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House panel rejects what some called an Amendment 2 repeat

Mar 29, 2018

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Marianne Goodl

DENVER – A bill many feared would take Colorado back to its 1992 reputation as the “hate state” failed in a state House of Representatives committee Tuesday night on a party-line vote. House Bill 1206 would have allowed those with “sincerely-held religious beliefs” to discriminate against LGBTQ individuals, according to witnesses who testified on the…
‘First real floor fight’ of session erupts over ‘sanctuary’ Ralph Carr bill

Mar 23, 2017

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John Tomasic

A bill that would protect state officials from participating in any unconstitutional federal programs aimed at monitoring or confining Coloradans sparked what the House Democratic caucus communications office called the “first real floor fight” of the legislative session. The Ralph Carr Freedom Defense Act, sponsored by Rep. Joe Salazar, a Thornton Democrat, was drafted in…
West Slope lawmakers: The Front Range is bleeding rivers dry

Mar 13, 2017

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JOEY BUNCH

Seven Western Colorado legislators have a message for Gov. John Hickenlooper, but really it’s for the Front Range: the West Slope is tapped out. “An abundance of additional West Slope water available to the Front Range is an illusion,” says the letter to Hickenlooper signed bySens. Randy Baumgardner, Don Coram and Ray Scott, as well…
Tort reformers tout bills to curb ‘lawsuit tax’

Mar 2, 2017

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DAN NJEGOMIR Colorado Politics

Those who contend that litigation is out of control across society point to a “lawsuit tax” as one of the culprits. You won’t find a lawsuit tax per se in the state revenue code, of course, but the tort-reforming Colorado Civil Justice League says there are laws on the books that amount to pretty much the same thing. They…

rep. yeulin willett

House panel rejects what some called an Amendment 2 repeat

‘First real floor fight’ of session erupts over ‘sanctuary’ Ralph Carr bill

West Slope lawmakers: The Front Range is bleeding rivers dry

Tort reformers tout bills to curb ‘lawsuit tax’