After last week was disrupted by the snowpocalypse, the Colorado Capitol is back on track this week, and it’s kicking off the latter half of March with what will almost certainly be the longest committee hearing of the session.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareProperty tax commission recommends tweaks as ballot proposal battle heats up
A bipartisan group of Colorado policymakers approved nearly a dozen recommendations to soften the pinch of property tax increases Friday, including an “adjustable cap” on future hikes and mechanisms to spread out hefty tax bills.
By JOSH BOAK (Associated Press)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Lori Shelton can’t fathom ever having the money to buy a home — and that’s a major reason why so many voters feel down on the economy ahead of this year’s presidential election.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Colorado lawmakers are now exempt from parts of the state’s open-meetings law after Gov. Jared Polis signed a bill that legalizes longstanding practices challenged by transparency advocates.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareColoradans would have an easier time repairing cellphones and other personal electronic devices under a bill passed by the state House on Tuesday, the latest in a slew of “right-to-repair” legislation considered in recent years here.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareU.S. Rep. Ken Buck will step down from Congress on March 22, he announced Tuesday, setting the stage for a special election in a year when his expected departure already had set off a race to succeed him.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
By Steve Peoples, Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — Joe Biden and Donald Trump hope to clinch their parties’ presidential nominations with dominant victories in a slate of state primaries on Tuesday as the 2024 fight for the White House moves into a new phase.
By Julie Carr Smyth and Samantha Hendrickson, Associated Press/Report for America
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — For more than half a century, Ohio was one of the most important states to watch during presidential election years, a place where both parties competed vigorously for support from voters who were often genuinely undecided.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
This week will bring a major mid-March milestone in the Colorado legislature’s quickening sprint toward the end of the 120-day session.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareWhen Gov. Jared Polis and Democratic allies sought to overhaul land use rules in the state last year in hopes of spurring more housing development they faced immediate blowback from municipalities intent on protecting their local control.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareColorado’s new voter-approved universal free school meals program is already tens of millions of dollars short, jeopardizing some of the auxiliary programs tied to the ballot measure as lawmakers scramble to keep the initiative solvent and meals paid for.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareColorado lawmakers received an overall rosier economic outlook Friday than predicted by the last forecast a few months ago, but one official said the state’s unique spending rules will mean “hard work” ahead for budget writers.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareDouglas County plans to launch a legal challenge of recent state laws that bar local law enforcement in Colorado from closely cooperating with federal immigration officials on the detention and incarceration of immigrants.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareBy KEVIN FREKING, HALELUYA HADERO and MARY CLARE JALONICK (Associated Press)
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House on Wednesday passed a bill that would lead to a nationwide ban of the popular video app TikTok if its China-based owner doesn’t sell, as lawmakers acted on concerns that the company’s current ownership structure is a national security threat.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert will not seek the Republican nomination for the special election to replace resigning Congressman Ken Buck, she said Wednesday — putting her focus on winning the GOP primary instead.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareVice President Kamala Harris told supporters in Denver on Tuesday that she would fight to ban “assault” weapons, raise the federal minimum wage and protect abortion rights if she and President Joe Biden win reelection in November.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareRIFLE — A judge on Monday ended a temporary restraining order U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert had sought against her ex-husband at her request.
During a court hearing in Rifle, Rep.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
By Kimberlee Kruesi, Associated Press
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — In Republican-led states across the U.S., conservative legislators are refusing to reevaluate abortion bans — even as doctors and patients insist the laws’ exceptions are dangerously unclear, resulting in denied treatment to some pregnant women in need.
On most days, Alicia was sent to a Denver-area hotel room, where a steady stream of people would show up and pay for sex.
From 9 a.m. to 4 a.m., she’d take call after call after call.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Jodi Lovejoy can look out the window of her Westminster apartment and see the mountains of the Front Range. She can track the rolling clouds and watch the weather change over the peaks, something she used to do with her children.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
For more than a year, state Rep. Leslie Herod has faced public allegations of sexual assault made by another woman who is active in Colorado Democratic politics, including some leveled in social media posts when Herod was running for Denver mayor.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareA bipartisan group of Colorado policymakers approved nearly a dozen recommendations to soften the pinch of property tax increases Friday, including an “adjustable cap” on future hikes and mechanisms to spread out hefty tax bills.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareBy BILL BARROW (Associated Press)
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp will back his fellow Republicans’ presidential ticket in November. That does not mean he will cheerlead for former President Donald Trump or even endorse him by name.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
A bill set to be unveiled in the Colorado legislature would levy a new fee on businesses that produce alcoholic beverages, then direct tens of millions of dollars collected each year to addiction treatment and recovery programs.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
By MEG KINNARD (Associated Press)
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump have officially secured the requisite numbers of delegates to be considered their parties’ presumptive nominees.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Lindsey Vance carried medical debt for nearly half her life.
The 41-year-old Denver resident said her debt began stacking up when she was around 19, when she stopped being covered under her parents’ health insurance and turned to the emergency room for health care related to injuries and illnesses.
By Joey Cappelletti, Associated Press
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The protest-vote movement over President Joe Biden’s handling of the Israel-Hamas war has spread to several states and raised more questions about whether a small but significant number of Democrats angry at Biden might abandon him in November.
Denver’s homelessness initiative on Tuesday will move more than 45 people living in an encampment near Empower Field into a new micro-community, marking the program’s first big milestone in 2024.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareThe clothing rack set up in a Colorado Capitol hallway displayed a T-shirt and jeans, a child’s pink cardigan with a polka-dotted mini skirt, and an Army sweatshirt with shorts.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Colorado lawmakers target another $5 million for Denver Health amid fears of hospital’s “death spiral”
A bipartisan group of Colorado lawmakers is again moving to direct a special $5 million infusion to Denver Health amid rising concerns about the hospital’s financial security and fears of a potential descent into a “death spiral.”