tim neville
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Church and state divide GOP, Democratic Colorado lawmakers
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Democrats and Republicans argued over two bills that mixed church and state last week at the Colorado Capitol. Senate Bill 201 would extend an three-hour exemption from childcare licensing requirement for churches to six hours during church activities. The bill is set for another recorded vote on the Senate floor next Thursday. The legislation is…
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Tancredo, Neville team up to fight sanctuary city policies
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DENVER – Republican state Sen. Tim Neville of Littleton has joined forces with former U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo in an effort to combat what Neville calls a major public safety issue: “sanctuary city” policies that bar local law enforcement from enforcing federal immigration laws. A bill backed introduced in the state legislature by Neville would…
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Senate approves Colorado state budget on 26-8 vote
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The Colorado Senate Thursday put its vote of approval on the state 2018-19 budget that it spent 11 hours fighting over Wednesday night. The $28.9 billion budget bill and the 18 accompanying bills that help balance the budget now go back to the legislature’s Joint Budget Committee, which developed the budget. The JBC will be…
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Republican proposal would leave ‘sanctuary cities’ up to the vox populi
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Policy makers will continue to debate just how much “sanctuary city” laws serve as cover for immigrants in this country illegally. There’s little to debate, however, about how well such policies serve Republicans – as a poll-tested hot-button issue and a platform from which to throw darts at the immigrant-friendly Democrats who run cities like…
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Hickenlooper lets nursing-degree bill become law without his signature
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DENVER – A measure allowing Colorado’s community colleges to offer a bachelor of science degree in nursing (BSN) is becoming law – but not because Colorado’s governor signed it. House Bill 1086 is aimed at helping to alleviate the state’s acute shortage of nurses at a time when the population is growing, as are demands on Colorado’s medical…
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House committee kills latest gun rights bill — with a twist
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DENVER – On Wednesday the Colorado House’s State, Veterans and Military Affairs Committee put an end to a bill that would allow people to carry concealed guns without a permit. But the vote – a party-line 6-3 vote – came after one member of the public opposed to the bill offered an “unorthodox” proposal to let the…
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Transportation funding without tax hike bogs down in Colorado Senate
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The Colorado Senate considered a bill to beef up funding for transportation without raising taxes Wednesday, but it bogged down in amendments about where the money would go, as well as delivering a tacit protest of the bill’s sponsor. Senate Bill 1 would ask voters in November to set aside more than $300 million a…
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Colorado Senate Republicans: Still a ‘NO’ on banning bump stocks, but yes to RMGO money
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The Trump administration is OK with a ban on bump stocks. The Florida Legislature, despite opposition from the National Rifle Association, last week approved a package of gun control measures, including a ban on bump stocks that increase the firing capacity of normal rifles. Colorado’s state Senate is a week away from hearing a bill that…
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Bell Policy Center asks Colorado lawmakers to ‘stop digging’ for tax cuts, transportation
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Two left-leaning policy think tanks in Denver are calling out the Colorado legislature to put people over roads in transportation and tax-cut bills. “Colorado is one of the strongest state economies in the country, it’s in a ‘hole’ when it comes to funding the public supports that help many Colorado families and communities thrive,” states…
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Senate votes to let Coloradans carry concealed guns without a permit
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The Colorado Senate gave a narrow passage to “constitutional carry” – carrying a concealed weapon without a permit – Thursday morning, one of the last gun bills filed so far this session. The Republican legislation likely faces the same outcome other gun bills have received in the Democratic -led House: certain defeat. Senate Bill 97…
