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Colorado Dems blast Romney on immigration

On the heels of Mitt Romney's narrow Iowa victory over former Senator Rick Santorum, Colorado Democrats today said Romney's positions on immigration put him outside the mainstream and make him virtually unelectable in Colorado.

Colorado lawmakers prepare to address voter ballot issue raised by Gessler

DENVER-- Depending on whether or not related legal action restarts in US district court here, Colorado lawmakers plan to take up the question of which voters county clerks will be required to mail ballots to in future elections.

Gessler says battle over ballots is not over

In the wake of the motion issued by Judge Brian Whitney in Gessler v. Johnson, Scott Gessler, Denver Mayor Michael Hancock and State Rep. Crisanta Duran, D-Denver all issued statements. Gessler said Friday's decision was merely "the first salvo".

Fee increases could cause 2,000 children to go without health insurance

As the long bill passed the House on 3rd and final reading Thursday, a JBC-initiated bill that may cause 2,000 low-income children to drop out of a Colorado health care assistance program also won the Legislature's approval.

House says no full-strength beer in grocery stores

A bill that would have allowed Walmart and other big-box grocery stores to carry full-strength beer died in the House Thursday. On the House floor legislators said the doubling of stores selling beer would compromise the promise liquor store owners were given by the state when they decided to invest in the industry.

Defanged pot brownie bill passes with some dissent

A bill to protect children from consuming medical marijuana edibles moved out of the House Finance Committee Thursday and is on its way to the House floor.

Committee shelves bill to allow juvenile parole

A bill that would have retroactively allowed those sentenced as juveniles to life in prison to be eligible for parole after 40 years was killed on concerns of constitutionality and victim's rights.

Legislation would consolidate programs to provide housing assistance

State Rep. Crisanta Duran, D-Denver, steered her bill to consolidate state resources past the House State, Veterans and Military Affairs Committee Thursday, with the committee passing it without objection
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