Author: Megan Schrader

Colorado would hold a presidential preference primary in 2020 instead of caucusing on the nominee under a bill that passed the state House of Representatives preliminarily Thursday evening. The bill was introduced with only a few weeks remaining in the 2016 General Assembly in response to discontent about how the March 1 caucuses for Republicans…

DENVER – After months of political pressure and behind-the-scenes negotiations, Democrats finally brought a bill to the House floor for debate that would let the state retain millions in taxpayer refunds that otherwise would be required under the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights. House Bill 1420 passed the House of Representatives on a preliminary voice vote…

DENVER – Two more Republicans have failed to make the U.S. Senate primary ballot, according to Secretary of State’s Office officials charged with verifying thousands of signatures turned in on the candidate’s ballot petitions. Colorado Springs businessman Robert Blaha and former Aurora City Councilman Ryan Frazier learned Thursday afternoon that their signatures were not sufficient.…

DENVER – James Fisher, 52, was put on a payment plan of sorts by Aurora Municipal Court to cover two open container violation fines of $364, but when the temporary worker missed payments, warrants were issued for his arrest, despite a 2014 law prohibiting “debtors’ prisons.” “What we found universally around the state is that…

A committee that holds the purse strings in Colorado approved spending $8 million Tuesday morning to renovate a building in Colorado Springs to house the National Cybersecurity Intelligence Center in Colorado Springs. The money will predominately be spent renovating a vacant manufacturing plant near the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs that is currently being…

DENVER – A Denver District Court judge will rule in the next 72 hours whether Jon Keyser’s name can appear on the Republican primary ballot in June for U.S. Senate, despite a determination that he fell 86 signatures short of the required signatures in one congressional district. An emergency hearing was held in Denver District…

DENVER – A bill requiring parents who have chosen not to fully vaccinate their children to opt-out directly with the state instead of their local child-care provider or school died on Monday, but that’s not the end of the story for Republicans or parents who feel the Colorado health department has overstepped it’s bounds. Parents…

A bill to limit the use of solitary confinement in state-run juvenile facilities passed the House Judiciary Committee by a 6-5 vote after hours of emotional testimony Thursday. The testimony stretched late into the evening on the bill to limit the use of solitary confinement in state-run juvenile facilities to four hours without approval of…