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Immigrant-tuition break now the law in Colorado
Lark Turner / EdNews Colorado
Hundreds of students, advocates, legislators and educators crowded a room at Metropolitan State University’s Auraria campus on Monday to watch Gov. John Hickenlooper sign a bill making undocumented students…
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More renewable-energy mandates green-lighted in state Senate
Leslie Jorgensen / The Colorado Observer
The Democrat-controlled Senate approved legislation Monday to include methane gas recapture from coal mines and synthetic gas produced by waste in state’s list of renewable energy sources. But that measure is attached to an expensive hike…
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Curbs on guns approved after marathon debate
Leslie Jorgensen / The Colorado Observer
Democrat Senate leadership called the five gun-control bills approved on Monday “solutions” to gun violence. Republicans argued that the bills erode 2nd Amendment rights and make law-abiding Coloradans less safe.
The measures were debated about six hours…
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Sweeping reform in school funding would up the ante, target need
Todd Engdahl / EdNews Colorado
It looks like Sen. Mike Johnston’s proposed overhaul of Colorado’s school finance system will be formally introduced in the legislature this week, and it’s also likely the bill will be at least a bit different from the draft version that’s been circulating publicly for nearly two weeks.
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Guv puts foot down on statewide collective-bargaining bill
Leslie Jorgensen / The Colorado Observer
Democrats are scrambling to keep Senate Bill 25—which would allow firefighters across the state to collectively bargain—from being vetoed. Gov. John Hickenlooper indicated Tuesday that is his intention at this point.
During his tenure as mayor of Denver…
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Labor-leaning lawmakers boost bargaining, bust ‘right-to-work’
Leslie Jorgensen / The Colorado Observer
Right-to-Work laws have passed in at least 24 states – not without angry backlash from unions and Democrats – but a measure designed to end forced unionization in Colorado died quietly in a Senate committee on Wednesday.
Perhaps because the bill’s demise…
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Lawmakers tell transportation department to step on the gas
Leslie Jorgensen / The Colorado Observer
The Colorado Transportation Legislation Review Committee urged Colorado Department of Transportation Executive Director Donald E. Hunt to speed up construction projects – and quit sitting on unspent money.
In response, Hunt…
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Appraisers in the crosshairs as state eyes conservation easements
Sunana Batra / Colorado News Agency
The Colorado Division of Real Estate is tightening the reins on appraisers blamed for abuses of the state’s conservation-easement program.
Last week, an appraiser licensed by the state was recommended for a $3,000 fine and additional penalties including mandatory educational…
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Landowners fear rollback of conservation-easement program
Sunana Batra / Colorado News Agency
Some landowners in Colorado are having donor’s remorse as they bleed hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal fees while the state attempts to call back their previously approved tax credits under Colorado’s much-criticized conservation-easement program.
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Under scrutiny: Tobacco-tax revenue used to promote smoking bans
Sunana Batra / Colorado News Agency
Auditors have red-flagged a state tobacco-prevention program for indirectly using tax dollars to help enact ever-more-stringent anti-smoking laws by local governments.
Findings released this week by the Office of the State Auditor—which also casts doubt on the program’s oversight and accountability…
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Pitfalls abound in bill to allow same-day voter registration
“The unions and other Democratic interests like the same-day voting provision…”
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