Matt Soper

HB 1098, the crime victim alert system bill, advances, but without Republican committee support. Here’s why.

It would be difficult to say what turned Republican support against a bipartisan bill Tuesday in the House’s Judiciary Committee — the considerable expenditure required in a down fiscal year or the potential raised of harm to gun owners.

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Property squatters would face stiff $1,000-a-day fines in HB 1104, slated to be heard Feb. 4

The Colorado solution to a national problem of squatters occupying a property without consent or ownership and with few remedies to remove them will be considered Tuesday during the House Judiciary Committee.

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Honoring Brig. Gen. Felix Sparks, who led the liberation of the Dachau concentration camp

Brig. Gen. Felix Sparks was a famous resident of Delta, Colorado, and contributed significantly to the peace, safety, and general welfare of our great state and nation as a war hero in World War II and liberator of the Dachau Concentration Camp, District Attorney for the 7th Judicial District, water lawyer, and Director of the Colorado Water Conservation Board, Associate Justice on the Colorado Supreme Court, and a Brigadier General of the Colorado National Guard.

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