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State’s $28.9 billion budget for 2018-19 unveiled
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DENVER – The Colorado House of Representatives on Monday rolled out House Bill 1322, the Long Appropriations Bill, which details a budget for the Colorado state government of $28.9 billion in 2018-19. The 595-page budget bill reflects $8.6 billion in the general fund from sales and income tax; another $2.3 billion in general funds exempt from…
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Colorado Senate Republicans: Still a ‘NO’ on banning bump stocks, but yes to RMGO money
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The Trump administration is OK with a ban on bump stocks. The Florida Legislature, despite opposition from the National Rifle Association, last week approved a package of gun control measures, including a ban on bump stocks that increase the firing capacity of normal rifles. Colorado’s state Senate is a week away from hearing a bill that…
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Bell Policy Center asks Colorado lawmakers to ‘stop digging’ for tax cuts, transportation
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Two left-leaning policy think tanks in Denver are calling out the Colorado legislature to put people over roads in transportation and tax-cut bills. “Colorado is one of the strongest state economies in the country, it’s in a ‘hole’ when it comes to funding the public supports that help many Colorado families and communities thrive,” states…
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Rep. Dave Williams heads to the White House to talk immigration
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State Rep. Dave Williams, R-Colorado Springs, is scheduled to be at the White House Thursday to talk immigration with President Trump’s Domestic Policy Council. Williams has been a proponent of ending so-called sanctuary cities in Colorado, sponsoring unsuccessful legislation last year to allow public officials to be arrested if local policies on undocumented immigrants permit…
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Reaction to expulsion of now-former Rep. Steve Lebsock includes tears, end of fears
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Rep. Faith Winter of Westminster was the first of at least five women to come forward and accuse former Rep. Steve Lebsock of Thornton of sexual harassment. Friday, she participated with, and listened to, fellow House members as they debated for seven hours on whether to expel Lebsock. Friday marked the final chapter in a…
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Insights: Common ground on guns remains slippery and muddy in Colorado
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Maybe if partisans didn’t go too far. I don’t know. It confounds me why we can’t talk constructively about guns in this state, or this nation, without both sides shutting down. Indecision lives in gridlock. If one side didn’t insinuate the other doesn’t care about dead children, would that be so hard to do for…
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NOONAN: Gun violence in schools mixes up education politics, unions and the 2nd amendment
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My family has lived in the Columbine High School neighborhood since 1983. Like House Minority Leader Patrick Neville, everyone in my family, my next door neighbors, and my block felt the horror of so much tragedy and heartbreak so close to home. In that bloody 1999 year, over 20 murders occurred within a one mile…
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In the shadow of another school shooting, ‘teachers with guns’ bill fails in Colorado
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In the wake of a Columbine-style school shooting in Florida last week, Colorado lawmakers again weighed a trio of bills aimed at loosening up the state’s gun laws. All three failed on a partisan vote, as they do each year, including one that would have allowed school staff to carry firearms with an existing concealed…
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Interoperable radio communications for school safety passes first test in Colorado legislature
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It’s not just about preventing another Columbine-style school shooting. Handheld radios in schools help employees manage difficult parents or help students get to school when the bus breaks down. But it’s the cost of setting up radio communications to first responders that is stopping many school districts from making that happen, and this week, Republican…
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Americans for Prosperity brings conservative roadshow to the Capitol
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The conservative policy-shaper Americans for Prosperity held its annual lobby day at the Capitol Thursday with a free box lunch for members and legislators who participated in their program. No Democrats showed up to speak in the West Foyer of the state Capitol, though some joked that they liked the annual handouts from the organization…