larry liston
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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…
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Anti-squatters bill wins unanimous vote from crucial House committee
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For five months, Ryan Parsell watched a neighbor’s house in eastern El Paso County become a haven for drugs, prostitution and theft. The neighbor had passed away and squatters moved in, Parsell told the Colorado House State, Veterans and Military Affairs Committee in a hearing last month. Parsell’s story is unfortunately not unusual, and Senate Bill 15,…
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Colorado House talks about what makes Springs the ‘best’
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Colorado Springs’ lawmakers seized their bragging rights on the House floor Tuesday morning. Republican Rep. Larry Liston held up The Colorado Springs Gazette when he talked about the news that the city is the second-best place in America to live in a new ranking by U.S. News & World Report magazine. Austin, Texas, took first…
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Bill to link doctors to pharmacies online combats forgeries for opioids
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A bipartisan bill filed in the Colorado House last week would make it harder for drug abusers to forge or duplicate prescriptions on paper to steal opioids, and it’s kind of simple: Prescribers and pharmacies should close the loop online. The bill would require podiatrists, dentists, physicians, physician assistants, advanced practice nurses and optometrists, as…
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Dignitaries unveil plaque depicting crest of USS Colorado nuclear attack submarine at state Capitol
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Gov. John Hickenlooper unveiled a bronze rendition of the crest of the USS Colorado in a ceremony Friday afternoon at the state Capitol, where the plaque will hang permanently as a reminder that the advanced nuclear attack submarine bears the state’s name. “We have every expectation that the new USS Colorado will faithfully continue representing this…
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Rep. Larry Liston’s economic news creates squabble with Pueblo
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Friday morning Colorado Springs Rep. Larry Liston sauntered to the speaker’s well in the House. Under the gold dome, he put some good news on the official record – at least good news to the right side of the chamber. “I just can’t help myself,” said the Republican lawmaker with an aw-shucks shrug, lifting his palms…
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El Paso County delegation almost unanimous in vote to expel Rep. Steve Lebsock
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The eight members of the Colorado House from El Paso County were nearly unanimous on whether or not to expel Rep. Steve Lebsock. Seven of the eight voted in favor of the resolution to expel the Thornton Democrat. The lone “no” vote came from the El Paso delegation’s newest member, Republican Rep. Shane Sandridge, who…
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With bipartisan bill on gun theft, George Brauchler says it’s time to talk more
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A Republican going before the House State, Veterans, and Military Affairs Committee with any legislation – let alone a gun bill – doesn’t usually leave happy. They don’t call it the kill committee for nothing, and Democrats have a 6-3 supermajority. But Rep. Larry Liston, a Republican from Colorado Springs, pulled off that rare feat…
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Colorado paid leave passes first hearing, requires all workers buy insurance
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A Democrat-led House committee gave another celebrated approval – along party lines – for a proposed family and medical leave insurance program for Colorado. Democrats passed a leave bill out of the House last year (without a single GOP) vote last year, and it was quickly squashed by the Republican majority in the Senate, at is…
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Colorado state lawmakers honor fallen El Paso County Deputy Sheriff Micah Flick
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The eight members of the Colorado House who represent El Paso County held a moment of silence Tuesday morning to honor the memory of El Paso County Deputy Sheriff Micah Flick. Flick, an 11-year veteran of the El Paso County Sheriff’s Department, was killed in the line of duty Tuesday afternoon during a stolen car…
