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Colorado lawmakers’ $42,000 average salary influences who drafts and votes on bills

A Colorado Sun analysis of lawmaker salaries as compiled by the National Council of State Legislatures

DATE: Jun 12, 2023 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado cities may have to eliminate ‘growth caps’ under new state law

Gov. Jared Polis signed legislation: ‘We must all work together to create more housing’

DATE: Jun 8, 2023 | CATEGORY: Regional News

A wildfire camera bill repeatedly fails. Secret survey results at the Capitol might explain why

Lawmakers on both sides of aisle praise legislation, but then it goes nowhere

DATE: Jun 7, 2023 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Polis vetoes bill that would have helped local governments create affordable housing

Business groups asked governor to veto measure

DATE: Jun 7, 2023 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Jim Dyer, former Southwest Colorado legislator, dies at 85

‘The people that didn’t love Jim were so partisan they couldn’t see daylight’

DATE: May 19, 2023 | CATEGORY: Local News

Lawmakers howl, conservation groups cheer after Polis vetoes wolf bill

Legislation could have delayed reintroduction and allowed ranchers to kill wolves threatening livestock

DATE: May 18, 2023 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado governor vetoes three bills, including one that may have delayed wolf reintroduction

Polis wrote that the legislation was ‘unnecessary and undermines the voters’ intent’

DATE: May 16, 2023 | CATEGORY: Regional News

‘Red Room of Doom’ put brakes on some progressive priorities in Colorado Legislature

Democrats controlled the House and Senate, but they don’t claim to have a ‘super majority’

DATE: May 15, 2023 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado Democrats move to issue $2 billion in flat-rate taxpayer refund checks

Single filers would get $650 under the proposed change, while joint filers would get $1,300

DATE: May 8, 2023 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado lawmakers could block constituents on social media if governor signs bipartisan bill

Various federal courts have weighed the issue of elected officials blocking people online

DATE: May 5, 2023 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado hospitals that refuse services, like tying tubes, will have to say so publicly

Legislation will require providers to notify patients about certain types of care they do not provide

DATE: May 3, 2023 | CATEGORY: Local News

Colorado cities still not allowed to authorize ‘overdose prevention centers’

House Bill’s failure comes amid a string of defeats for state’s progressive Democrats

DATE: Apr 27, 2023 | CATEGORY: Regional News

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