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Boulder County residents cannot sue over firearm discharge on federal land, appeals court rules
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Colorado’s second-highest court ruled on Thursday that two residents of Boulder County could not sue the county’s commissioners for walking back a policy originally banning firearms discharge on nearby land owned by the U.S. government. Boulder County leaders enacted a resolution in 2022 expanding the area near Sugarloaf Mountain in which it was unlawful to…
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Colorado Sen. Kagan to resign; 3rd Senate Democrat to announce exit
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State Sen. Daniel Kagan says he will resign his Arapahoe County seat effective Jan. 11. He is the third Senate Democrat to announce plans to exit in coming weeks. The Cherry Hills Village Democrat said it has been “a great honor to serve the people of Colorado for just short of a decade. An important…
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2 more elections on tap for Colorado state Senate
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The results of Colorado’s 2018 midterms will mean two more elections before the end of the year, both for soon-to-be-vacant state Senate seats. Democratic Sen. Matt Jones of Louisville ran for the Boulder County Board of County Commissioners and won. He will be sworn into office on Jan. 8. The same happened to Democratic Sen.…
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SLOAN | Glaring double standard undercuts Colorado Dems’ outrage over Kavanaugh
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I wrote in this space, back in July, that the confirmation hearings for Brett Kavanaugh would descend into a Borking for the ages. Sometimes I regret always being right. Herewith, a few thoughts at the conclusion of the business: The juxtaposition of the Democrats’ silence regarding the evidence-backed allegations against Mayor Hancock with the often…
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COVER STORY: The fight over forced pooling — should drilling-without-consent law be changed?
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From her front porch in Broomfield’s Wildgrass subdivision, Jean Lim looks out on a park and the Rocky Mountains beyond. There she sits, waiting for an oil and gas driller to use a state law to get the mineral rights beneath her home she doesn’t want to lease. “We are just waiting to be pooled,”…
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Colorado public pension fix (finally) passes Senate
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DENVER – Easily the most heavily debated bill in the Colorado Senate this session is finally headed to the House, after the upper chamber passed the bill Tuesday morning. The measure passed 19-16, with Sen. Cheri Jahn, an independent from Wheat Ridge, joined Republicans for a 19-16 result. So far, Senate Bill 200 has not…
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Transportation funding without tax hike bogs down in Colorado Senate
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The Colorado Senate considered a bill to beef up funding for transportation without raising taxes Wednesday, but it bogged down in amendments about where the money would go, as well as delivering a tacit protest of the bill’s sponsor. Senate Bill 1 would ask voters in November to set aside more than $300 million a…
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Colorado Senate verbally jousts over union activity on the clock
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State Sen. Bob Gardner was having breakfast reading the newspaper when he saw that a public-sector union was on strike elsewhere in the country. The Republican from Colorado Springs was not supportive. “And I got to thinking about the fact that those collective bargaining agreements are often negotiated by people who are being paid by…
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Updated: Colorado House Democrats to lead committee and hearings on climate change
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Update: Rep. Chris Hansen tells Colorado Politics Republicans have appointed its members to the committee, Reps. Cole Wist of Centennial and Yeulin Willett of Grand Junction. The first meeting has been rescheduled to March 14 at the Capitol as soon as the House adjourns. The original post is below. ******************* The heat under the issues…
