severance tax
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House Dem leader misses mark — and goes out on a limb — in support of Prop. 112
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Colorado’s natural gas and oil industry prides itself on working with both Democrats and Republicans in growing our economy, protecting our environment, and providing jobs and opportunity to the hard-working people of our state. That is why it was so unfortunate to see Colorado House Majority Leader KC Becker throw her support behind Proposition 112…
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Colo. House approves $29 billion state budget bill on bipartisan vote
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DENVER – The Colorado House of Representatives this morning approved the 2018-19 budget as contained in House Bill 1322 on a 42-22 vote, sending it on to the Senate. All House Democrats voted in favor of the $28.9 billion measure, along with six Republicans, including state Rep. Bob Rankin of Carbondale, who represents the Republican…
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Colorado water plan loses out as severance tax funds decline
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DENVER – Colorado lawmakers are being forced to get creative when it comes to funding activities that rely on severance tax dollars, which have fallen by hundreds of millions over the last few years. This year there just wasn’t enough money in the coffers to fund the state water plan at $10 million, which it…
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Out West Roundup: New Mexico Legislature overhauls sexual harassment policy
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New Mexico New Mexico Legislature overhauls sexual harassment policy SANTA FE – The New Mexico Legislature overhauled its policies against sexual harassment and misconduct this week, setting new standards for what constitutes harassment and adding outside oversight for investigations of lawmakers. The policy changes, approved by a panel of leading lawmakers on the eve of…
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CML’s 7 legislative areas of interest for upcoming session
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The Colorado Municipal League has listed seven key issues it plans to focus its lobbying efforts on in the upcoming 71st General Assembly, which begins Jan. 11, 2017. In a Dec. 21 blog, Deputy Director Kevin Bommer noted that while the league does initiate some legislation to address issues on behalf of its 269 member…
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YESTERYEAR: Owens talks economy on West Slope, Romer and JBC butt heads, ADL condemns David Duke
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… Fifteen Years Ago this week in The Colorado Statesman … Politicos and policy wonks from Denver braved the treacherous mountain passes on I-70 to visit the Western Slope for an economic roundtable, featuring Colorado’s chief executive, Gov. Bill Owens. The Republican governor stated that allowing businesses and consumers to buy “Chevrolet instead of Cadillac” health insurance plans would…
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YESTERYEAR: Allegations surface that embezzlement scheme helped fund U.S. Senate petition drive
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Thirty-Five Years Ago this week in The Colorado Statesman … Some of the money allegedly embezzled from the Central Bank for Cooperatives in Denver by Eve Lincoln, a former coordinator for Secretary of State Mary Estill Buchanan’s 1980 Senate campaign, could have been used to help finance Buchanan’s petition drive to get on the ballot,…
