Colorado lets candidates pay for recounts even if they lose elections by huge margins. Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold says there should be a 2-percentage-point cap.
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Michael Bennet’s massive mental health legislation seeks to finally create parity in insurance plans
Bennet called the bill a “marker” and an “aspiration” that lays the framework for establishing mental health parity in Medicare and Medicaid
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Kids as young as 10 can be prosecuted in Colorado. A proposal to raise the age to 13 is getting pushback from DAs.
A similar proposal was scrapped last year in favor of a task force to study the issue. This year’s version would create a system of services for kids between 10 and 12 who get in trouble with police.
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Colorado Democrats back off transportation funding change that angered rural leaders. Kind of.
Democratic state lawmakers will require a study of how transportation planning regions, through which transportation money is distributed, are drawn
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Adam Frisch nearly unseated Lauren Boebert last year. In one big way, 2024 could be harder.
The former Aspen city councilman will have more name recognition and a bigger fundraising runway for his rematch with the controversial Republican congresswoman. But he won’t have the element of surprise.
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Funding debate ends hopes for designation for colleges serving first-generation students
Faced with opposition from larger schools that serve fewer first-generation students, the sponsors pulled House Bill 1114 before it went to vote on the House floor
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Colorado proposal would cut public records costs for media
Most states do not differentiate between the general public and media organizations, and the Colorado draft bill’s definition of the news media would effectively exclude news startups in their first year of operation
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Two Colorado lawmakers want to simplify the legislature’s ability to wield its rarely used subpoena power
House Bill 1248 would allow for the creation of special investigative committees made up of lawmakers and experts to issue subpoenas
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Coloradans can expect more than $2.5 billion in tax refunds — as long as the economy doesn’t tank
Two quarterly economic and tax revenue forecasts presented to the Colorado legislature Thursday had good and bad news
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Colorado lawmakers reject proposal to ban horse slaughter for human consumption
The state Senate killed the bill Thursday on a 20-14 vote. Its latest version would have established tighter regulations when transporting 20 or more horses for slaughter.