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Pugliese’s bill to end retail delivery fees killed by committee | FOCUS ON THE SPRINGS
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Less than eight months after Colorado’s new retail delivery fees took effect, Rep. Rose Pugliese brought forward a bill seeking to eliminate them. In 2021, the state legislature passed Senate Bill 21-260, a $5.4 billion, 10-year plan to build out Colorado’s roads and bridges, create more electric vehicle charging stations, boost mass transit and mitigate…
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Xcel customers likely to see higher energy rates as winter arrives
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Colorado customers likely face steeper energy bills in the New Year if natural gas prices remain high, experts anticipate, even after coping with hikes in electricity and natural gas costs exceeding 50% in the last year, not to mention soaring inflation. Global demand for natural gas, caused in part by the Russian war in Ukraine,…
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Colorado Springs Mayor Suthers lists top priorities heading into his final year in office
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Funding for roads, more support for police and fire, and fighting to ensure U.S. Space Command remains in Colorado Springs are among Mayor John Suthers’ priorities for his last year in office. Suthers is term-limited and would step down in April unless the already competitive mayor’s race goes to a May runoff. The early contenders…
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Denver expects to meet its revenue goal from increased parking meter rates
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Denver has more than doubled its revenue from downtown parking meters in the first quarter since doubling the cost from $1 to $2 an hour, according to new figures released by the city. From January through March, Denver generated $3,775,066 in revenue from parking meter fees, while during the same period in 2021 the city generated…
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House passes bill banning courts from ordering juveniles to pay restitution to insurance
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State House members approved a bill on Monday to ban courts from ordering juveniles to pay restitution to insurance companies. House Bill 1373 seeks to prohibit courts from ordering juveniles to pay restitution to insurance companies, though it still allows the courts to mandate juveniles pay restitution to victims. From 2016 to 2020, 234 juveniles in…
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Denver reinstates original collections agency contract
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Denver City Council approved Monday a resolution extending the city’s contract with Integral Recoveries, an organization that manages delinquent court fines and fees over $300. The approved resolution is different from one that was proposed two weeks ago, which modified the contract to include debts under $300. Councilmember Paul Kashmann direct-filed the resolution this week…
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Conservatives target transportation funding in TABOR lawsuit
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Colorado’s leading conservatives, along with a free-market group, are challenging last year’s law that created hundreds of millions of dollars in new fees to fund the state’s transportation system and other programs. In a lawsuit this week, Sen. Jerry Sonnenberg, R-Sterling, and residents Michael Fields and Richard Orman, joined Americans for Prosperity in asking Denver…
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Colorado bill seeks to expand in-state tuition for students after one year of residency
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Colorado students must live in the state for at least three years to get in-state tuition for college. Now lawmakers want to offer cheaper tuition to students after only one year. If enacted, House Bill 1155 would make students eligible for in-state tuition at all higher education institutions if they have lived in the state…
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Denver City Council pauses collections agency contract
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Denver City Council on Monday voted down a resolution from the city’s courts to send debts under $300 to a collections agency the city has historically worked with. The resolution, which failed in a split 5-5 vote, proposed extending and modifying the city’s contract with Integral Recoveries, an organization that manages delinquent fines and fees…
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Polis assures infrastructure sector of funding as he pledges to reduce transportation-related fees
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The Polis administration on Thursday assured the transportation sector that plans to save Coloradans money by reducing or delaying several fees – the same revenue streams the governor and his Democratic allies approved last year to fund the state’s 10-year transportation program – will not slow down Colorado’s infrastructure projects. State officials, in fact, said Colorado’s transportation…
