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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 can’t find nurses because the pay is so low. They want Colorado lawmakers to step in. 

Nurses willing to care for medically fragile children and adults — including patients who use feeding tubes, can’t walk or speak, and rarely leave their homes — are hard to find in Colorado. 

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

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

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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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Republican Nathan Butler will seek to unseat Rep. Lukens in Colorado House’s 26th District

A Republican candidate has filed to oppose Democratic state Rep. Meghan Lukens as she runs for re-election to represent the competitive 26th district of the Colorado House, which covers the northwest corner of the state and narrowly favors Democrats. 

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State funding could be withheld from Colorado cities that don’t tie housing to transit under new affordability push 

Colorado Democrats on Tuesday introduced a bill that would send millions of dollars to cities that agree to encourage denser housing near transit — and withhold state highway funding from those that don’t.

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Boebert in 4th District, Evans in 8th win President’s Day Celebration straw poll in Windsor

WINDSOR – The winding path of the campaign trail in Colorado’s 4th and 8th Congressional District races turned Sunday evening to the President’s Day Celebration hosted by the Conservative Patriot Alliance here at American Legion Post No. 109.

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