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Name change for felons, preferred names for students spark fierce debate in Colorado

Republicans and Democrats clashed over two proposals dealing withย names and gender identity in a prolonged debated on Friday that also prompted an intense discussion into a host of social issues, notably the rights of parents and the wishes of transgender students.ย  ย 

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Third-party vendor laying off 200 employees from Amazon facilities in Colorado Springs, Aurora and Thornton

Nearly 200 employees of a global company that provides operational and maintenance services for airports and industrial customers will be laid off in April from their jobs at Amazon fulfillment centers in Colorado Springs and Thornton and a sortation center in Aurora.

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Debate over proposals tackling drug use, treatment illustrates ideological divide in Colorado

By Marissa Ventrelliย  | Colorado Politics Colorado lawmakers on Tuesday tackled two proposals that offer convergent โ€” and divergent โ€” approaches to combatting drug abuse during a discussion that starkly illuminated on ideological disagreements at the state Capitol.       Both bills emerged out of ad hoc panel, which met over the summer as a response

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Colorado lawmakers vote to give themselves a pay raise beginning in 2025

By Marianne Goodland | Colorado Politics 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

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A new โ€” and much gentler โ€” property tax hike is proposed for Colorado short-term rental properties

A proposed property tax hike on Colorado short-term rental owners would only kick in for people with three or more homes under new legislation proposed as a gentler alternative to a further-reaching measure also being debated at the state Capitol this year.ย 

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Colorado lawmakers decide to hold proposal exempting legislature from open meetings law’s provisions

A panel of lawmakers decided to hold a proposal that seeks to carve out the General Assembly from some of the provisions of the state’s open meetings law after the sponsor indicated it may not be ready for prime time.

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Parents of medically fragile kids canโ€™t find nurses because the pay is so low. They want Colorado lawmakers to step in.ย 

Nurses willing to care for medically fragile children and adults โ€” including patients who use feeding tubes, canโ€™t walk or speak, and rarely leave their homes โ€” are hard to find in Colorado.ย 

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Cory Gardner reenters Colorado political conversation to make endorsement in crowded 4th Congressional District race

Cory Gardner reentered Coloradoโ€™s political conversation Wednesday to endorse former state Sen. Jerry Sonnenberg in the crowded Republican primary in the stateโ€™s 4th Congressional District, a race that includes U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert.ย 

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Ex-staffers say Colorado’s Office of Public Guardianship is in crisis, ask Polis to replace leaders

A Colorado office tasked with taking care of some of the state’s most vulnerable citizens is once more facing questions about its management, notably after resignations have left it with just a few staffers to care for more than 80 clients.

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