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Pair of wolf bills wins approval from Colorado Senate committee
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Two bills intended to move Colorado forward on its voter-approved requirement to reintroduce the gray wolf won approval from the Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee. Senate Bill 255 would set up a $350,000 per year compensation account, paid for with general fund dollars, to reimburse ranchers when wolves kill their livestock. The bill, co-sponsored…
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Candidates line up to replace Rankin, both on JBC and in SD5
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Sen. Bob Rankin, R-Carbondale, who announced he would resign his western slope Senate district seat on Jan. 10, is leaving the Joint Budget Committee as of Monday, prompting the Senate GOP caucus to scramble to find a replacement to join the influential panel. The committee is already well into its work on the 2023-24 budget…
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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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Polis: Full steam ahead on new University of Northern Colorado medical school
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Gov. Jared Polis Wednesday signed into law legislation that gives the green light to the University of Northern Colorado to start an osteopathic medical school. Senate Bill 22-056 won unanimous approval through the General Assembly at every step of the way. The need for the school is driven by the need for primary care physicians than…
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Deeply divided House rejects bill to grant physician assistants more practice authority
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A deeply divided House on Tuesday rejected a bill that would have given physician assistants more authority to practice without supervision. House Bill 1095 was up for a final vote in the House last week, but lacking the votes to pass it, the sponsors won permission to send it back to second reading debate in…
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Bills aiming to combat wildfire ready for committee action
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Legislators last week introduced a slate of legislation crafted during the legislative interim to combat wildfires in Colorado. The five bills, now ready for committee action, stem from the work of the Wildfire Matters Review Committee, a 10-person panel featuring six Democrats and four Republicans charged with studying wildfire prevention and mitigation during the months in which the…
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Committee fills vacancy in northwest Colorado’s House District 57
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A month after the Colorado General Assembly opened its session, we now know who all the legislators are. Perry Will of New Castle, an area wildlife manager for the Colorado Division of Parks and Wildlife, was chosen Tuesday by a Colorado House District 57 vacancy committee to replace now-state Sen. Bob Rankin of Carbondale. That’s the…
