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Mike Lynch arrested in 2022 on DUI suspicion, experts examine Israel-Hamas war, student enrollment is down statewide | WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
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Today is Jan. 18, 2024, and here’s what you need to know: State House Minority Leader Mike Lynch, a Republican candidate in Colorado’s open 4th Congressional District, was arrested in 2022 on suspicion of drunken driving and being in possession of a gun while intoxicated, law enforcement records show. The Wellington lawmaker is one of…
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Denver’s presiding juvenile court judge suspended, Julia Marvin replaces Said Sharbini, Johnson pleads for immigration action in DC | WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
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Today is Jan. 19, 2024, and here’s what you need to know: A Democratic House District 31 vacancy committee on Thursday selected Julia Marvin of Thornton to replace former Democratic Rep. Said Sharbini. Two candidates competed for the HD31 seat: Julia Marvin and Jacqueline Phillips. Both have filed to run for the seat for the…
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House Speaker Julie McCluskie reprimands Rep. Elisabeth Epps for behavior during November session
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House Speaker Julie McCluskie reprimanded Rep. Elisabeth Epps, the Denver Democrat who joined pro-Palestinian protesters in the gallery and at one point called fellow lawmakers “fascist,” issuing a a sternly-worded warning that such actions in the future could lead to more serious consequences. Epps won’t face a censure. In her letter, McCluskie identified six violations…
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Colorado lawmakers, officials grapple with U.S. Supreme Court ruling on wetlands
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The 2024 legislative session is likely to see lawmakers trying to figure out how to protect Colorado wetlands following a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision that applied a more stringent test on what should be considered one. A panel of legislators last month heard pleas from municipal and state officials to come up with a…
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Colorado House leaders threaten to break deals amid Republican filibustering
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There are 347 bills awaiting action in the Colorado legislature with less than a month left in the session. But this week, work slowed down in the House. House Republicans deliberately stretched debate on the floor Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, speaking at length on all bills, most of them noncontroversial measures and some backed by…
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Republican leaders vow to keep fighting as new legislative session begins
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Only 31 Republicans filled the seats of the Colorado General Assembly on opening day for the 2023 legislative session – the fewest the state has seen in more than 80 years. Republican leaders, however, remained optimistic. After Democrats flipped seven seats from red to blue in November, Democrats are set to dominate the state Capitol this…
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Parks sworn in to represent House District 51
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State Rep. Amy Parks, R-Loveland, was sworn in Monday to represent the House seat left vacant by the late Rep. Hugh McKean. Parks, who was sworn in by House Speaker Alec Garnett, will serve the last 43 days of McKean’s term. McKean had died suddenly on Oct. 30. A Larimer County HD51 vacancy committee picked…
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Consider pets in evacuation plans, animal rights group urges lawmakers
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A fire evacuation plan should include pets. That’s the message policymakers reviewing potential wildfire legislation heard on Wednesday from the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Saving pets became a major issue during the Marshall fire, which struck on New Year’s Eve last year and tore through more than 1,000 homes and businesses.…
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Colorado House approves bill that tightens penalties for low-level possession, distribution of fentanyl
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The Colorado House of Representatives gave preliminary approval to a bill Friday evening to address the state’s growing fentanyl crisis following another hours-long debate that focused on whether possessing the substance in any amount or form should be a felony. For now, the balance of Colorado’s House members said no. After five hours of debate,…
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House Appropriations Committee approves fentanyl bill
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Friday’s House Appropriations Committee hearing on House Bill 1326 resulted in several substantial changes to the measure, but not the big one that could surface later today – making all possession of fentanyl a felony. That would be a concession to Gov. Jared Polis, who’s advocated for felony charges on any level of possession, but it’s a…
