tim neville
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Unlicensed concealed carry gets initial OK in GOP-led Senate, House defeat awaits
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The Colorado Senate gave preliminary approval to a gun bill Monday that would do away with concealed carry permits in the state. Republicans have a one-seat edge in the Senate, so when the recorded vote happens in the next few days, they should have enough lift to send Senate Bill 97 to the House. The…
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Bipartisan bill would create ‘tasting rooms’ in Colorado pot shops
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Have a little taste of kush, Colorado. That’s the aim of a new bill to set up pot tasting rooms in towns that want them across the state. House Bill 1258 would allow those with existing marijuana retail licenses to add a caveat that customers can use some of it on the premises, much like…
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Insights: Common ground on guns remains slippery and muddy in Colorado
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Maybe if partisans didn’t go too far. I don’t know. It confounds me why we can’t talk constructively about guns in this state, or this nation, without both sides shutting down. Indecision lives in gridlock. If one side didn’t insinuate the other doesn’t care about dead children, would that be so hard to do for…
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Colorado nursing education bill runs into roadblock with Hickenlooper administration
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A Colorado bill that would allow community colleges to offer four-year nursing degrees has run into problems of the gubernatorial type. House Bill 1086 cleared the Senate Health & Human Services Committee on a 3-2 vote Wednesday, with two Republicans in favor, Sens. Larry Crowder of Alamosa and bill sponsor Jim Smallwood of Parker, along…
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Interoperable radio communications for school safety passes first test in Colorado legislature
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It’s not just about preventing another Columbine-style school shooting. Handheld radios in schools help employees manage difficult parents or help students get to school when the bus breaks down. But it’s the cost of setting up radio communications to first responders that is stopping many school districts from making that happen, and this week, Republican…
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PHOTOS: Colorado Politics hosts party to celebrate launch of legislative session
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More than 150 politicos of all stripes packed the historic Carriage House at the Governor’s Residence at Boettcher Mansion in Denver Wednesday night for a session-opening shindig thrown by Colorado Politics. Republicans rubbed shoulders with Democrats, toasting the young political news website and the nearly 120-year-old publication it incorporated last year. Vince Bzdek, editor of…
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Fix to last year’s omnibus rural Colorado bill leaves decision to special districts
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Late Tuesday the state Senate rolled out the bill that will fix last year’s unintentional error in the omnibus bill for rural Colorado. Senate Bill 18-088 has 22 Senate co-sponsors, which ought to be more than enough to get it across the finish line in that chamber, except for one small detail. The bill doesn’t…
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THE PODIUM: Jack Phillips at Masterpiece Cakeshop did not discriminate against gays
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It is a matter of record and an uncontested fact that the owner of Masterpiece Cakeshop in Lakewood did not refuse to serve the two gay customers who entered his bakery in 2012. He gladly opened his doors and sold any displayed baked goods to all customers, including birthday cakes and special occasion creations. He…
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Colorado NFIB giddy over latest economic news, but legislature could do more
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Yeah, that’s good, but … That was the reaction of the rarely satisfied Tony Gagliardi, Colorado state director for the National Federation of Independent Business, after his national organization released a report Tuesday heralding economic optimism of its members. Just think of how happy they could be if the legislature would cut them some slack…