Author: Megan Schrader
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Legislative roundup: Colorado mothers of slain kids push for legislation
The mothers of three children who went missing or were killed in unsolved Colorado cases spoke in favor of a bill last week that would create harsher penalties for those convicted of tampering with dead bodies in an effort to hide evidence. Elaine Hall, the mother of Dylan Redwine, who went missing when he was…
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Colorado group wants ballot measure to make it harder to change state constitution
DENVER – Civic leaders trying to make it harder to amend the Colorado Constitution will ask voters in November to require future petition signatures be gathered in each of the state’s 35 Senate districts and that at least 55 percent of voters approve the initiative when it appears on the ballot. “Our constitution has become…
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Colorado right-to-die legislation defeated in Senate hearing
Sen. Michael Merrifield’s father wished to climb his favorite mountain, sit under a tree near Clear Creek and die peacefully on his own terms. Instead Merrifield, a Democrat from Colorado Springs, retold the excruciating pain that his father, Kenneth Merrifield, lived through in the final months of his battle with prostate cancer before he died in…
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Bill that would rededicate $15 million in state transit funding wins preliminary approval in Senate
A bill proposing to yank $15 million in transit funding for things like regional bus routes, urban rent-a-bike stations and bike lanes won preliminary approval Tuesday despite strong opposition from Democrats in the Senate. Sen. Tim Neville, R-Littleton, said that money is being “skimmed” from fees the state collects on things like vehicle registration, late…
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Proposed legislation would require snow tires, chains or four-wheel drive on part of I-70
Snow tires, chains or four-wheel drive would be required under a bill moving through the Colorado General Assembly for drivers traveling Interstate 70 between Morrison and Dotsero from Oct. 1 to May 15 every year. The bill passed on Second Reading in the House of Representatives on Monday morning, and will be considered on third…
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Colorado legislative roundup: Beginning of session
Members of the House of Representatives forfeited their trophy this week to the Senate in a truly Colorado battle for best brew. The Senate won the 2015 Hop the Vote brewing competition at the Great American Beer Festival with the Senate Shout Out Stout. The House won the competition last year and had to deliver…
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El Paso County Commissioner Peggy Littleton announces US Senate bid
The first woman to enter the crowded race for U.S. senator, also hopes to be Colorado’s first female to fill the post. Peggy Littleton, an El Paso County Commissioner, announced Tuesday she will join the list of nine other Republicans hoping to unseat U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet, a Democrat from Denver, in 2016. “It would…
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Bipartisan sentiment quickly forgotten as dozens of bills headed to kill committees in Colorado Legislature
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save DENVER – Only a few days after lawmakers optimistically basked in the glow of pre-session bipartisan hopefulness, the reality of politics came crashing down. Twenty-seven bills have been assigned to “kill committees” where they most…
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Crowded Colorado GOP field has eyes on Senate seat
It was late February 2014 when U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner entered the race against former Sen. Mark Udall and three other prominent Republicans quickly exited. The rest is a bedtime story for the children of GOP hopefuls and a campfire tale for wee Democrats. But as Republicans seek to triumph in Colorado’s second Senate seat…
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Head of Ben Carson Super PAC gearing up for Colorado Springs event
If you attended the rally for Ben Carson at America the Beautiful Park this summer, chances are you ran into the Super PAC that’s trying to get the retired neurosurgeon elected president. Volunteers for The 2016 Committee were there handing out small paperback books “Ben Carson: Rx for America,” by John Philip Sousa IV. “We…