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State energy-efficiency-program renewal faces main legislative hurdle Thursday
Installing apartment building smart meters. (AP Images) A bill that would renew a major state energy efficiency program will be heard Thursday afternoon in a Senate committee. The vote very likely will...
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Legislation you’ve never heard of gives your wallet the biggest jolt — in a...
House Bill 1227 isn’t the sexiest piece of legislation — not with a title like “Electric Demand-Side Management Program Extension” — but it’s likely the bill will put some energy in your bank account,...
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#Coleg Week 16: Transportation-hospital fee moments of truth, fueling...
Colorado’s “gold dome.” Two-and-a-half weeks till closing time, and there’s plenty of business left to conduct in this building. All eyes will be watching transportation-funding House Bill 1242. It’s...
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Slow-motion replay: Cooke unleashes legislative jiu jitsu on energy...
State Sen. John Cooke, R-Greeley, at the Capitol, March 15, 2017. (John Tomasic/The Colorado Statesman) Sate Sen. John Cooke, a Republican from Greeley, played point-man Thursday in an effort to kill a...
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#Coleg Week 17: Hospital fee, high-risk pools, transportation reprise, forced...
The big game this week will strut into the open on Tuesday at 8:40 a.m., when the Senate Appropriations Committee is scheduled to hear Senate Bill 267, the forebodingly titled “Sustainability of Rural...
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Kennedy bill prods counties to fill vacant surveyor positions, ‘repair the...
A couple of weeks after the House voted unanimously to concur with a lone Senate amendment, changing the word “shall” to “may,” the bill to clarify and update state law concerning county surveyors had...
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Getting to yes, just saying no: Lawmakers Everett, Hansen and Kennedy talk...
State Reps. Chris Kennedy, D-Lakewood, and Chris Hansen, D-Denver, stand in the nearly empty House chambers at the state Capitol in Denver on Wednesday, May 17, 2017, a week after the regular session...
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Senate Republicans to lead Colorado Springs rally for charter schools Thursday
Gov. John Hickenlooper signs a charter school equity bill into law at Rocky Mountain Prep charter school in Denver on June 2. (Photo courtesy of the Colorado League of Charter Schools) Republicans in...
View ArticlePrinciples of Liberty Colorado organization releases legislative scorecard,...
State Rep. Justin Everett, a Littleton Republican, ranked highest among Colorado lawmakers in the annual Principles of Liberty scorecard, the conservative organization announced Saturday at the Western...
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Renters, mobile home dwellers gain ground under two new Colorado laws
Two pieces of legislation that became law Wednesday will help protect the rights of Colorado renters and mobile home residents. Hundreds of other laws take effect on the 90th day since the end of the...
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Updated: Could Colorado House and Senate flip in ’18? Yes, says Ballotpedia
Here’s something I bet you haven’t heard anywhere else: The Colorado House and Senate each could flip next year. OK, maybe you’ve heard half that. The Republicans hold just a one-seat edge in the...
View ArticleCASA names DHS’s Robert Werthwein a Friend of Children
The new director of Colorado Office of Behavioral Health has another new title: Friend of Children. Robert Werthwein received the award from Court Appointed Special Advocates, or CASA. Werthwein was...
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Colorado politicos tell us all they want for Christmas
Jon Caldara, president of the Independence, would love to have a luxurious hair for Christmas. (Photo via Facebook) Jon Caldara, by his own admission, is rarely a good boy, but that doesn’t keep the...
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Rep. Brittany Pettersen pleased with bipartisan leadership on opioid plan
State Rep. Brittany Pettersen was pleased after Gov. John Hickenlooper finished his State of the State address Thursday. He, Senate President Kevin Grantham and House Speaker Crisanta Duran agreed with...
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Bill to fill PERA’s $32 billion shortfall rolls out to a tentative start
The sponsors called the compromise to fix PERA a starting point, not a finish line, as a bill to do so was introduced Wednesday. Senate Republicans and House Democrats agree, however, that lawmakers...
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Bill to link doctors to pharmacies online combats forgeries for opioids
A bipartisan bill filed in the Colorado House last week would make it harder for drug abusers to forge or duplicate prescriptions on paper to steal opioids, and it's kind of simple: prescribers and...
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Colorado Senate Republicans: Still a ‘NO’ on banning bump stocks, but yes to...
The Trump administration is OK with a ban on bump stocks. The Florida Legislature, despite opposition from the National Rifle Association, last week approved a package of gun control measures,...
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PERA fix plows ahead to shore up Colorado public pension plan
A Colorado Senate committee listened to four and a half hours of testimony on how to fix the state's shaky pension plan Tuesday, but it didn't take a vote. Instead, the Finance Committee will reconvene...
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Bill to fix PERA amended to exclude taxpayers from ‘shared responsibility’
A bill to fill a $32 billion to $50 billion hole in the Public Employees' Retirement Association won't have the public employers' help, if an amendment passed in Senate Bill 200's first committee...
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Colorado Senate gives preliminary pass to PERA fix
DENVER — The Colorado Senate gave an initial OK to a bill that seeks to shore up the state's ailing public pension plan Monday morning.This content is only available to subscribers. Login or Subscribe
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