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Ethics committee to review complaint against Colorado senator accused of intoxication
An ethics committee has been convened to consider a complaint against state Sen. Faith Winter, D-Westminster. According to witnesses, Winter showed up at a Northglenn town meeting on April 3 visibly intoxicated and combative. The Northglenn City Council voted unanimously on May 1 to send a resolution to Senate President Steve Fenberg asking him to…
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The strange distractions of the 2024 Colorado legislative session
Distractions often take attention away from policymaking at the state Capitol, and in this year’s legislative session, small and large side attractions unfolded over 120 days. Minority leadership in the House [inline_image src=”aHR0cHM6Ly9ibG94aW1hZ2VzLm5ld3lvcmsxLnZpcC50b3dubmV3cy5jb20vY29sb3JhZG9wb2xpdGljcy5jb20vY29udGVudC90bmNtcy9hc3NldHMvdjMvZWRpdG9yaWFsLzQvM2UvNDNlYTRjMTItYjU5Ni0xMWVlLTllODUtNTc0ZWQzNDY5OGFlLzY1OTRlOTczNDQyZDIuaW1hZ2UuanBnP3Jlc2l6ZT0xMjAwJTJDODAw” alt=”TWlrZSBMeW5jaCBDb2xvcmFkbyBMZWdpc2xhdHVyZQ==” caption=”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” credit=”KEFQIFBob3RvL0RhdmlkIFphbHVib3dza2ksIEZpbGUp” credit_link=”aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuY29sb3JhZG9wb2xpdGljcy5jb20vdXNlcnMvcHJvZmlsZS9Fcm5lc3QlMjBMdW5pbmc=”] In this file photo, Colorado House Minority Leader Mike Lynch, R-Wellington, listens as the legislative session opens in…
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Northglenn City Council to consider ethics complaint against Sen. Faith Winter for attending meeting while ‘apparently inebriated’
The Northglenn City Council will review a request on Wednesday for an ethics complaint against state Sen. Faith Winter, D-Westminster, tied to an April 3 meeting, in which people said the legislator showed up intoxicated and combative. At issue in the April 3 meeting was the location of a mental health transitional living home in Northglenn.…
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Colorado transit-oriented housing bill nears compromise with amendments
Updated 4/26/24 Could a compromise finally be on the way for the significant housing bill of the 2024 session? It’s not there yet, but amendments under consideration by the Senate sponsor of House Bill 1313, the transit-oriented housing bill, could move the needle in that direction. (function(w,d,s,i){w.ldAdInit=w.ldAdInit||[];w.ldAdInit.push({slot:11095963150525286,size:[0, 0],id:”ld-2426-4417″});if(!d.getElementById(i)){var j=d.createElement(s),p=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];j.async=true;j.src=”//cdn2.lockerdomecdn.com/_js/ajs.js”;j.id=i;p.parentNode.insertBefore(j,p);}})(window,document,”script”,”ld-ajs”); The Senate Local Government and Housing…
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Colorado eyes expansion of ‘right to repair’ law, Dave Williams draws fire from fellow Republicans, lawmakers advance bills on name changes | WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
Today is March 4, 2024, and here’s what you need to know: A proposal in the Colorado House could see a major expansion to the state’s “right to repair” laws, notably in the area of electronic equipment, such as mobile phones and other devices. House Bill 1121 would expand the state’s right to repair laws…
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Family medical leave bill gets first real hearing but stalls over amendments
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Senate Finance Committee hearing on Senate Bill 188 Tuesday took a very different look than the hearing in the Senate Business, Labor and Technology Committee a week ago. For one thing, people who opposed the…