period – in most cases by wide margins. Between Jan. 1 and May 2, the five independent House and Senate candidates…
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Speaker Ryan chides Coffman, other breakaway Republicans on DACA tactic
WASHINGTON – Speaker Paul Ryan mocked an effort by breakaway Republicans – a group that includes U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman of Colorado – to force election-year votes on rival immigration proposals as a drive that would produce “show ponies,” not legislation the president would sign into law. Ryan, R-Wisconsin, said Thursday that since he’s been…
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Colo. legislative leaders size up accomplishments, stress
The morning after the four-month Colorado legislative session adjourned, Democratic and Republican leaders lauded their achievements Thursday, noting the stress brought on by controversy and conflict. The General Assembly put billions into transportation, shored up the public employees’ pension plan, reauthorized the state’s civil rights watchdog agency and tweaked how and where beer is sold.…
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2018 Colo. legislature: What got done (and not done) under the dome?
Here’s a look at the bills and issues Colorado legislators did or didn’t accomplish in the 2018 General Assembly session that wrapped up Wednesday: What got done Crackdown on harassmentState Rep. Steve Lebsock became only the second lawmaker in Colorado history to be voted out of the General Assembly on March 2, and Sen. Randy…
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Bureau of Land Management considers moving police to a western state
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management is considering a move of the headquarters of its law enforcement program to a western state, one of the agency’s top officials said Wednesday during a U.S. Senate hearing. The announcement coincides with a reorganization of the BLM that its administrator has said is likely to include moving its…
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Lawmakers craft a deal on beer sales at grocery stores
Colorado legislators toasted a compromise over beer sales late Wednesday, passing a bill on the final night of their 2018 legislative session. Grocery and convenience stores, which have only been able to sell low-strength beer for decades, will be allowed to sell full-strength beer starting next January under a 2016 law. Senate Bill 243, adopted…