In letter to Mayor Mike Johnston, Denver restaurants say they’re now watching downtown ‘fall completely apart’
Several Denver restaurants said they are at a boiling point with the state of downtown.
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Bipartisan bill would let Colorado counties triple lodging taxes to pay for more than affordable housing
Colorado lawmakers Thursday dropped bipartisan legislation that would allow local voters to raise their county lodging tax rate to 6% from the existing 2%.
Poll shows Coloradans prioritize gun theft prosecution over passing new laws
As the Colorado Senate readies for debate on a measure to ban semi-automatic weapons with detachable magazines, a new poll shows residents prefer to see more of focus on prosecuting crime, including gun thefts, rather than enacting stricter gun laws.
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Sponsors offer some concessions, but SB 3 still ‘infringement,’ Republicans argue
Debate over Senate Bill 25-003, which began in the late afternoon Thursday and continued into the wee hours of Friday morning, is slated to resume again Friday morning in the Colorado Senate.
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For the first time, Colorado legislators push forward a bill to boost nuclear energy
After years of dismissing the idea of promoting nuclear-energy development in Colorado, some legislative Democrats are coming around on it — and late Thursday, they joined with Republicans for the first time to advance a bill that would incentivize the energy source.
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Sen. Kirkmeyer decries two-faced SB 3, permitting filmmakers to use guns that Coloradans couldn’t purchase
The same guns which Senate Bill 25-003, the semi-auto firearm ban, would make unlawful for Coloradans to sell, purchase or transfer ownership of, would be allowed for filmmakers in the state to use as props.
Press, protesters, and politicians thwart ICE raids in Colorado. Homan promises to come back harder
ICE raids in Colorado were thwarted last week by media leaks.
Sen. Rod Pelton asks Colorado lawmakers to ‘crack down on crime in this state’
The odds might not be in your favor in Colorado that if you operate a motor vehicle here, it won’t be stolen at some point.
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Three-term Republican state Rep. Rod Bockenfeld has died
Rod Bockenfeld, who served Colorado’s House District 56 for three terms, has died, Sen. Rod Pelton announced Thursday to the Colorado Senate.
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In shift from ‘system of choice to coercion,’ Senate Republicans outnumbered in fight on SB 5
A series of seven amendments were all lost Thursday as Colorado Senate Republicans were powerless to improve upon a partisan Democrat bill they say is in search of a problem.