Tag: Chris Holbert
What’s in the proposed 2017-2018 state budget for the average Coloradan
Today, the state Senate began the process of reviewing a $26.8 billion* budget that will cover the operations of state government for the year...
GOP Senate prez under fire for state transportation tax plan
Reaction from conservative lawmakers and their allies to a transportation bill introduced Wednesday afternoon has been swift and from some, brutal.
The plan would seek voter approval to...
Guns, guns and more gun (bills) at the state Capitol this...
Update: In a hearing that lasted for more than eight hours, the House State Affairs Committee Wednesday killed all three gun bills on its...
Hickenlooper plays it safe with State of the State
Analysis
Gov. John Hickenlooper played it safe today.
After two years of fighting with majority Republicans in the state Senate and not getting the results he...
‘The debt that never dies’
Bill Daly knows how it feels to be haunted by debt collectors.
“I got married, got divorced, we practically gave away the house,” he said....
GOP sets sights on state Senate
Rocky Mountain Gun Owners is stirring it up in three GOP Senate primaries.
Colorado county clerks baffled by Gessler ‘non-citizen voter registration’ claims
“I really have no idea what he is talking about,” Republican Mesa County Clerk and Recorder Sheila Reiner told the Colorado Independent.
DeGette rallies state civil rights activists to spotlight, counteract new GOP...
DENVER-- Colorado Democratic Congresswoman Diana DeGette and representatives of the state's top civil rights organizations this weekend railed against efforts by Republican lawmakers and officials around the country to recast voter rules. Flooded with pale mountain sun on the west steps of the capitol, the speakers took turns detailing ways new registration and voting requirements and restrictions will make it more difficult for millions of Americans to cast ballots in presidential election year 2012.
Gessler lawsuit launched against Denver County sounds voter-suppression alarm bells
In filing suit yesterday against Denver County over its 2011 election plan, Colorado Secretary of State Scott Gessler has raised the specter for the second time since he took office in January that he is using his position as head of elections not to expand but to suppress voting in the state.
“Birther” bill killed in committee
A Senate committee axed three Republican immigration bills Monday. The committee, on a party-line vote, turned down legislation that targeted voting accessibility and immigration concerns. Also killed was a bill ridiculed by some as a "birther bill." That legislation would have required elected officials to present proof of citizenship upon taking office.