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Colorado’s prison population, once forecast to boom, now is expected to level
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Colorado’s prison population, which six months ago was projected to hit a record high in 2025, now is expected to level over the next six years. The state Department of Public Safety predicted in December that the population of prisoners would swell by more than 20% between fiscal years 2018 and 2025, from 20,136 at…
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Is the Hyperloop in the blueprint for Colorado’s transportation future?
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More than 18 months after a Los Angeles-based company announced it was eyeing Colorado for its first Hyperloop system, there have been few signs that the proposal has progressed beyond a cutting-edge concept. Virgin Hyperloop One is among a handful of companies that have made pitches for transit networks that would send passenger-loaded pods zipping…
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Polis’ behavioral health task force calls for ‘systemic transformation’
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CASTLE ROCK ? The leader of Gov. Jared Polis’ new behavioral health task force kicked off the group’s work Monday calling for a “systemic transformation” to Colorado’s mental health and substance abuse recovery system. “I will be really disappointed if we come back with just a few incremental changes,” said Michelle Barnes, executive director of…
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Polis signs marijuana hospitality bill that Hickenlooper vetoed in 2018
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What one governor taketh away, another governor gives. On Wednesday, Gov. Jared Polis signed six pro-marijuana bills into law, including one that will allow out-of-state visitors and others to safely consume cannabis in regulated hospitality facilities. Polis on Wednesday signed two bills into law that had been vetoed last year by then-Gov. John Hickenlooper. Under…
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Study to assess options for Fort Collins-to-Pueblo passenger rail
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A state commission exploring the construction of a Front Range passenger rail has started slow, but the group finally is rolling. Nearly two years after its formation, the commission is working with the Colorado Department of Transportation this summer to hire a contractor to study what it would take to build a system stretching more…
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With I-25 ‘Gap’ construction underway, officials still seeking input on highway south of Denver
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Widening of the Interstate 25 ‘Gap’ is underway, but state transportation officials still want to know how they can improve the stretch of highway from Colorado Springs to Denver. Residents can learn about upgrade ideas and make suggestions on a long-term planning study for the stretch from Monument to C-470 during two meetings by the…
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Polis announces task force to reform Colorado’s behavioral health care system
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Governor Jared Polis on Monday announced the creation of a behavioral health task force aimed at overhauling Colorado’s system for treating people battling mental illness and substance abuse. The announcement came a day after The Gazette published a special report that found Colorado’s mental health system is in crisis, with hundreds of thousands of Coloradans…
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Colorado Republican’s bill protecting medical-pot users’ gun rights is defeated
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A Republican lawmaker’s bid to keep Coloradans authorized to use medical marijuana from being deprived of the right to own and carry firearms was rejected Wednesday by Democrats. Senate Bill 93, proposed by state Sen. Vicki Marble, R-Fort Collins, died along party lines in the Senate State, Veterans and Military Affairs Committee. She said the…
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Bill would let Colorado revenge-porn victims sue for damages
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While laws already exist criminalizing revenge porn, one state senator believes victims should be entitled to seek civil damages. Sen. Bob Gardner’s Senate Bill 100, approved unanimously Wednesday by the Senate State, Veterans and Military Affairs Committee, would allow people to seek damages for being victimized online. Revenge porn, typically the sharing of intimate images…
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Colorado Springs Republican at odds with his own party over ‘badge fee’ bill
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A hard-line Colorado Springs Republican lawmaker known for his incendiary remarks is at odds with his fellow party members over a bill he says is driven by greedy GOP leaders. Democrats, however, are coming to the rescue and pushed the legislation through its second reading in the House of Representatives on Monday. “The real issue…
