sen. rachel zenzinger
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Colorado Municipal League names ‘legislative heroes’ for first time in 14 years
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For the first time since 2009, the Colorado Municipal League bestowed its highest honor on state legislators this week. The organization recognized Sen. Barbara Kirkmeyer and Sen. Rachel Zenzinger as “CML Legislative Heroes” on Monday for their work supporting municipalities during the 2023 legislative session. This award hasn’t been given to any state legislator since Sen. Joyce…
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Appointments bill sparks heated debate in Colorado Senate
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Update: the Senate passed Senate Bill 43 on a party-line vote Tuesday, 18-16, with one senator excused and Sen. Cheri Jahn, an unaffiliated senator from Wheat Ridge, voting with the Democrats. While the bill reauthorizing the Colorado Division of Civil Rights and Colorado Civil Rights Commission still awaits state Senate review, Senate Democrats and Republicans…
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Colorado Senate amendment would push transportation tax vote to 2019
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DENVER – Amendments to a critical transportation funding bill Wednesday night trimmed a request from the state budget to $250 million a year and delayed the request for permission from voters until November 2019. The Colorado Senate has been wrestling with Senate Bill 1 for a week. The legislation would tap the state budget ea each…
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Celebrating ‘biliteracy’ and bipartisanship…all in one bill
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Even as the country’s newly minted Republican president mulls plans for building a wall along the U.S. border with Mexico, Republicans in Colorado’s legislature, joined by their Democratic colleagues across the aisle, are going global. At least, when it comes to the language arts. Senate Bill 123, introduced into the upper chamber by Democratic Sen. Rachel Zenzinger of…
