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Dan Maes becomes factor in redistricting as talks stall

By | 04.21.11 | 7:34 am

Republicans countered Democratic desires for drawing competitive districts Wednesday by refusing to use party registration as a factor in the Joint Select Committee on Redistricting’s effort to draw Congressional lines. The move led to another stalemate between the parties, leaving no map drawn and an ever increasing chance that Colorado courts will again draw the Congressional districts.

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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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THC DUI bill amended to require more study before a limit is set in stone

By | 04.19.11 | 1:12 pm

Marijuana DUI bill amended to require more study before a limit is set. Bill could be amended back on the floor, but for now a victory for those who think a per se level isn’t needed.

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Redistricting committee erupts in partisanship

By | 04.16.11 | 7:12 am

Opening shots were fired Friday in what started as an attempt at bipartisan civility in charting the future of Colorado Congressional representation but ended in bipartisan name calling that did anything but create a basis for impartial redistricting discussions.

Pinnacol spending bill may limit expenses even further

By | 04.14.11 | 6:52 am

A bill designed to put a stop to lavish “business” trips taken by government entities, such as Pinnacol Assurance, was laid over Wednesday after Democratic senators proclaimed the bill still too lenient with taxpayer dollars. The bill was laid over in the Senate Judiciary Committee to determine support for an amendment.

501(c)4 disclosure bill still possible in Senate

By | 04.04.11 | 1:37 pm

A bill originally intended to force 501(c)4 groups to disclose the donors of money given to 527 groups may be introduced soon in the Senate by Gail Schwartz.

Civil rights bill passes Senate on party-line vote

By | 03.22.11 | 5:03 am

Colorado Senate passes bill to extend civil rights protections to employees of smaller companies. The bill may have a more difficult time in the Republican controlled House.

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Bill curtailing solitary confinement faces changes to reduce cost

By | 03.15.11 | 8:05 am

Amendments to strip off an expected fiscal note are on the way for a bill sponsors say would protect those with mental illnesses and developmental disabilities from being placed in solitary confinement while incarcerated.

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Bill could mandate a return to ‘kids will be kids’ tolerance in schools

By | 03.09.11 | 6:13 am

Senators Evie Hudak, D-Westminster, and Linda Newell, D-Denver, voiced their concern today that children’s lives are being destroyed by zero-tolerance policies in Colorado schools. While Senate Judiciary committee members had no tolerance for increasingly heavy handed punishment of student’s playground pranks, some reform advocates testified the bill may serve to shackle reforms already in the works.

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Roberts casts key GOP vote in favor of Colorado civil unions bill

By | 03.08.11 | 9:31 am

DENVER– Durango Republican Senator Ellen Roberts has received awards for championing youth causes and praise from capitol watchers for taking non-partisan problem-solving stands on critical issues. So it was both remarkable and unsurprising that she voted Monday with five Democratic members of the Senate Judiciary Committee in favor same-sex civil unions legislation.

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