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Resolution to ask voters to stop the time switch to be introduced in state Senate
This could finally be the year voters decide if they’re sick of resetting clocks twice a year. Sen. Jeff Bridges, D-Greenwood Village, plans to introduce a resolution later this week to settle the time-switching debate in Colorado once and for all. Bridges’ concurrent resolution seeks to ask the voters in November if they want stop…
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Imagination Library of Colorado launches statewide expansion
When last we saw Republican former state Sen. Jack Tate, he was headed off to his hometown of Nashville, Tenn., to help manage a nonprofit called Project Return and take care of his mother. But longing to come home to his Colorado family, he’s now managing another nonprofit that he had a hand in setting…
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Replacement selected for exiting Colorado state Sen. Daniel Kagan
State Rep. Jeff Bridges, a Greenwood Village Democrat, was selected Saturday by a Democratic vacancy committee to replace the departing state Sen. Daniel Kagan, D-Cherry Hills Village. Kagan announced last month he would resign his Senate District 26 seat effective Jan. 11. He participated in opening day festivities Friday at the State Capitol as the 2019…
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Colorado Sen. Kagan to resign; 3rd Senate Democrat to announce exit
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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Capitol M: Sine Die (#ohthankgoodnessitsover) edition
A lighter side, usually, of what goes on at #coleg, also known as the Colorado General Assembly, in the last three days of the 2018 session. Talk about jumping the gun…Too soon? House Bill 1436, the red flag bill that generated a ton of controversy in the last 10 days of the 2018 session, came to…
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Capitol M: Week ending May 4 aka pre-Sine Die edition
A weekly, usually, column on whatever I find interesting, amusing, heartfelt or weird and which occurs under the Gold Dome, aka the Colorado State Capitol. A citation is in order … Not that kind of citation; the tongue-in-cheek kind: First, a little backstory. The two Beckers – Jon, the Fort Morgan Republican and KC, the Boulder Democrat…
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School Finance Act clears first Colo. House hurdle
The General Assembly could make major progress on buying down the state’s debt to K-12 public education under the School Finance Act, which cleared the House Education Committee Monday on an 11-2 vote. House Bill 1379 includes an extra $150 million, a request okayed by both the governor and the Joint Budget Committee, to pay…
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It just got easier to go to college while still in Colorado’s high schools
DENVER – More students will be able to get a head start on college – and be able to cut down its cost – because Gov. John Hickenlooper signed House Bill 1052 into last week. Students already can rack up college and technical education credits before they finish high school. However, the community college in their…
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Capitol M: Week ending March 16
A look at the lighter side, usually, of what goes on at the state Capitol. YMMV. They really don’t look that much alike…March 6 marked the 20th anniversary of the theatrical release of the cult classic “The Big Lebowski.” Its star is Jeff Bridges. Not that Jeff Bridges (pictured at right). This Jeff Bridges (pictured…