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Could Uber, Lyft play a part in Colorado’s transportation funding saga?
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A state Senate Democrat is looking at how ride-sharing services like Uber and Lyft could play a small part in solving Colorado’s transportation funding woes. Democratic Sen. Faith Winter of Westminster, who chairs the Senate Transportation and Energy Committee, said there are 30,000 people driving for transit network companies in Colorado, but those services don’t collect…
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2019 CAPITOL PREVIEW | Legislative leaders talk new session at Denver chamber event
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Kelly Brough, president and CEO of the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce, might have said it best: “We don’t know yet.” That’s what to expect from the 2019 Colorado legislative session, particularly when it comes to what Gov.-elect Jared Polis will do about many issues facing Coloradans that didn’t emerge on the campaign trail. But…
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2019 CAPITOL PREVIEW | House Speaker KC Becker: ‘Coloradans want a functional, thoughtful government’
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Kathleen Collins Becker, better known as KC, will become the fourth woman speaker of the Colorado House of Representatives. Here’s a look: Age: 49 Family: Married to Miles Kunkel, two sons, Leo and Ryder. District: House District 13 includes Boulder, Grand, Jackson and Clear Creek counties Education: Law degree from Northwestern School of Law at…
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Colorado politicos react to Trump’s pick of Kavanaugh for Supreme Court
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k.vineys President Trump’s selection of Brett Kavanaugh for the U.S. Supreme Court brought swift yet predictable reactions from Colorado politicos Monday night. Kavanaugh would succeed retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy, considered a moderate swing vote on the high court. The nominee’s rulings in the lower courts suggest a move to the right for the Supreme Court.…
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Lawmakers back Denver Planned Parenthood workers’ union cause
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Legislators who defend reproductive rights on Tuesday urged Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains to support another Democratic value, the right to unionize. The question for workers at metro Denver clinics is pending before the National Labor Relations Board. Denver-area clinic workers voted in December to form a union. Management appealed to the NLRB, contending workers…
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2018 Colo. legislature: Winners and losers from the session
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Winners House Assistant Majority Leader Alec Garnett of Denver and Assistant Minority Leader Cole Wist of Centennial: For the second year in a row, these two lawmakers on opposite sides of the aisle took on some of the toughest issues in the session. This year, that included the year’s most controversial bill – the “red flag”…
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Colo. lawmakers find common ground on filling state pension’s $32 billion hole
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Colorado lawmakers cured – they hope – the state employees’ ailing pension plan in the waning minutes of the 120-day Colorado legislative session Wednesday night, a remedy that could help keep Colorado’s credit rating from taking a hit. House and Senate negotiators reached a deal that was approved by both chambers. That should be a relief…
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Capitol M: Week ending May 4 aka pre-Sine Die edition
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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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House Democratic leaders talk final days of 2018 session
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House Democrats are committed to wrapping up many of the same issues that Senate Republicans talked about Monday – the state pension plan, transportation, and reauthorizing the civil rights commission – but how they intend to get there couldn’t be more different. And that shows the divide that must be bridged in the remaining days of the…
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Colo. House Democrats finally pass pension bill; now they negotiate
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The Colorado House passed a solution to the $32 billion hole in the state public employees’ pension Tuesday morning, sending one of the session’s biggest bills to negotiators with a little more than a week left in the session. The bill passed on a party-line vote. Senate Bill 200 was amended by Democrats in the…
