Tag: faith winter
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EDITORIAL: Drinking, driving don’t mix; not for politicians, either
Last year, 234 people lost their lives in crashes involving an impaired driver on Colorado roadways. Among them was Sen. Faith Winter, a prominent state lawmaker from Westminster, who had more than twice the legal limit of alcohol in her blood when the car she was driving slammed into a truck that had stopped to…
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Investigation finds Colorado Sen. Faith Winter was at fault in fatal crash
Legislator’s alcohol level was more than twice the legal limit County authorities have concluded their investigation into the I-25 crash that killed Colorado Sen. Faith Winter, determining the Colorado legislator was at fault in the two-vehicle collision. An autopsy found that Winter had alcohol in her system, according to 9News. The autopsy listed her blood…
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Ethics committee to review complaint against Colorado senator accused of intoxication
An ethics committee has been convened to consider a complaint against state Sen. Faith Winter, D-Westminster. According to witnesses, Winter showed up at a Northglenn town meeting on April 3 visibly intoxicated and combative. The Northglenn City Council voted unanimously on May 1 to send a resolution to Senate President Steve Fenberg asking him to…
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The strange distractions of the 2024 Colorado legislative session
Distractions often take attention away from policymaking at the state Capitol, and in this year’s legislative session, small and large side attractions unfolded over 120 days. Minority leadership in the House [inline_image src=”aHR0cHM6Ly9ibG94aW1hZ2VzLm5ld3lvcmsxLnZpcC50b3dubmV3cy5jb20vY29sb3JhZG9wb2xpdGljcy5jb20vY29udGVudC90bmNtcy9hc3NldHMvdjMvZWRpdG9yaWFsLzQvM2UvNDNlYTRjMTItYjU5Ni0xMWVlLTllODUtNTc0ZWQzNDY5OGFlLzY1OTRlOTczNDQyZDIuaW1hZ2UuanBnP3Jlc2l6ZT0xMjAwJTJDODAw” alt=”TWlrZSBMeW5jaCBDb2xvcmFkbyBMZWdpc2xhdHVyZQ==” caption=”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” credit=”KEFQIFBob3RvL0RhdmlkIFphbHVib3dza2ksIEZpbGUp” credit_link=”aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuY29sb3JhZG9wb2xpdGljcy5jb20vdXNlcnMvcHJvZmlsZS9Fcm5lc3QlMjBMdW5pbmc=”] In this file photo, Colorado House Minority Leader Mike Lynch, R-Wellington, listens as the legislative session opens in…
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The strange distractions of the 2024 Colorado legislative session
Distractions often take attention away from policymaking at the state Capitol, and in this year’s legislative session, small and large side attractions unfolded over 120 days. House minority leaders The 2024 session kicked off with a bang, putting the spotlight on the House Republican leadership, when Rep. Mike Lynch, R-Wellington, took the reins as minority…
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Northglenn City Council to consider ethics complaint against Sen. Faith Winter for attending meeting while ‘apparently inebriated’
The Northglenn City Council will review a request on Wednesday for an ethics complaint against state Sen. Faith Winter, D-Westminster, tied to an April 3 meeting, in which people said the legislator showed up intoxicated and combative. At issue in the April 3 meeting was the location of a mental health transitional living home in Northglenn.…
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Colorado transit-oriented housing bill nears compromise with amendments
Updated 4/26/24 Could a compromise finally be on the way for the significant housing bill of the 2024 session? It’s not there yet, but amendments under consideration by the Senate sponsor of House Bill 1313, the transit-oriented housing bill, could move the needle in that direction. (function(w,d,s,i){w.ldAdInit=w.ldAdInit||[];w.ldAdInit.push({slot:11095963150525286,size:[0, 0],id:”ld-2426-4417″});if(!d.getElementById(i)){var j=d.createElement(s),p=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];j.async=true;j.src=”//cdn2.lockerdomecdn.com/_js/ajs.js”;j.id=i;p.parentNode.insertBefore(j,p);}})(window,document,”script”,”ld-ajs”); The Senate Local Government and Housing…
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Colorado eyes expansion of ‘right to repair’ law, Dave Williams draws fire from fellow Republicans, lawmakers advance bills on name changes | WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
Today is March 4, 2024, and here’s what you need to know: A proposal in the Colorado House could see a major expansion to the state’s “right to repair” laws, notably in the area of electronic equipment, such as mobile phones and other devices. House Bill 1121 would expand the state’s right to repair laws…
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Family medical leave bill gets first real hearing but stalls over amendments
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Senate Finance Committee hearing on Senate Bill 188 Tuesday took a very different look than the hearing in the Senate Business, Labor and Technology Committee a week ago. For one thing, people who opposed the…
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Family medical leave bill gets first real hearing but stalls over amendments
The Senate Finance Committee hearing on Senate Bill 188 Tuesday took a very different look than the hearing in the Senate Business, Labor and Technology Committee a week ago. For one thing, people who opposed the bill finally got to testify against it on the record. Tuesday night’s seven-and-a-half hour hearing on the FAMLI family medical…