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Position: Journal Denver Bureau
DENVER The bipartisan effort to draw new congressional districts for Colorado collapsed Monday when Senate Democrats walked away.The Democrats plan to introduce one or two bills this week that...
DATE: April 26, 2011 | CATEGORY: State Nation World
DENVER Gov. John Hickenlooper offered an upbeat assessment of his team on Thursday, his 100th day in office.Person by person, this is the most talented cabinet in the United States right now,...
DATE: April 23, 2011 | CATEGORY: State Nation World
DENVER Cuts to public schools are now less than half of what Gov. John Hickenlooper proposed in February, thanks to a plan the House adopted Thursday.A alliance between Democrats and a key...
DATE: April 23, 2011 | CATEGORY: State Nation World
DENVER Republicans and Democrats argued for four hours about their plans for new congressional districts Wednesday night, but they got no closer to drawing an actual map.After seven hours of...
DATE: April 23, 2011 | CATEGORY: State Nation World
DENVER Rep. J. Paul Brown said Thursday he will amend his bear-hunting bill to forbid killing the animals in the spring.Brown, R-Ignacio, is seeking to partially overturn a 1992 ballot initiative...
DATE: April 23, 2011 | CATEGORY: State Nation World
DENVER The state Senate voted Thursday to crack down on nonfarmers who claim an agricultural tax break on their land.The Senate voted 22-12 for House Bill 1146, which allows county assessors to...
DATE: April 23, 2011 | CATEGORY: State Nation World
DENVER Tuesday was last call for beer bills in the Legislature.The Senate killed a bill to allow convenience stores to sell full-strength beer, at the request of the bills sponsor.A week ago,...
DATE: April 21, 2011 | CATEGORY: State Nation World
DENVER A House panel passed Rep. J. Paul Browns bill Monday to partially repeal the ban on spring bear hunting.Browns House Bill 1294 would allow the Colorado Wildlife Commission to decide when...
DATE: April 21, 2011 | CATEGORY: State Nation World
DENVER Democrats presented a radical new way to draw Colorados congressional districts Friday and drew a heated response from Republicans.The maps that Sen. Rollie Heath, D-Boulder, revealed...
DATE: April 19, 2011 | CATEGORY: State Nation World
DENVER The House voted Monday to suspend a tax that business groups despise, although Democrats warned it could cost local governments hundreds of millions of dollars.House Bill 1141 passed...
DATE: April 19, 2011 | CATEGORY: State Nation World
DENVER Senators delayed a bill to merge the state parks and wildlife divisions until next week, at the request of Senate President Brandon Shaffer.It was the first snag for Senate Bill 208, which...
DATE: April 14, 2011 | CATEGORY: State Nation World
DENVER Rep. J. Paul Brown has introduced legislation to overturn a voter-approved ban on spring bear hunting.Browns House Bill 1294, introduced Thursday, would partially repeal a 1992 ballot...
DATE: April 12, 2011 | CATEGORY: State Nation World
