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Posts Tagged Paul Weissmann

Hickenlooper would defy state Dems and reinstate tax-free ‘enterprise zones’

By | 07.02.10 | 11:22 am

COMMERCE CITY– Democratic gubernatorial candidate John Hickenlooper presented his “road map” (Video part 1) (Video part 2) for Colorado job creation and economic growth last week. The road map puts him at odds with some Democratic members of the Colorado legislature who took pains this session to repeal the state’s so-called “enterprise zones” where businesses are exempted from paying taxes. Hickenlooper told the Colorado Independent that he strongly supported enterprise zones as a way to spur new business activity and that as governor he would look to promote them as a first order of business.

Ritter will sign payday loan, campaign finance and direct file reforms into law

By | 05.24.10 | 12:09 pm

Gov. Bill Ritter will sign three influential bills into law Tuesday, remaking the payday loan industry, creating greater transparency in campaign finance and tempering the process by which youth are charged as adults in the state.

Lawmakers deal with Ritter, DAs to reform system that charges youth as adults

By | 04.14.10 | 1:22 pm

Draft legislation that would limit the power of Colorado district attorneys to charge 14- and 15-year-olds as adults was watered down this week by sponsor Rep. Claire Levy, D-Boulder, who said that, although the bill enjoys the support of a majority of lawmakers, former D.A. now-Governor Bill Ritter, a strong proponent of D.A. discretion in these matters, said he would veto the original version of the bill.

Colorado Dems confirm: Cuts to AG’s office over health reform suit still on the table

By | 04.01.10 | 2:38 pm

DENVER–House Majority Leader Paul Weissmann, D-Louisville, confirmed a Thursday morning Colorado Independent report that Democratic lawmakers were considering cutting from the budget long bill funds for the Attorney General’s office to try to put an end to the lawsuit filed by AG John Suthers on behalf of Colorado citizens questioning the Constitutionality of federal health reform legislation. Although no lawmaker introduced the proposed cut, Weissmann said the proposal remained under consideration.

Colorado budget woes may force an end to death penalty

By | 11.09.09 | 11:34 am

Arguments for maintaining the death penalty in Colorado are losing power. As state Sen. John Morse said in speaking about the legalization of marijuana two weeks ago, the intense budget crisis in Colorado will force lawmakers to rethink positions…

CSU tape: ‘Un-Christian’ lawmakers mock ‘the Pope’; Plus: More cronyism

By | 07.23.09 | 9:56 am

As part of the settlement this week of an open-meetings lawsuit, Colorado State University has released an extended version of a tape of the May 5 meeting where the university board selected its own vice chairman, Joe Blake, for…

CSU board member Blake selected chancellor

By | 05.06.09 | 6:20 am

The Colorado State University Board of Governors named CSU Board Vice President Joe Blake its sole finalist for chancellor on Tuesday just hours after Senate Majority Leader Brandon Shaffer killed a bill he co-sponsored that demanded greater transparency in the state’s public university leadership appointments.

CSU chancellor search committee meets as House votes on university leadership bill

By | 05.04.09 | 5:28 pm

The Colorado State University chancellor search committee is meeting this afternoon to review a second round of roughly 12 candidate applications for the university’s new top spot. The committee reviewed a first set of about the same number of applications last month, according to CSU spokesperson Michele McKinney. So far, none of the names of the candidates for the position have been revealed.

University transparency bill advances in House, stoked by ‘rumors’ about CSU search

By | 05.01.09 | 3:10 pm

The Colorado House today voted to advance legislation introduced suddenly this week by House Majority Leader Paul Weissmann and Senate Majority Leader Brandon Shaffer that calls for greater transparency in filling leadership positions at the state’s public universities. The bill faces a key second vote on Monday, so, as Rep. Weissmann warned, “The universities will be working hard this weekend to defeat it.”

Alarmed by CSU chancellor search, lawmakers introduce transparency bill

By | 05.01.09 | 10:38 am

Responding to news of the veiled chancellor search being conducted by Colorado State University, House Majority Leader Paul Weissmann and Senate Majority Leader Brandon Shaffer introduced legislation yesterday demanding greater transparency in the way the state’s public universities select leaders.

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