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How Colorado’s congressional delegation voted this week
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H.R. 2152: Citizens’ Right to Know Act of 2018 This was a vote to pass H.R. 2152 in the House. The Citizens’ Right to Know Act requires local governments that receive Justice Department funding to report the names, arrest records and failures to appear in court of any accused person participating in federally-funded pretrial services…
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Speaker Ryan chides Coffman, other breakaway Republicans on DACA tactic
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WASHINGTON – Speaker Paul Ryan mocked an effort by breakaway Republicans – a group that includes U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman of Colorado – to force election-year votes on rival immigration proposals as a drive that would produce “show ponies,” not legislation the president would sign into law. Ryan, R-Wisconsin, said Thursday that since he’s been…
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Bureau of Land Management considers moving police to a western state
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The U.S. Bureau of Land Management is considering a move of the headquarters of its law enforcement program to a western state, one of the agency’s top officials said Wednesday during a U.S. Senate hearing. The announcement coincides with a reorganization of the BLM that its administrator has said is likely to include moving its…
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11th hour compromise over Colo. civil rights panel in legislature
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A bill reauthorizing Colorado’s Division of Civil Rights and the Colorado Civil Rights Commission – the subject of much contention during the 2018 Colorado legislative session – was sent on its way to the governor’s desk just before the final gavel fell Wednesday night. As a midnight deadline approached, a legislative conference committee worked out…
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‘Barack Obama Highway’ proposal sparks anger at the state Capitol
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Debate over a resolution offered in the Colorado legislature by House Democrats to rename a portion of Interstate 25 through Denver after President Barack Obama turned ugly late Tuesday. It was another nasty episode in a legislative session marked by increased polarization over issues such as guns and race – tied to immigration, civil rights, sanctuary cities…
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COVER STORY: Pot goes to school: With marijuana legal in Colorado, student encounters are rising
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COVER STORY: Pot goes to school: With marijuana legal in Colorado, student encounters are rising Colorado’s cultural acceptance of marijuana by adults is seeping into public school classrooms. The result is more marijuana-related suspensions of students, more police visits to schools for marijuana incidents, and a greater acceptance of the drug by students who live…
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Colo. House advances transportation bill
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The Colorado House of Representatives passed one of the most important bills of the session – to pump billions of dollars into transportation – Tuesday morning with 36 hours left in the four-month General Assembly. Senate Bill 1 was the first piece of legislation to be introduced this session. It passed the House on a…
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Report: Legal marijuana boosts government revenue — a little
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A new report finds that legalizing and taxing marijuana boosts revenue for state and local governments, but not by much. The credit rating agency Moody’s Investor Service says in a study released Tuesday that legalizing recreational use of marijuana brings governments more money than it costs to regulate it. Despite high taxes on the legal…
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Fix Our Damn Roads could ask Colo. voters to force lawmakers to use existing taxes
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Fix Our Damn Roads, a ballot initiative to force Colorado lawmakers to spend existing taxes on transportation instead of a new one, will soon receive signatures from like-minded voters. The effort is counter to a proposal being considered by a coalition led by the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce, which could ask voters to approve…
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Military seeks to limit Congress on fixing child sex assault
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WASHINGTON – U.S. military officials have sought to ward off congressional efforts to address child-on-child sexual assaults on bases, even as they disclose that the problem is larger than previously acknowledged. Members of Congress expressed alarm and demanded answers after an Associated Press investigation revealed that reports of sexual violence among kids on U.S. military…
