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Senate GOP sounds out the citizenry

Jan 25, 2018

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DAN NJEGOMIR Colorado Politics

Colorado’s vaunted “citizen legislature” – 100 part-time lawmakers who are supposed to return to real jobs and lives in the off-season – arguably ensures its members keep in touch with the people who elected them. Ruling Senate Republicans now want to take the relationship a step further. The Senate GOP press shop announced an initiative…
Colorado lawmakers to discuss hiring non-elected HR professional to handle sexual misconduct complaints

Dec 14, 2017

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Jessica Machetta

Lawmakers will meet Dec. 15 at the statehouse to discuss hiring an independent consultant that would manage complaints of sexual harassment in the Capitol. Formal complaints are currently filed with House or Senate leadership, and though the process ensures confidentiality, some have said concerns about pushback have made them stay silent. “We have a current…
Colorado legislative leaders to review harassment policies

Nov 21, 2017

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Colorado Politics

House and Senate leadership will meet to review of how workplace harassment issues are handled in the General Assembly, according to a Tuesday press release. The meeting is in direct response to allegations of workplace harassment involving four Colorado legislators. The Executive Committee of the Legislative Council is hiring an independent consultant to review the…
Group picks up where legislature left off on training school staff for gun use

May 15, 2017

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Dan Njegomir

Remember the GOP bill in the legislature that would have provided gun training to designated staffers with concealed-weapons permits on Colorado’s K-12 campuses? The one that was approved by the Republican-controlled state Senate but, as anticipated, never made it past a “kill committee” in the Democratic-dominated House? Well, Coloradans for Civil Liberties isn’t about to let it drop. In a…
Survey: Coloradans want state to butt out of their e-transactions

Feb 6, 2017

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DAN NJEGOMIR Colorado Politics

If you buy online – and who doesn’t? – you may owe back taxes on your purchases and not even know it. What’s more, the state’s tax collectors may already have the information they need to track you down. A long-standing U.S. Supreme Court ruling says a state may collect sales tax on online transactions only for vendors that…

senate majority leader chris holbert

Senate GOP sounds out the citizenry

Colorado lawmakers to discuss hiring non-elected HR professional to handle sexual misconduct complaints

Colorado legislative leaders to review harassment policies

Group picks up where legislature left off on training school staff for gun use

Survey: Coloradans want state to butt out of their e-transactions