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Colorado lawmakers vote to give themselves a pay raise beginning in 2025
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Colorado House Democrats on Thursday voted to boost the pay of General Assembly lawmakers beginning in the 2025-26 fiscal year, with those living in the Denver metro area getting substantially more in actual dollars and rate increase than policymakers who reside outside. The cost to taxpayers for the higher per diems is just shy of…
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Colorado lawmakers begin to tackle major housing bills, including occupancy limitations
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Major measures on housing are starting to move at the state Capitol this week, which saw the first hearings on some of the roughly 260 bills introduced in this session so far. Colorado faces an acute housing shortage. One study puts the deficit in metro Denver region alone at 45,025 to 115,012 housing units. As…
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Colorado officials, cannabis industry leaders celebrate 10th Anniversary of Amendment 64
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Colorado cannabis industry leaders and government officials said Tuesday the state set the example for strong cannabis sale regulations while boosting resources for youth education and mental health at an event marking the passage of Amendment 64 in 2012. The amendment paved the way for adult-use marijuana sales and possession here. U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper…
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Bill to expand driver’s license program for undocumented immigrants clears 1st Colorado House panel
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Colorado’s House Transportation and Local Government Committee gave the next green light on Wednesday to a bill that would expand the state’s driver’s license program for undocumented immigrants. Senate Bill 139 would add six additional offices that can accept appointments for those licenses, as well as state identification cards, to the four already in place: three…
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Colorado House unanimously passes bill allowing pot for autism
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The Colorado House Thursday gave unanimous consent to a bill that will add autism to the list of conditions for which medical marijuana can be prescribed. The 63-0 vote on House Bill 1038, sponsored by Democratic Rep. Edie Hooton of Boulder and Republican Rep. Kim Ransom of Lone Tree, followed two debates on the House…
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2019 CAPITOL PREVIEW | Power players to watch under the dome
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The first year of a governor’s term and a new House and Senate majority is full of anticipation: What does the new governor think about the issues that face the state? While Gov.-elect Jared Polis has well-known positions on health care, renewable energy, cannabis and climate change, what he thinks about dozens of issues that…
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Colorado gets 2 dozen new laws, new budget Sunday
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From squatters to swatters and $29 billion, the Colorado state budget and 25 laws take effect Sunday. They are the products of the 120-day legislative session that ended in May, when lawmakers passed 432 rules and regulations – about 60 percent of those introduced after the session began in January – and Gov. John Hickenlooper…
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FDA approves prescription-grade CBD oil for rare epilepsy disorders
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The Food and Drug Administration Monday gave its first-ever approval of a plant-based cannabidiol product – Epidiolex – for treating two rare seizure disorders that begin in childhood. It’s not quite medical marijuana. The strawberry-flavored syrup is a purified form of a chemical ingredient found in the cannabis plant – but not the one that…
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ENDORSEMENT WATCH: Lundberg backs Watson in GOP treasurer’s race
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The recent slew of endorsements has slowed a bit recently, perhaps because the Legislature’s waning days have drawn the focus of Colorado’s political world, perhaps because few bigwigs remain who have not bestowed their blessings during this long political season. Still, some candidates learned in the last week that they won the support of notables,…
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Colorado House moving bills aimed at high healthcare costs
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DENVER – House Democrats have made good, so far, on their promise to pass bills aimed at curbing healthcare costs, and Thursday they passed one out of committee to address the high cost of insulin. House Bill 1009, sponsored by Rep. Dylan Roberts, D-Eagle, would require pharmaceutical companies, pharmacy benefit managers, insurers and nonprofits to…
