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Friday, February 10th, 2012

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As legislative session ticks rapidly down, Colorado redistricting bills move forward

By | 05.10.11 | 1:04 pm

DENVER– It’s closing time. The swing-state Colorado legislature has one day left in the regular session this year for Republicans and Democrats to come together and deliver a congressional redistricting plan to the governor. The Republican-controlled House managed to pass its version onto the Senate this morning and, after a stop-and-start filibuster that stretched into the wee hours last night, the Democratic-controlled Senate today moved its version forward for a final reading.

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Redistricting bills heard while negotiations continue

By | 05.06.11 | 8:34 am

Democrats and Republicans held hearings on dueling redistricting maps at the Capitol Thursday while party leadership negotiated with the governor to find a solution to partisan gridlock.

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Republicans introduce Republican safe districts while addressing rural concerns

By | 05.03.11 | 6:10 pm

House Republicans introduced their version of what could be the map of the political battlefield Tuesday. While Republicans called the map an olive branch extended to their Democratic colleagues,they actually carved out four of the seven districts to favor themselves.

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Redistricting bomb blows into partisan pieces

By | 04.26.11 | 7:00 am

Democrats and Republicans traded barbs Monday after Sen. Rollie Heath, D-Boulder, declared an end to the Joint Select Committee on Redistricting by preparing to introduce a bill to create a Democratic map. In turn, Republicans said they too would introduce a map to compete with the Democratic version.

Redistricting talks may have come to an end without agreement

By | 04.25.11 | 2:26 pm

Senator Rollie Heath, D-Boulder, said today that he would likely introduce two redistricting map bills into the Senate after committee talks broke down on redistricting. Heath said there was no reason for further conversations with Republicans, who he said did not have authority to negotiate.

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Slate wiped clean on redistricting, but competitiveness remains a sticking point

By | 04.20.11 | 7:30 am

Tuesday, the Colorado General Assembly’s Joint Select Committee on Redistricting agreed that partisan emotions ran too high at Friday’s sharing of maps, but there appeared to be little common ground on at least one major Democratic starting point–competitiveness. Republicans rejected that as a compelling factor and called for a blank map created without looking at political balance. Democrats said that voters were calling for competition in a state where many districts have solid Republican numbers.

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Secure Communities participation won’t be forced by Colorado

By | 04.19.11 | 2:20 pm

A bill to force counties to participate in Secure Communities died in a Senate committee Monday. Opponents cited racism and opposition to forcing another unfunded mandate on rural counties.

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Payday loan fee increase moves out of committee

By | 03.30.11 | 11:14 am

Expressing concerns that loan sharks may become the new lenders for the poor, and saying they fear the loss of further jobs in a down economy, legislators Tuesday passed a bill to allow deferred deposit loan corporations to retain up-front fees.

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Bill to compel counties’ use of Secure Communities passes 2nd reading under heavy debate

By | 03.21.11 | 1:44 pm

A bill to pull state funding from local communities if they choose not to participate in the federal Secure Communities program–called an immigration dragnet by some State Representatives and local community leaders–passed the House on second reading today.

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Colorado minority groups look for greater representation in redistricting

By | 03.01.11 | 11:01 am

Strengthening minority representation in Congress was the call that came from many who testified at a congressional redistricting hearing held Monday night.

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