The Colorado Independent

Posts Tagged Morgan Carroll

Attorneys, Scholars Raise Questions about Constitutionality of Colorado Death Penalty

By | 02.27.13 | 6:55 am

Colorado’s death penalty is not only massively expensive, critics say it is also unconstitutional because it is so randomly sought.

Scorecard singles out conservation heroes, villains in 2012 Colorado legislative session

By | 07.13.12 | 1:00 pm

The economy and the environment “both won” in Colorado’s legislative session this year, according to an annual scorecard that a leading state environmental group released Thursday.

Women to rally for health care rights at Capitol Saturday

By | 04.27.12 | 5:08 pm

Saturday at 9:30 am, a group of Colorado women and family members will gather at Civic Center Park’s Greek Amphitheater for a rally to protect women’s access to health care, and for the right of each woman to make her own health care decisions.

Senate passes bill to require disclosure of services not provided by religious hospitals

By | 02.28.12 | 2:03 pm

A bill passed the Colorado Senate Friday that would require hospitals to notify patients at admission if the hospital’s services are limited to those that conform to the hospital’s religious views.

Senate committee passes bill to stop pre-employment credit checks

By | 02.14.12 | 10:59 am

Monday evening the Senate Judiciary Committee approved Senate Bill 3, the Employment Opportunity Act, sponsored by Sen. Morgan Carroll, D-Aurora. The Act prohibits pre-employment credit checks that some companies use to screen candidates. Sponsors of the bill say such credit checks can prevent people with low credit scores from finding employment. The bill passed 4-3 on a party line vote.

Ken Gordon leads protest against corporate money in politics

By | 01.20.12 | 3:54 pm

On the 2nd anniversary of the United States Supreme Court decision in Citizens United vs. Federal Elections Commission, human people gathered on the West Steps of the Colorado Capitol to protest the decision they say granted human-like rights to corporations.

Carroll admonishes Gessler in advance of campaign finance hearing

By | 12.15.11 | 7:03 am

State Senator Morgan Carroll, D-Aurora, a strong advocate for campaign-finance transparency, Wednesday penned an open letter to Republican Secretary of State Scott Gessler, asking him to rethink rules he is proposing that would dramatically thin laws governing political issue committee donation disclosure reporting (pdf). Gessler’s office is scheduled to hold a public hearing on the proposed rules today.

(Image: Kellie Parker/Flickr)

Discrimination against LGBT community is rampant in workplace

By | 06.07.11 | 11:04 am

A recent study of workplace discrimination against the LGBT community reveal that high numbers of the community are still discriminated against at their place of work.

(Image: Flickr/John Dalkin)

Campaign disclosure reform down but not out

By | 05.16.11 | 6:24 am

Special interest groups will continue to be able to use 501c(4) organizations to donate money to political campaigns anonymously in Colorado for another year, if not longer, after the final gavel fell on this year’s legislative session without a bill being introduced.

Senate kills high-driving bill, cites fuzzy science

By | 05.10.11 | 9:16 am

The Colorado Senate killed a bill that would have established a legal limit in Colorado to the amount of THC drivers can have in their system. Lawmakers on the right and left who voted against the bill felt they were attempting to make policy without adequate information. House Bill 1261, sponsored in the Senate by Grand Junction Republican Steve King, died 20 nays to 15 ayes.