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Coffman on more veterans’ woes, time changes of death, the big budget shortfall and more

Mar 20, 2017

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Jared Wright

March 20, 2017 Good morning and Happy Monday. Whether we like it or not, those Mondays keep on a comin’. Thank you sir, may I have another! Read on for this week’s rundown of intel straight from Colorado’s political pipeline … COLORADO KUMBAYA: The Neil Gorsuch Support Ticker (confirmation hearings begin this week): Steve Farber of…
Lawmakers say they’ll produce safety data Hickenlooper wants on bar closing times

Mar 16, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Gov. John Hickenlooper says he wants “conclusive” evidence that extending bar hours won’t endanger the public and on Wednesday told lawmakers either to produce it or scrap a bill to let local governments set later closing times and instead create a study, The Colorado Statesman has learned, but the bill’s sponsors say they’ll be happy to produce the…
TABOR reform bill passes Colorado House, but with less GOP support

Mar 9, 2017

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Peter Marcus

A measure that would reform the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights, or TABOR, passed the House on Thursday, but not before losing some Republican support. The bill – which is sponsored by two somewhat maverick Republicans on the subject – passed the Democratic-controlled House 39-26. It now heads to the Republican-majority Senate. Only one other Republican joined…
TABOR reform measure passes first test with bipartisan support

Feb 28, 2017

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Peter Marcus

An effort to reform the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights, or TABOR, passed its first test on Monday with Republican support, though the legislation faces an uphill battle. Some TABOR observers call it progress that two Republicans are sponsoring the effort to change how the state calculates its spending cap. The bill received bipartisan support from…
Crowder, Thurlow team up to fix TABOR ‘constraint on overdrive’

Feb 27, 2017

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JAMES ANDERSON The Associated Press

Two Colorado Republican lawmakers are delivering on their promise from earlier this year to fine-tune TABOR, a 25-year-old constitutional restriction on how much the state can receive – and spend – without triggering tax refunds. Rep. Dan Thurlow and Sen. Larry Crowder have introduced House Bill 17-1187 that seeks to change the way annual revenue…
ICYMI: Teachers and guns, Denver Water investigated, TABOR changes? and more …

Feb 26, 2017

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Mike McKibbin

You know all about the big political news of the past week: Hickenlooper says (projecting about two years out) he has no plans to run for president in 2020 (haven’t we heard that somewhere before?); support seems to be growing for the confirmation of Colorado Judge Neil Gorsuch for the U.S. Supreme Court and the…
Republican leadership calls TABOR reform ‘interesting’ but not a priority

Feb 21, 2017

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Peter Marcus

Senate Republican leadership on Tuesday described an effort to reform TABOR as “interesting,” though leaders say it is not representative of the majority of the caucus’ priorities. Senate President Kevin Grantham of Cañon City responded when asked about the proposal, which has sponsorship from two Republican lawmakers, Rep. Dan Thurlow of Grand Junction and Sen. Larry…
Wilson discusses ‘ground-up’ education initiative in House GOP’s video update

Feb 18, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Although it starts with a splash of levity, the House Republican caucus’s video update, posted on Friday, quickly moves onto more serious ground. “This is Jim Wilson from Salida, Colorado,” says state Rep. Yuelin Willett, R-Grand Junction, as his serious gaze dissolves into a grin and an imposing figure enters the frame, shooing away the…
Rematch report: Exum challenges Roupe in House District 17 swing seat

Sep 29, 2016

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Ernest Luning

It’s a rematch this year in Colorado’s swingiest house district, pitting two candidates who have each won the seat once and lost it once. State Rep. Kit Roupe, the Republican, and former state Rep. Tony Exum, Sr., the Democrat, are facing off to represent House District 17, covering southeast Colorado Springs and a portion of unincorporated…
DelGrosso: Theme of session is ‘missed opportunities’

Jun 23, 2016

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Brian DelGrosso

From the start of the session, House Republicans identified increasing funding for education and transportation and addressing Colorado’s affordable housing shortage as our top priorities. Unfortunately, our Democrat colleagues did not share our same priorities and instead focused on passing a partisan agenda that penalized, over-regulated, even publicly shamed Colorado’s job creators. Democrats rejected our…