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DelGrosso: Theme of session is ‘missed opportunities’
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From the start of the session, House Republicans identified increasing funding for education and transportation and addressing Colorado’s affordable housing shortage as our top priorities. Unfortunately, our Democrat colleagues did not share our same priorities and instead focused on passing a partisan agenda that penalized, over-regulated, even publicly shamed Colorado’s job creators. Democrats rejected our…
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Hospital fee debate moves on to second act in Senate
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The curtain officially rose Thursday in the House on the long drama centered around the Democratic-led effort to reclassify the state’s $700 million hospital provider fee as an enterprise fund. By Friday at roughly 11:00 a.m., the first act had concluded. Two bills concerning the reclassification passed with Republican support and headed to the Senate,…
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First draft: House debate on state budget ‘long bill’
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House Dems with Republican support pass state budget The House passed the state budget Friday morning. The $27 billion spending bill written over the course of months by the bipartisan Joint Budget Committee survived House debate mostly intact. House Bill 1405 passed on a 39-26 vote. Five Republicans — Reps. J. Paul Brown, R-Ignacio, Don…
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The Hot Sheet, March 22, 2016
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VOL. 01 NO. 48 | MARCH 22, 2016 | COLORADOSTATESMAN.COM/THE-HOT-SHEET | © 2016 By TCS Publisher and Editor in Chief Jared Wright _@JaredWright_ DENVER — Not a good Tuesday morning in the world with yet another terrorist attack striking the heart of Brussels, Belgium, 2 explosions at Brussels Airport and one at a subway station with at least…
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Half-way home: House minority tallies wins, examines remaining goals for session
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The first act of this year’s session of the Colorado General Assembly has been one of mostly compromise and accord. But in the second act, the drama will likely start up in earnest. During a mid session review by members of the House Republican Leadership Friday, Minority Leader Brian DelGrosso, R-Loveland, said the 60 days of…
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Salazar bill to put drillers on the hook for damages clears first hurdle
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The surest sign that an oil and gas bill is about to be debated at the Capitol is the sea of “I ♥ energy” stickers affixed to lapels of well-tailored suits. The energy lobby was out in full force Thursday to oppose a bill sponsored by Rep. Joe Salazar, D-Thornton. House Bill 1310, which is…
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Sonnenberg OK with lack of attention at Capitol to agriculture, but pushing two bills he says really matter
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Lawmakers haven’t introduced many agricultural bills this legislative session, but that doesn’t mean farmers and ranchers haven’t been paying close attention — or that they’re upset about the lack of acknowledgement. Jerry Sonnenberg, R-Sterling, chair of the Senate Agriculture, Natural Resources and Energy Committee, said Colorado’s farmers and ranchers work better when they’re left to…
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The Hot Sheet, March 8, 2016
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By TCS Publisher and Editor in Chief Jared Wright _@JaredWright_ Tuesday, March 8, 2016DENVER — In case you didn’t turn on any device yesterday, Michael Bloomberg will not be seeking a third party (or any) run for the presidency in 2016. Oh yes, and all the five of the Republican’s gun bills were smothered in House State…
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The Hot Sheet, March 1, 2016
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By TCS Publisher and Editor in Chief Jared Wright _@JaredWright_ Tuesday, March 1, 2016 DENVER – The big day has arrived — SUPER TUESDAY. Good luck and stay safe as you make your way out to your caucus locations tonight. “I have learned the difference between a cactus and a caucus. On a cactus, the pricks…
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The Hot Sheet, February 23, 2016
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By TCS Publisher and Editor in Chief Jared Wright _@JaredWright_ Tuesday, February 23, 2016 DENVER – Good morning, and welcome to The Hot Sheet, Colorado’s premier daily political newsletter. We are now exactly one week away from Super Tuesday (what?! you say … yep, February – the short-straw month, remember?), and today the Republican presidential candidates will square off in…
