Lindsay Gilchrist
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Colorado legislature overrules 2 state Supreme Court decisions about child neglect, visitation
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Colorado lawmakers have overruled a recent pair of state Supreme Court decisions, adopting the dissenting justices’ points of view in cases involving grandparent visitation rights and the ability of children to oppose a county’s decision to withdraw a neglect case. The recently enacted legislation addressed two split decisions that the Supreme Court released within days…
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Colorado lawmakers advance ban on 3D-printed guns
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Colorado lawmakers spent hours Friday debating a pair of gun control measures aimed at tightening restrictions on 3D-printed firearms and key weapon components, advancing both bills after a debate that underscored the Capitol’s deep partisan divide over Second Amendment rights and public safety. In the House, legislators tackled House Bill 1144, which prohibits using a…
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Rep. Kyle Brown to replace Shannon Bird on Colorado’s Joint Budget Committee
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Colorado House Speaker Julie McCluskie appointed Rep. Kyle Brown to the legislature’s Joint Budget Committee. Brown, a Louisville Democrat, was chosen to replace Rep. Shannon Bird, D-Westminster, who announced on Friday that she would be stepping down from the committee effective immediately, House Democrats announced Monday. Bird is running in the Democratic primary for the…