lois landgraf
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House to take up bill to extend insurance for families of fallen police, firefighters
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With eight working days left in the General Assembly, the Colorado House will have to move fast to give families of fallen local officers and firefighters the same security of insurance extended to state troopers this session. Senate Bill 247 passed the upper chamber 35-0 last Thursday and awaits a yet-unscheduled committee hearing in the…
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Colo. Dems field candidates in every state legislative race for 1st time in years
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If the “blue wave” that some predict comes crashing ashore in Colorado, Democrats want to make sure their candidates don’t miss out on a single legislative race. The state Democratic Party announced Friday it has placed candidates in every state House and Senate race. The party hasn’t fielded candidates in every race in at least…
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Rep. Lois Landgraf named a distinguished legislator by veterans coalition
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The United Veterans Committee (UVC) of Colorado has named Rep. Lois Landgraf, R-Colorado Springs, its State Distinguished Legislator for her leadership and support of veterans. UVC is a 46-year-old national coalition of veterans service organizations and affiliates. Landgraf routinely sponsors bills aimed at veterans issues. This session, she, Rep. Tony Exum Sr., D-Colorado Springs, and…
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Bill aimed at drug abuse has tough time against Colorado doctors’ orders
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Legislators talk a lot about fighting the drug abuse epidemic, but the fate of a bill aimed at helping by connecting doctors writing prescriptions directly to pharmacies is going to down to the wire House Bill 1279 is supported by the Colorado Retail Council, which includes pharmacies who say it’s a common-sense measure to reduce the…
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Capitol M: Week ending April 6, Budget Edition
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Take me out to the ballgame, take me out to the crowd, or, what goes on at the Capitol when lawmakers are not sitting at Coors Field, or as it was briefly known as on Friday, Citizens Bank Park. The next time Rep. Leslie Herod offers you donuts around April Fool’s Day…Capitol M advises…
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CBD oil could gain prescription-level approval in Colorado
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DENVER – On one side: segments of Colorado’s hemp and marijuana industry, claiming a bill that won final approval in the Colorado House of Representatives Thursday will benefit just one company and could carry a rash of unintended consequences. On the other: other segments of the hemp and marijuana industry, joined by parents and doctors who…
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Colorado House passes bill, again, to ban conversion therapy for minors
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DENVER – For the fourth year in a row the Colorado House passed legislation to ban conversion therapy by licensed therapists who counsel minors who think they might be lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender. While the Democratic majority has moved the ban to the Senate each year, Republicans in the majority there quickly killed the…
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Rep. Donald Valdez calls out fellow House Democrat on House floor
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The issue of harassment at the state Capitol took a turn Friday, when a Democratic member of the House claimed he’d been harassed by another member, a fellow Democrat, and threatened to call for an expulsion resolution. Rep. Donald Valdez of La Jara took to the House microphone Friday morning to complain that he had…
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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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Grand Junction Regional Center survives budget hit
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The continuing effort to close the Grand Junction campus* of the Grand Junction Regional Center, home to its last 22 residents, hit the House floor Wednesday morning. Rep. Lois Landgraf, a Fountain Republican, offered an amendment to a supplemental budget bill that she said would escalate the closing of the campus and require those remaining…
