Tag: state law
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Colorado Springs starts expanding rules to allow more accessory dwelling units
Colorado Springs is taking steps to follow state direction to allow smaller, secondary housing in a much wider swath of the city’s neighborhoods. Colorado lawmakers passed a bill in the spring that eliminated some of the restrictions in Colorado’s biggest cities against accessory dwelling units. The ADUs are living areas that can be built as free-standing…
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Lead removal in El Paso County schools largely unfinished as next phase begins
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save El Paso County parents may not have as much to worry about their kids drinking water with lead at school these days, but the complete removal of lead in public schools remains ongoing nearly a year later after the process started. Under state law passed in 2022,…
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Lead removal in El Paso County schools largely unfinished as next phase begins
El Paso County parents may not have as much to worry about their kids drinking water with lead at school these days, but the complete removal of lead in public schools remains ongoing nearly a year later after the process started. Under state law passed in 2022, all Colorado public schools grades K-5, early child care facilities…
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Colorado lawmakers vote to give themselves a pay raise beginning in 2025
Colorado House Democrats on Thursday voted to boost the pay of General Assembly lawmakers beginning in the 2025-26 fiscal year, with those living in the Denver metro area getting substantially more in actual dollars and rate increase than policymakers who reside outside. The cost to taxpayers for the higher per diems is just shy of…
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Aurora City Council debates harsher punishment for retail theft
The Aurora City Council agreed to move forward with two ordinances Monday night that would broaden the city’s mandatory minimum sentence for retail theft ordinance that passed last year. Both ordinances were put forward by Councilmember Danielle Jurinsky and would add to the original ordinance passed in 2023, which set a three-day minimum mandatory jail…
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Colorado Democrats seek stricter requirements for concealed carry permits; Senate panel OKs ban on using cellphones while driving | WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
Today is Feb. 14, 2024, and here’s what you need to know: A panel of House lawmakers on Tuesday approved, on an 8-3 party-line vote, a bill that would require stricter requirements for those who hold or want to obtain concealed weapons permits. The measure from House Majority Leader Monica Duran of Wheat Ridge and…
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Watch Lauren Boebert, CD4 candidates debate, Republicans pick Rose Pugliese as House leader | WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
Today is Jan. 26, 2024, and here’s what you need to know: More than a dozen Republicans seeking the nomination in two of Colorado’s most competitive congressional primaries faced off for the first time Thursday night in Fort Lupton. House Republicans on Thursday chose Assistant Minority Leader Rose Pugliese of Colorado Springs as the caucus’…
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Judge dismisses lawsuit seeking to block outdoor Tri-Lakes area amphitheater
The 8,000-seat open-air Sunset Amphitheater that’s under construction south of Gleneagle has cleared a legal challenge brought by neighborhood opponents and is on track to open in the summer — and plans to announce its initial lineup of concerts soon. An El Paso County judge on Jan. 10 threw out a homeowners lawsuit that sought…
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Judge dismisses lawsuit seeking to block outdoor amphitheater in northern Colorado Springs
The 8,000-seat open-air Sunset Amphitheater that’s under construction in northern Colorado Springs has cleared a legal challenge brought by neighborhood opponents and is on track to open in the summer — and plans to announce its initial lineup of concerts in 10 days. An El Paso County judge Wednesday threw out a homeowners lawsuit that…