During a forum before the vote, Hernández said he would focus in the legislature on boosting housing density, fighting gun violence, increasing wages and reducing Colorado’s incarceration rates
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Posted inHousing
Jared Polis, Democratic state lawmakers call for more changes to Colorado’s HOA laws after Colorado Sun investigation
The Sun’s investigation, published this week, found that HOAs have filed roughly 3,000 foreclosure cases since 2018, more than 250 of which have resulted in properties being auctioned off. At least 100 of the properties auctioned off were sold for $60,000 or less, according to court records.
Posted inPolitics and Government
A record amount was spent lobbying Colorado’s legislature and state government last year
The two most lobbied bills in the legislature — a land-use measure and legislation to improve hourly workers schedules — were killed by state lawmakers
Posted inWater
Colorado River task force focuses first meeting on hopes, concerns about fast-paced process
Members from around Colorado met to discuss how the task force can fulfill its job: providing a unified recommendation for state legislators by December.
Posted inOpinion Columns
Opinion: The Colorado Option is great on paper. If only insurers would put it into action.
Small businesses need government to enforce the rules, to produce the premium reductions necessary to keep providing health coverage to workers.
Posted inPolitics and Government
Colorado’s new law giving politicians leeway to block people on social media may be much harder to use than it seems
The legislature’s nonpartisan lawyers warn that House Bill 1306 won’t necessarily prevent lawsuits and highlighted a host of potential loopholes in the policy
Posted inPolitics and Government
Complaint prompts Colorado legislature’s workplace harassment committee to meet for first time
The General Assembly formed House and Senate workplace harassment committees in 2019 in the wake of a scandal that rocked the Capitol. They haven’t been used — until now.
Posted inOpinion Columns
Opinion: A new law tilts the legal scale against police who lie to children to extract confessions
The legislation will prevent wrongful convictions and make all of us safer by increasing trust between communities and law enforcement officers.
Posted inOpinion Columns
Opinion: If we don’t know enough about the effects of high-potency THC, then it shouldn’t be sold
Too many families are in pain to wait for conclusive data to arrive. The burden should be on producers to prove their products are safe.
Posted inOpinion Columns
Opinion: Rep: Froelich: No-drama Dems made big gains for Colorado in 2023
One legislator’s recap of the 2023 General Assembly from the Democratic Party perspective.