Author: Pat Poblete
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COLORADO POLITICKING | State Supreme Court ignored subpoena for evidence in scandal inquiry, report says
This week on Colorado Politicking, investigative reporter David Migoya joins host Pat Poblete to discuss his reporting on Colorado’s judicial discipline commission probe into the alleged coverup of misconduct by judges, including the latest revelation that the Judicial Department – and by extension its Supreme Court – has refused to comply with a subpoena from…
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WATCH: COLORADO POLITICKING | Fentanyl, abortion and more from a busy legislative session
This week on Colorado Politicking, managing editor Luige Del Puerto and reporters Marianne Goodland, Hannah Metzger, Seth Klamann join host Pat Poblete for a special end-of-session episode recapping everything that happened during the Colorado General Assembly’s 2022 legislative session. Read previous coverage on our stories here: 2022 SESSION: Democrats secure legislative agenda – but not…
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Polis slams decision allowing Xcel Energy to recoup $509 million
Gov. Jared Polis on Friday expressed frustration after an an administrative law judge ruled Xcel Energy could recoup from customers some $500 million to cover natural gas costs from a February 2021 winter spell. In a statement, Polis slammed the decision, noting “extra costs could have been avoided by better early warning systems for consumers to voluntarily…
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WATCH: COLORADO POLITICKING | Winners and losers as Colorado’s 2022 legislative session wraps
This week on Colorado Politicking, reporters Marianne Goodland and Hannah Metzger join host Pat Poblete to discuss the end-of-session logjam at the Capitol, and unpack which bills passed and which were killed along the way. Read previous coverage on our stories here: 2022 SESSION: Legislators wrap up work after tackling fentanyl, passing largest budget in…
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2022 Colorado General Assembly session: Legislators wrap up work after tackling fentanyl, passing largest budget in history
Colorado’s legislators wrapped up their work for the year just before midnight on Wednesday after tackling some of the most monumental measures in years. Here are some of the major bills that were passed: • Fentanyl. The most significant bill of the 2022 session wound up being about public safety, a priority for both parties,…
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WATCH: COLORADO POLITICKING | Abortion in Colorado in the wake of the leaked Roe draft
This week on Colorado Politicking, reporters Marianne Goodland, Debbie Kelley and editor Luige Del Puerto join host Pat Poblete to discuss news that the U.S. Supreme Court is preparing to overturn its decisions in two landmark cases that outlined a constitutional right to abortion, according to a leaked draft of a majority opinion. Read previous…
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Colorado Senate unanimously approves $100 million boost for child care
The Colorado Senate on Friday unanimously passed a bill seeking to invest around $100 million into the child care industry as the state struggles with an acute child care shortage. Senate Bill 213, which Sens. Rhonda Fields, D-Aurora, and Jerry Sonnenberg, R-Sterling, introduced, would use $50 million of economic recovery and relief money and another possible $50 million…
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Colorado legislature OKS offering more STI preventing drugs to sexual assault victims, send bill to Polis
The Colorado Senate on Friday passed a bill to increase the amount of prescription drugs hospitals can supply to sexual assault victims to prevent sexually transmitted infections, sending the legislation to Gov. Jared Polis’ desk. Under current law, hospitals can only provide a 72-hour supply of prescription drugs to any emergency room patient. House Bill…
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Colorado lawmakers approve $5 million for volunteer firefighter resources
A broad coalition of Democrats and Republicans in the Colorado House on Friday approve a measure seeking to pump more money into efforts to expand resources for volunteer firefighters in Colorado. Senate Bill 2 would add $5 million to the Local Firefighter Safety and Disease Prevention Grant Program and expand it to cover replacement firefighting equipment. The…
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Colorado House OKs bill mandating reporting of controlled burns
The state House on Friday advanced to the Senate a legislative effort to a honor fallen firefighter by mandating the reporting of controlled burns in Colorado. House Bill 1132, which Reps. Richard Holtorf, R-Akron, and Tony Exum, D-Colorado Springs, sponsored, would require all controlled burns on private property to be reported to local fire departments and allow…