Legislative Session

Colorado Democrats say property tax relief is coming. There’s no money in the state budget to pay for it.

With just a month left in the state’s legislative session, top Colorado lawmakers still haven’t come out with a plan to deliver promised property tax relief — but they insist one is coming.

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Lawmakers advance bill to livestream, allow remote comment to state and local boards

State and local boards, councils and commissions would be required to livestream many of their public meetings and offer remote public testimony under a bill, endorsed Wednesday by a Colorado legislative committee, that is designed to improve access to government for people with disabilities.

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Minority whip’s report details long bill, ‘good and bad’ bill hearings on tap in House this week

Final approval was looming Monday for the “Long Appropriations Bill” in the Colorado House, and Minority Whip Richard Holtorf said Saturday he would be in opposition to the proposal to increase spending by more than $2 billion.

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House Bill 1363: Does it make charter schools more transparent, or is it a ‘blatant attack’?

A bill from a group of liberal Colorado Democrats aimed at increasing transparency and accountability at  charter schools has sparked major opposition, including from Gov. Jared Polis, bipartisan education groups and parents and students.

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Modified Colorado bill bans firearms in state Capitol, including for lawmakers

Colorado lawmakers substantially modified a proposal that originally listed nearly 20 places where a person would be prohibited to carry a firearm — even with a concealed weapons permit — to only a handful of areas, notably including higher education institutions.

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