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DENVER – Another avenue on the route to addressing Colorado’s transportation funding crisis was shut down Tuesday. Senate Bill 205, which would have used a sale tax increase of .25 of a cent for 20...
DATE: April 5, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News
DENVER – Colorado’s $28.3 billion state budget – which increases funding for K-12 and higher education – cleared the formality of a committee hearing Tuesday. Senate Bill 254, the so-called Long...
DATE: March 30, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News
DENVER – Colorado lawmakers welcomed special guests from the Southern Ute and Ute Mountain Ute tribes to the capitol Thursday with the passage of a resolution recognizing their unique cultures and...
DATE: March 24, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News
DENVER – New revenue forecasts for the 2017-18 fiscal year released Friday brought good news: Colorado’s economy is growing,and its unemployment rate continues to drop. And bad news: There is a...
DATE: March 18, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News
DENVER – Legislators took a step Tuesday toward supporting police officers who suffer from stress-related illnesses and giving them the tools to assist the mentally ill. The state House Judiciary...
DATE: March 16, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News
The long-awaited transportation infrastructure funding bill that was introduced Wednesday night calls for a state sales tax increase. House Bill 1242, which uses a mix of existing revenue and a...
DATE: March 11, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News
DENVER – If you are looking to claim the tax credit for purchasing an electrical vehicle you might want to grab your checkbook and head down to a dealership.The Colorado General Assembly is eyeing...
DATE: March 7, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News
DENVER –Public school teachers are in high demand in Colorado, but efforts to increase their numbers have so far fallen short by about 1,000 a year.And the overall decline in salaries, when...
DATE: March 6, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News
DENVER – A bill that would allow immunity from civil and criminal charges for individuals who forcibly enter a vehicle to provide emergency aid to animals and humans passed unanimously Thursday in...
DATE: Feb. 24, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News
DENVER – Budding oenologists have some friends at the state Capitol who want to level the playing field with other practitioners of zymology. Or in English, amateur winemakers might have...
DATE: Feb. 24, 2017 | CATEGORY: Living
DENVER – The second attempt to remedy the issue of broadband access in rural Colorado died Wednesday in a Senate committee.Senate Bill 81, which would have changed definitions in previous...
DATE: Feb. 23, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News
DENVER – A measure that would augment penalties on vandals of oil- and gas-production equipment cleared a Senate committee 6-5 with Republicans in support. The bill comes as a response to increased...
DATE: Feb. 17, 2017 | CATEGORY: Business