Senate agrees to compromise on standardized-testing reform
"Members, I know this is difficult," Sen. Chris Holbert, R-Parker, said late last night.
"But some of us have turned our focus to how much...
Second try $20M Denver Schools bill survives kill committee
In a near-overnight partisan flip-flop, the Senate State Affairs Committee voted 3-2 today to pass a second effort at adjusting the amount of money Denver...
State of emergency: Gridlocked lawmakers threaten consumer oversight over 911
When the Waldo Canyon fire blazed toward homes in 2012, the local 911 service issued a reverse call telling residents it was time to flee. But...
Bipartisan trikes: Go ahead Colorado, get your tuk-tuk on
Have you ever taken a ride in a tuk-tuk? You know, a motorized rickshaw? A grownup trike?
Well, hop aboard Colorado! The state legislature just...
Tim Neville’s anti-abortion mobile clinic crashes into reproductive rights debate
Sen. Tim Neville, R-Littleton, distributed flyers on the Senate floor Thursday announcing that a mobile pregnancy counseling clinic, equipped with ultrasound technology, would be...
GOP blocks birth-control funding for low-income women
A bill to offer low-income women free long-acting reversible birth control failed on party lines in the Republican-controlled Senate kill committee, despite bipartisan efforts to...
Construction-defects bill may have failed, but lobbyists won big
Looking towards a repeat effort to make it more difficult for HOAs to sue developers over construction defects, homebuilders spent $158,000 in direct contributions to state...
Lawmakers have six days to figure out what the Office of Consumer Counsel is...
Representing Colorado consumers before the PUC and an assortment of federal agencies, the OCC has saved consumers $1.7 billion dollars, or $30 for every dollar spent to run the office. Even so, the OCC is set to expire unless the state legislature passes a bill in the next six days to keep the office running.
Taxpayers may get ultimate TABOR representation
The Taxpayers Bill of Rights is many things. It gives voters the right to approve tax increases yet sometimes requires them to approve the same...
Lawmakers tank Homeless Bill of Rights; activists rail
"Shame!" "Shame!" cried a man in the back of the Capitol's largest, packed committee room. The vote was not yet tallied, but it was...