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New bill would make Colorado teens take driver’s education before getting a license
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Teenagers in Colorado could soon be required to complete up to 36 hours of driver’s education to be eligible for a driver’s license, if a new bill introduced to the state legislature passes. Senate Bill 11, introduced on Tuesday, would require Coloradans under the age of 18 to take a 30-hour driver’s education course and…
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Governor signs bills on bicycles, campaign contributions
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Gov. Jared Polis signed six bills on Wednesday, including measures seeking to end unlimited donations to school board candidates, allowing residents who lost homes in the December Boulder wildfires to keep their voter registration at their previous addresses, and permitting Colorado cyclists to ride through stop signs and red lights when it’s safe to do…
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With new state House and Senate maps, let the games begin
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The wait is over. And the scramble has begun. Now that the Colorado Supreme Court has approved new state House and Senate maps, candidates are crafting designs to run for more competitive seats that also appear to shrink the influence of rural communities at the state Capitol. The new maps will reshape Colorado’s political landscape, and,…
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Family medical leave bill gets first real hearing but stalls over amendments
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The Senate Finance Committee hearing on Senate Bill 188 Tuesday took a very different look than the hearing in the Senate Business, Labor and Technology Committee a week ago. For one thing, people who opposed the bill finally got to testify against it on the record. Tuesday night’s seven-and-a-half hour hearing on the FAMLI family medical…
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Could Uber, Lyft play a part in Colorado’s transportation funding saga?
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A state Senate Democrat is looking at how ride-sharing services like Uber and Lyft could play a small part in solving Colorado’s transportation funding woes. Democratic Sen. Faith Winter of Westminster, who chairs the Senate Transportation and Energy Committee, said there are 30,000 people driving for transit network companies in Colorado, but those services don’t collect…
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CAPITOL M | Feb. 3-9: Cute dogs edition (PHOTOS)
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Capitol M LOVES dogs. Cats are OK (I’ve had many), but dogs rule, especially rescue dogs. There’s a twitter feed called Cute Emergency (with nearly 10 million followers). Whenever you’re having a bad day, check into Cute Emergency as there is no better pick-me-up than PUPPIES. Unless, of course, you get to hang around the state…
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Colorado Sen. Kagan to resign; 3rd Senate Democrat to announce exit
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State Sen. Daniel Kagan says he will resign his Arapahoe County seat effective Jan. 11. He is the third Senate Democrat to announce plans to exit in coming weeks. The Cherry Hills Village Democrat said it has been “a great honor to serve the people of Colorado for just short of a decade. An important…
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Coloradans lead Governing’s list of top public officials
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When Governing magazine looked around the country for the best public officials, it found several in Colorado. The list of 10 honorees includes former Denver elections director Amber McReynolds, state prisons chief Rick Raemisch and state legislator Faith Winter. “Each of these public servants has laid out a bold vision for improving the lives of…
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ELECTION 2018 | Blue wave gives Polis a Democratic-controlled state Senate
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Colorado’s blue wave didn’t just put Democrat Jared Polis into the governor’s mansion. It also gave him a Democratic-controlled state Senate for his first term in office. As of now, Republicans have a narrow advantage in the state Senate. Come 2019, the Democrats will have control over both chambers of the General Assembly to go…
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NOONAN | Dem fund-raising leaves GOP in the dust in key state Senate races
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Out of eighteen state Senate seats up for election, only four are “competitive.” These Senate districts have less than five percentage points separating Democratic and Republican registration. They also have Unaffiliated registration up to 39% of voters. The fight for these seats puts four Democratic women, or the Four Musketeers, against two men and two…
