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Governor signs omnibus rural Colorado bill
Gov. John Hickenlooper this morning signed into law a bill that is expected to help save up to a dozen rural hospitals and provide...
Governor considers special session on roads, broadband
Two of the biggest state issues that weren’t settled in the 2017 legislative session may get one more shot this year.
Gov. John Hickenlooper said...
Bill to save rural hospitals on its way to the governor
With the 11-hour passage today—the final day of the state’s 2017 General Assembly—of a sweeping and hard-fought-for bill to spare rural hospitals from decimating...
Bill to save rural hospitals survives Republican headwinds, up for final...
The sweeping omnibus bill to save rural hospitals, provide a one-time funding boost to rural schools and a tax break for small business is...
Lawmakers reach high-stakes deal to save rural hospitals
Two House lawmakers and two Senate leaders have reached bipartisan agreement on a high-stakes and hard-fought state finance deal that fell apart as many...
Homeowners forced to sell their mineral rights may get longer review...
The first step toward creating a level playing field for mineral rights owners won a preliminary okay from the House Tuesday, but faces an...
Oil and gas rigs can still operate within 1,000 feet of...
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...
GOP Senate prez under fire for state transportation tax plan
Reaction from conservative lawmakers and their allies to a transportation bill introduced Wednesday afternoon has been swift and from some, brutal.
The plan would seek voter approval to...
Colorado House to AG Coffman: no extra money for you this...
UPDATE Friday, Feb. 17: the House did not vote this morning on a request to reconsider the Department of Law supplemental budget request and...
Fake pee may be flushed by state lawmakers
Marijuana sales in Colorado topped $1 billion last year. That may have triggered an upswing in the sale of another product: synthetic urine, which...