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Capitol Dispatch

Stalking, sex assault victims could break rental leases under bill awaiting governor’s signature

Update: the House and Senate have agreed on a final version of the bill, and it is on its way to the governor Friday morning for...

Battling lawmakers unite to seek clemency for inmate

Believe it or not, there is one issue upon which battling lawmakers Joe Salazar and Dave Williams agree. The Democrat from Thornton and Republican from...

State lawmakers hope more affordable condos are in Colorado’s future with deal on defects...

Update: The House State, Veterans and Military Affairs Committee voted unanimously Wednesday afternoon to send the bill to the full House for debate. House lawmakers...

No tax returns? No name on ballot…

Two days after an estimated 7,000 people took to Denver’s Civic Center Park to demand that President Donald Trump release his tax returns, a...

Senate Republican slams door shut on anti-Shariah legislation

A measure that some called “anti-Muslim” failed to gain enough support to clear its first committee hearing last week, with one moderate Senate Republican,...

Anti-abortion bill killed in GOP-controlled Senate

It’s not a good day when you’re a conservative Republican and can’t even get your anti-abortion bill out of the Republican-controlled Senate. But that’s what...

Transportation bill advances in Senate committee, but fate uncertain

A measure that could raise up to $3.5 billion for Colorado’s long list of road and bridge repairs squeaked through a Republican-controlled Senate committee...

Oil and gas rigs can still operate within 1,000 feet of a school after...

Oil and gas production wells and other facilities still have the ability to operate within 1,000 feet of a school, rather than the school’s...

Rural funding bill survives first crucial test

A Senate committee today put a bipartisan stamp of approval on its most significant legislation of the session, a measure that its sponsors hope...

The biggest bill of the legislative session pops this week. Here’s what you need...

The name of the game: getting a bill that could make or break some rural hospitals and could free up millions for education and...