Tag: dave williams
Debate over bill that would stop courthouse arrests by ICE turns...
The Colorado House on Wednesday began debating a bill that would prevent immigration law enforcement agencies from arresting people at courthouses in Colorado. If...
GOP lawmakers seek to roll back police transparency reforms A proposed...
Republican lawmakers have introduced a bill that would make it harder for the public to access completed police internal affairs investigations into officer misconduct...
Five(ish) takeaways from the 2017 legislative session
The 2017 legislative session may have done more for rural Colorado than any session in the past two decades.
“Rural, rural, rural! Music to my...
Battling lawmakers unite to seek clemency for inmate
Believe it or not, there is one issue upon which battling lawmakers Joe Salazar and Dave Williams agree.
The Democrat from Thornton and Republican from...
Budget debate turns into House ruckus over sanctuary cities
The road to next year’s state budget hit some bumps in the last 24 hours, with the House coming to a standstill twice over...
House Democrats approve bill telling Trump administration to back off on...
The House Judiciary Committee gave its blessing Thursday night to a bill that would prohibit state or local governments from cooperating with the federal...
Dems kill immigration bill targeting sanctuary cities
A bill that would have permitted victims of crimes committed by undocumented immigrants in sanctuary cities to sue the elected officials of those cities...
In Garfield County, critics say ‘local control’ will just shift more...
Residents of the second-most drilled county in Colorado warn backers of eleven “local control” ballot questions to be careful what they wish for, because oil and gas money will funnel into local races, they say, stacking county commissions and city councils in the industry’s favor.
Independent’s Williams and PBS panelists on the ‘Ritter regs’ reality versus...
Colorado Independent energy and environment reporter David O. Williams appeared on the Rocky Mountain PBS (KRMA Channel 6) show “Colorado State of Mind” last...