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Bill seeks customer opt-in for utensils, condiments from Colorado restaurants
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Restaurant customers would have to request plastic utensils and condiment packets with their to-go food if a bipartisan bill introduced in the Colorado House becomes law. House Bill 1134 would require restaurants and third-party food delivery services to ask customers if they want single-use items like cutlery, napkins and condiments instead of providing them automatically.…
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Colorado Senate bill aims to automatically seal non-violent criminal records
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More than one million Coloradans with criminal records could have their records automatically sealed under a bill introduced in the Colorado Senate on Tuesday. Senate Bill 22-099 would implement an automatic sealing process for non-violent criminal records, including civil infractions, by expanding an existing automatic sealing process exclusive to certain drug offenses. The legislation would…
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House committee approves bill exempting nonprofit child care centers from property tax
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Nonprofit child care centers in Colorado wouldn’t have to pay property taxes under legislation a state House committee advanced on Tuesday in the hopes of reducing costs and improving access. House Bill 1006 aims to modify current law that allows property owned and operated by nonprofit child care centers to be exempt from property taxes. The bill…
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Final Colorado congressional redistricting plan to come Tuesday
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Colorado’s independent congressional redistricting commissioners will either vote to adopt a redrawn map of the state’s U.S. House districts Tuesday, or else the most recent map drawn by their staff and released last week will be adopted by default. The commission held a lengthy meeting Monday to continue discussing the maps they’ve considered in recent…
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Colorado’s next legislative map will count prisoners at their homes, not where they’re jailed
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Colorado’s legislative redistricting commissioners voted Friday to reallocate prisoners for the next decade’s state House and Senate districts, meaning they’ll be counted at their home residence and not where they were jailed during the census. Colorado’s congressional redistricting commissioners voted Thursday to not reallocate state prisoners in the drawing of the next decade’s congressional map. …
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Latino community advocates: Colorado redistricting plan needs big changes
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The Colorado House and Senate district map being toured around the state for public input doesn’t provide adequate voting power to the state’s Hispanic and Latino communities, according to the Colorado Latino Leadership Advocacy & Research Organization. The prominent statewide advocacy organization proposed a total overhaul of the proposed legislative district maps, with a special…
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COVER STORY | Meet Penfield Tate III, candidate for Denver mayor (AUDIO)
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This is the third in a series of profiles of Denver mayoral candidates. Penfield Tate III said he started thinking about making a second bid for Denver mayor last year while traveling throughout the city in his job as a public finance lawyer. And no matter the neighborhood he was in or the income level…
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Coffman sure on transportation cooperation, not so sure on budget versus taxes
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In a wide-ranging 20-minute interview with Colorado Politics Friday afternoon, Attorney General Cynthia Coffman said her transportation plans aren’t quite formed yet, though she recognized it as a critical issue she’ll face as governor. We’ll be bringing our readers more of that interview in the next few days, examining her campaign timing, fundraising and where…
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Pueblo’s Rep. Clarice Navarro honored by State Fair Foundation
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The Colorado State Fair Foundation gave state Rep. Clarice Navarro its Outstanding Service Award for her time, effort and leadership for the annual carnival, concerts, rodeos and various competitions in Pueblo. “It’s not every day that you get to experience racing pigs, sea lions or zip lining all in one location in Colorado, but it’s…
