Faith Winter
Colorado voters may face as many as 11 major questions on November ballot as initiative deadline arrives
Four questions are pending approval from the Colorado Secretary of State's Office, including a measure to create paid family and medical leave program and a state income tax cut
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10 major issues being decided in the final hours of Colorado’s 2020 legislative session
By Jennifer Brown Politics and Government Primary category in which blog post is published
Coronavirus has underscored the need for paid sick time in Colorado. And the potential huge costs.
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What the Colorado campaign trail looks like in the age of coronavirus, and what it means for the election
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Colorado renters may have eviction records even though they’ve never been evicted. Lawmakers want to change that.
By Moe Clark Politics and Government Primary category in which blog post is published
Colorado’s 2020 legislative session begins this week. Here’s a rundown of 10 issues to watch.
The state legislature’s break-neck pace from 2019 may not return, but expect fierce debates over health care, criminal justice, guns and transportation
Coloradans keep rejecting statewide tax questions to fund transportation. Democrats are now eyeing a regional approach.
“If the same ideological opposition gathers to any new transportation revenue, we’re running out of ways to tell local communities they can’t act on their own,” said state Rep. Matt Gray, a Broomfield Democrat
As rural Colorado fears being overlooked in 2020 census, some question spending money on outreach
The stakes for the census count are real: A study estimates a loss of $63 million for a 1% undercount of Colorado residents
Here are the most-lobbied bills in Colorado’s 2019 legislative session. The list may surprise you.
The paid family leave bill drew the most lobbying attention through March, but other hot-button bills had less money spent to track them
Colorado Democrats postpone paid family leave effort until 2020, opt for study after mounting pressure against bill
Sen. Faith Winter, a Westminster Democrat who was pushing for Senate Bill 188, said that she was unable to pass the measure without making changes she felt “gutted the bill”
After overhaul, Colorado Democrats advance their ambitious family leave effort
The amended Colorado bill requires employees and employers to contribute on a 60%-40% basis to a state fund that, by fiscal year 2020-21, could reach $922 million
Battle with business heats up over Colorado Democrats’ family-leave proposal
Senate Bill 188 passed its first committee hearing Wednesday on a 3-2, party-line vote
Lobbying is big money in Colorado. But the spending is difficult to track.
So far in the 2019 legislative session, about 500 lobbyists are registered to influence state lawmakers and officials. That’s five for every legislator.
