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Full-day kindergarten funding clears Colorado House, on to the Senate
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A bill that would fund full-day kindergarten in Colorado is headed to the state Senate. The House voted 53-11 on Tuesday to send the bill on to its next destination. It cleared the House Appropriations Committee on Friday. House Bill 1262 has garnered more support during the 2019 session than any previous effort, as Republican…
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Colorado bill to reimburse Masterpiece Cakeshop baker for losses fails
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An effort by a conservative Colorado House Republicans to find a way to force the state to reimburse Jack Phillips, the owner of Lakewood’s Masterpiece Cakeshop, for attorney fees and loss of business income failed to gain sympathy from a Democratic-controlled House committee Tuesday. House Bill 1081, sponsored by Republican Rep. Dave Williams of Colorado…
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Colorado Republican partners with Democrats on bid to curb badge fees at GOP events
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A Colorado Republican legislator is gathering support from Democrats on a bill one GOP leader calls “sinister” and others say has the potential to bankrupt the party. That Republican, state Rep. Dave Williams of Colorado Springs, defended his House Bill 1046 Tuesday in the House Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs, of which he…
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Democrat Brenda Krause hopes for upset in Springs House district
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Colorado Springs businesswoman Brenda Krause has her work cut out for her in House District 15 in Colorado Springs. The Democrat, a first-time candidate, is running in a legislative district that’s preferred Republicans against incumbent Rep. Dave Williams. In the 2016 election Williams won his first term, with 68 percent of the vote. Republicans have…
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Colorado gets 2 dozen new laws, new budget Sunday
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From squatters to swatters and $29 billion, the Colorado state budget and 25 laws take effect Sunday. They are the products of the 120-day legislative session that ended in May, when lawmakers passed 432 rules and regulations – about 60 percent of those introduced after the session began in January – and Gov. John Hickenlooper…
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Anti-squatters bill on its way to Hickenlooper
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A Colorado legislative measure born out of frustration with the process of evicting those who illegally take over someone’s home is on its way to Gov. John Hickenlooper for signing. Senate Bill 15 would set up a faster process for getting “squatters” – people who move into a home without homeowner authorization – evicted from…
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Owen Hill wants to intervene in federal lawsuit that could keep Doug Lamborn off ballot
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Owen Hill, a Republican challenging U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn, wants to oppose Lamborn in federal court in a case that could keep the six-term incumbent off the June primary ballot. Hill, a Colorado Springs state senator and one of four Republicans trying to unseat Lamborn, plans to file a motion to intervene in the U.S.…
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Anti-squatters bill wins unanimous vote from crucial House committee
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For five months, Ryan Parsell watched a neighbor’s house in eastern El Paso County become a haven for drugs, prostitution and theft. The neighbor had passed away and squatters moved in, Parsell told the Colorado House State, Veterans and Military Affairs Committee in a hearing last month. Parsell’s story is unfortunately not unusual, and Senate Bill 15,…
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