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Colorado launches campaign to ‘Lift the Label’ on opioid addiction
Corey DePooter and Austin Eubanks were nearly inseparable during high school, sharing a love of the same music and hobbies throughout the first two years of high school. At 16, they had their whole lives ahead of them. Then came April 20, 1999. Eubanks and DePooter were both students at Columbine High School and in…
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Governor needs to step up to the plate — especially on marijuana legislation
The 2018 legislative session ended in a photo-finish on Wednesday night. At (literally) the eleventh hour, a number of critical bills made it through the statehouse, as lawmakers found hard-fought compromises to the session’s toughest issues. Fixes on transportation, PERA, and the Colorado Civil Rights Commission all came within the final 72 hours of the…
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Attempt to fix 2017 civil asset forfeiture bill moves forward
An effort to complete a deal worked out by Gov. John Hickenlooper’s staff and opponents of a 2017 law reforming Colorado’s civil asset forfeiture statutes sailed through the state Senate Finance Committee Wednesday. The measure passed on a 5-0 vote despite losing one of its main sponsors. House Bill 1020 is intended to put in…
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"Red flag" bill clears House committee on party-line vote
A bill that would let law enforcement or family members seek a court order to remove firearms from at-risk individuals, also known as a “red flag” law, won approval in its first House committee hearing Tuesday. House Bill 1436 would set up an ability for law enforcement or family members to obtain a temporary “Extreme…
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Senate attempts compromise on civil rights division, commission; House sponsors say ‘no’
Updated 5 p.m.: the governor weighs in. He doesn’t like it either. The Colorado state Senate Friday came up with a compromise on the reauthorization of the state’s Division of Civil Rights and Civil Rights Commission, but it’s a compromise only in the Senate between the two caucuses. House sponsors told Colorado Politics that they…
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Water forum awash with questions for Colo. governor candidates
The first Water in the West Symposium in Denver Thursday brought together water planners, researchers, environmental and sustainability advocates, business leaders – and a guy who loves to talk about beavers. The two-day symposium, sponsored by Colorado State University and held at the McNichols Civic Center Building, was opened by former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack.…
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FEEDBACK | Our guv is one to point fingers at pot
Gov Hickenlooper says that if data indicates and supports that an intoxicant contributes to a public-safety problem, then he will rethink what the voters have approved and as a public servant work to recriminalize it. Well, the jury has come back and alcohol is the scourge that everyone knew it was. Domestic violence, drunken-driving deaths,…
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Capitol M, Week ending April 20, with 19 days until Sine Die edition
A look at the behind-the-scenes stuff that Capitol M finds interesting, amusing or wants you to know about. Best wishes for a speedy recovery…to Colorado Press Association lobbyist Greg Romberg, who suffered a brain injury in a skiing accident on March 31. According to CPA President Jerry Raehal, Romberg is alert, able to handle day-to-day…
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Dems gather in Broomfield for Colo. state assembly
The Colorado Democratic Party is meeting Saturday at the 1stBank Center in Broomfield for a full day of nominations and speeches for governor, treasurer, attorney general and secretary of state. The assembly started at 10 a.m. with brief remarks from state party Chair Morgan Carroll, who called on delegates to be positive. She exhorted them…
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Capitol M: Week ending April 6, Budget Edition
Take me out to the ballgame, take me out to the crowd, or, what goes on at the Capitol when lawmakers are not sitting at Coors Field, or as it was briefly known as on Friday, Citizens Bank Park. The next time Rep. Leslie Herod offers you donuts around April Fool’s Day…Capitol M advises…