The success of the ballot measure hinges on participation from local governments, which must commit to increasing their affordable housing stock by 3% every year for the next three-year cycle of the program.
Colorado legislation
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Colorado’s 2023 legislative session was less bipartisan than in recent years. There was also lots of dissent among Democrats.
More than 78% of the 617 bills introduced in the Colorado General Assembly this year were passed, the second highest percentage in the past 11 years
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Jim Morrissey: Fixing things on the Colorado farm
Cartoonist Jim Morrissey notes that the right to repair law may not sit too well with equipment manufacturers, but it promises to be a boon to farmers. Goats find it tasty, too!
Posted inOutdoors
Crossing from one parcel of public land to another in Colorado creates a private-property conundrum that’s proven tough to fix
House Bill 1066 would allow lawful passage between public land parcels bordering private property, settling a decades-old conundrum in the West. But it’s meeting skepticism.
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Democrats advance historic slate of legislation to aid Colorado’s unauthorized immigrants, roll back restrictions
State lawmakers this year are advancing a historic slate of legislation aimed at assisting the estimated nearly 200,000 Coloradans living in the U.S. illegally, including through measures to shield them from federal immigration authorities and granting them access to state-funded benefits and services. The bills would also remove requirements that people prove legal residency to […]
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Taxpayers are only covering Democrats’ legal fees in a partisan Colorado legislature lawsuit. Republicans say that’s unfair.
Colorado lawmakers are sparring over the use of taxpayer money to pay for legal costs in a partisan lawsuit confronting what both sides say is a critical question about the state constitution. The hangup: Taxpayers are only paying for the Democrats’ representation, to the tune of about $40,000 and counting, more than half of which […]
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Colorado ranchers have beef with lab-grown and plant-based “meat” — and they want well-done labeling
Boyd Meyer runs about 4,000-head of American bison on the Colorado-Wyoming border, fully aware of the speed, power and cussed nature of the 1-ton beasts. “They can out-maneuver a horse and I’ve seen them jump a 5-foot fence flat-footed,” Meyer said. “They are not like cattle, if they don’t want to do something, they flat […]