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Clash building over plan to de-Bruce education
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An education group, with the support so far of Front Range Democratic lawmakers, is planning to ask voters this November to allow the state to keep more tax money for public schools. It’s a proposal that anti-tax groups would vigorously oppose. Lisa Weil, executive director of Great Education Colorado, said her group is still in…
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Bipartisan ‘odd couple’ pushes for greater access to public records
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Democratic lawmakers have teamed with the libertarian Independence Institute to craft 2016 legislation that would lower a major hurdle for Coloradans seeking access to public records. In an unusual pairing of players from opposite sides of the political spectrum, state Sen. John Kefalas, D-Fort Collins, and state Rep. Dan Pabon, D-Denver, are working with liberty-politics…
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Salazar ready to bring fight over drilling back to the Capitol
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State Rep. Joe Salazar, D-Thornton, plans to introduce a bill in the upcoming legislative session that would force oil and gas companies to compensate residents for any loss in property value tied to drilling activities, including damage done by earthquakes linked to deep-earth wastewater injection wells. But state Sen. Jerry Sonnenberg, R-Sterling, has vowed to…
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Denver move could spur state action on construction defect statutes
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Supporters of legislation aimed at making it harder for condominium owners to sue developers — backers say it would spur construction amid a statewide affordable-housing crisis — sounded a note of optimism this week amid word that Democratic House Speaker Dickey Lee Hullinghorst, who blocked legislation earlier this year, is holding talks with groups pushing…
