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Tag: Pat Steadman
SCFD board entertains then rejects alternative public arts funding proposals
The plan for how tax dollars will be divvied up to pay for arts and culture organizations in Metro Denver isn’t going to change, the Scientific...
Coloradans enjoyed Wednesday’s pot-tax Holiday – here’s why and how
Coloradans enjoyed Wednesday's pot-tax holiday, even if understanding TABOR – the Taxpayer's Bill of Rights which allowed for the tax-free day at recreational dispensaries...
Lawmakers try to stop bleeding money on Colorado’s multimillion-dollar empty prison
For nearly three years the 948 solitary confinement cells of Colorado State Penitentiary II have stood empty outside Canon City, a hollow and expensive reminder of a corrections practice the state has largely abandoned. Now, lawmakers say they’re working on a plan to put the prison to use.
Wiretap: Colorado Senate kills ban on gay conversion therapy
Kill Bill
A Senate kill committee stopped a bill banning gay conversion therapy, reports The Grand Junction Sentinel, which quotes sponsor Pat Steadman:
“'People are free...
‘Ebel Effect’ drives surge in Colorado corrections spending
The problem has gone up enormously since the murder of prisons chief Tom Clements.
Same-sex civil unions cleanup bill headed to chopping block
DENVER -- Legal same-sex marriage came to Colorado in a flash last year, delivered at breakneck speed on a winding path that passed through...
Dems Hamner and Young join powerful budget committee, Duran and May...
Just after she was elected the first female Democratic Speaker of the House, Boulder Rep. Dicky Lee Hullinghorst was tasked with replacing two of the most...
Coloradans celebrate gay marriage, rally for upcoming elections
Love may be win for Democrats as well. More than two-thirds of Colorado voters support same-sex marriage.
Colorado’s swift, swerving trip to marriage equality
Jubilant supporters of marriage equality here Monday said that, in hindsight, the glimmer of victory shone in defeats.
Colorado gay rights group honors Boulder Clerk Hall, other allies, celebrates...
Boulder County Clerk Hillary Hall on June 25 began marrying same-sex couples. It was simple, really, is how she makes it seem.