There will be 24 lawmakers this year who secured a statehouse seat through a vacancy appointment, including no fewer than nine legislators who will have been appointed in a 12-month span
Colorado General Assembly
Posted inHealth
Colorado is in a mental health crisis. Psychologists want to help by being allowed to prescribe medication.
Medical doctors and psychiatrists say it’s dangerous to let non-medically trained psychologists prescribe mental health medications.
Posted inOpinion Columns
Opinion: Rep. Amabile: Frustrated yet hopeful Coloradans have entrusted Democrats to grow the economy
The chair of the House Business and Labor Committee on achieving a balance of worker protections and environmental health with the needs of business.
Posted inOpinion Columns
Opinion: New state bag law will benefit the environment and our health
Plastic shopping bags defy easy recycling and break down into microparticles that end up in our bodies.
Posted inOpinion Columns
Opinion: Medical debt is cheaper and easier to forgive than student-loan debt
For pennies on the dollar, we could provide relief to the 1 of every 6 Colorado adults in medical collections.
Posted inSocial Services
Colorado lawmakers to consider $5 million proposal to target youth homelessness after current programs fall short
On a typical day in Colorado, there are about 600 homeless children and 262 homeless young adults ages 18 to 24
Posted inCrime and Courts
Colorado has no mandatory training on how to investigate school sexting. Educators face prison time if they do it wrong.
In one case, an Eastern Colorado principal faces 12 years in prison
Posted inEducation
School resource officer at center of controversial teen sexting case in rural Colorado didn’t take notes of key events
The key role Officer Jared Barham has played in the case highlights the lack of consistent regulation around school resource officers
Posted inOpinion Columns
Opinion: The budget surplus won’t last forever. Now’s not the time to cut the income-tax rate
With a recession on the horizon, flush times at the Capitol are nearing an end. The needs of families, roads and schools will remain.
Posted inOpinion Columns
Gov. Ritter: We’re having a dishonest debate about crime in Colorado. Here are the facts.
The laws on the books today are products of bipartisan majorities, not a single party