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The Heart Gallery in Fort Collins puts a face on foster care adoption
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The Colorado Heart Gallery puts a face, or a few, on foster care adoption this month in Fort Collins, exhibiting photographs of kids hoping to be adopted. Last year in Colorado 874 such foster kids found permanent homes, the Department of Human Services said. As of a couple of weeks ago, 267 others were awaiting adoption,…
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New Colorado program forgives student debt for rural veterinarians
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A bill passed last session could help fill an important gap in Colorado’s sprawling rural regions, attracting large animal veterinarians to the state’s cattle country, The Fence Post newspaper noted last week. House Bill 1282 allows veterinarians who currently live in Colorado to qualify for up to $70,000 in student loan forgiveness if they’re willing…
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‘Out Front’ LGBTQ lawmakers are showing their pride during PrideFest weekend
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For PrideFest this weekend in Denver, it’s worth an #ICYMI to revisit Out Front magazine’s showcase of the six members of the Colorado legislature’s cohesive LGBTQ Caucus. Speaking of which, Sunday at 11:30 a.m. on the west steps of the state Capitol, the LGBTQ Caucus and One Colorado will put on the Pride Rally for…
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Getting to yes, just saying no: Lawmakers Everett, Hansen and Kennedy talk session votes
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By one measure, state Rep. Justin Everett, a House Republican serving his third term in the Colorado General Assembly, and state Reps. Chris Hansen and Chris Kennedy, a pair of Democrats in their first terms, stand as far apart as any lawmakers at the Capitol, based on the votes they cast in the just-completed 2017…
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Colorado to outlaw ‘rolling coal’ nuisance exhaust
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It took two tries this legislative session, but Colorado lawmakers on Tuesday voted to ban “rolling coal,” the practice of modifying a diesel car or truck engine to spew unfiltered exhaust. Senate Bill 278, sponsored in the House by Fort Collins Democrat JoAnn Ginal and in the Senate by Durango Republican Don Coram, passed a…
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State Senate declares May motorcycle safety month with personal, cautionary two-wheel tales
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State Sen. John Kafalas, the diminutive Democrat from Fort Collins, drew a word-picture of himself climbing onto a Harley Davidson. “I know it’s hard t believe, but I’ve ridden Harleys, and as long as they’re low riders, I can touch the ground and hold the bike up,” he said, drawing howls from the chamber. “Back…
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#Coleg Week 16: Transportation-hospital fee moments of truth, fueling stations by Xcel, repealing Columbus Day, rolling coal…
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Two-and-a-half weeks till closing time, and there’s plenty of business left to conduct in this building. All eyes will be watching transportation-funding House Bill 1242. It’s being heard Tuesday in the Senate Finance committee. It’s one of the big-deal top-priority bills of the session, and it seems doomed. Will there be amendments? Will someone have…
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#Coleg Week 14: Dueling sanctuary bills, rolling coal, sexting, anti-fracktivism
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The state budget debates have moved off the floors of the chambers and so mostly out of the headlines. The action heads back to the committee rooms. The pace will pick up; there are four weeks till sine die closing day. Committee schedules, as always, subject to change. Monday The Senate Judiciary Committee will hear…
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Hundreds sign Colorado Senate GOP’s petition to save alleged wolf hybrid Capone
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Colorado Senate Republicans want Aurora officials to know they’re standing with the owners of Capone, the dog being held by the city’s animal shelter on suspicion the longtime family pet is a wolf hybrid. And by Monday afternoon, hundreds of people had signed their names to an online petition started by the Senate GOP asking…
