Tag: colorado senate
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Colorado lawmakers advance bill to tackle state’s prison capacity issues
As lawmakers work to complete the next state budget, they are intensifying efforts to address overcrowding and capacity challenges within the Department of Corrections and related agencies — issues that have contributed to increased spending in the budget. The state Senate on Friday gave preliminary approval to Senate Bill 159, specifically designed to work on…
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Colorado Senate passes bill for voluntary $5 fee to fund wildlife crossings
The Colorado Senate approved bipartisan legislation allowing drivers to voluntarily pay an extra $5 when registering their vehicles to help finance wildlife crossings and reduce the growing number of dangerous collisions between cars and animals on state highways. In 2024 alone, more than 3,500 such incidents occurred on Colorado roads. The bill titled SB26-141, sponsored…
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Under fire from legislators and critics, Colorado’s top Medicaid official resigns
Colorado’s top Medicaid official stepped down on Monday, just as a bipartisan bloc of state senators prepared to formally urge Gov. Jared Polis to remove her over what they called years of mismanagement, waste and costly errors inside the state’s largest agency. One legislator seeking the resignation of Kim Bimestefer, executive direct or of the…
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House Speaker urges colleagues to fight Trump, who ‘would hold Colorado hostage’
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A top Colorado Democrat on Wednesday characterized Colorado as under siege by the Trump administration, as she invoked Winston Churchill and urged colleagues to fight back. “In this moment, when the White House would hold Colorado hostage, I’m reminded of a Churchill saying: ‘You were given the choice between war and dishonor. You chose dishonor,…
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Colorado law bans non-compete agreements for healthcare providers
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A recently passed law makes significant adjustments to Colorado’s employment restrictive covenant statutes, particularly in the cases of non-compete and non-solicitation agreements for certain healthcare providers. Senate Bill 083, sponsored by Sens. Lindsey Daugherty, D-Arvada,…
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Independent expenditure committee invests $1 million in Colorado primary races
An independent expenditure committee tied to former DaVita CEO Kent Thiry has invested $1.08 million in state House and Senate races in the past few days, backing more moderate Democrats and Republicans in a dozen races. The committee Let Colorado Vote Action was filed just one week ago, on June 17. On June 19, the…
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Colorado Senate to consider bill to further regulate towing industry
The next step for a proposal to regulate the towing industry more strictly is the state Senate. On Wednesday, the House approved House Bill 1051 through a mostly party-line 45-16 vote. Sen. Julie Gonzales, D-Denver, whose car was towed last year, will sponsor the bill in the Senate. The work of the Transportation Legislative Review Committee from last fall,…
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Colorado Senator Faith Winter to seek treatment for alcohol use, checking in to rehab
Sen. Faith Winter, D-Westminster, is entering a rehab facility tied to alcohol use, according to multiple sources. Winter, who is in her second and final term in the state Senate, has been battling a number of health issues, including an auto-immune disorder, over the past year. She also suffered a traumatic brain injury last year…
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