Tag: state legislature
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Strong front-runners emerge in El Paso County’s House and Senate primaries
The initial results Tuesday night in the five competitive primaries for the legislators representing El Paso County show clear front-runners in all races, with one candidate commanding at least 60% of the early results. Republicans Jill Haffley and Jamie Koch faced off in the primary for District 16. Haffley led the initial results with 65.3%…
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Home rule has protected Colorado cities for over 125 years | Cronin and Loevy
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Colorado is currently gripped by a political struggle between the governor plus the legislature in Denver and populous home-rule city governments, mainly on the Front Range, such as Colorado Springs. In the past few years, the legislature has been passing bills that applied to city government policies, which for many years had been the sole province of mayors and city councils. These new state laws have mainly…
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Bill would allow large apartment projects in single-family neighborhoods | Cronin and Loevy
There is an old joke that goes something like this. “When the state legislature is in session, no person and their property are safe.” That is not a joke in the older, more traditional neighborhoods that surround the downtown regions of Colorado’s major cities. For the past two years, the annual sessions of the Colorado legislature have produced a steady stream of bills that attempt to take control of city planning and zoning functions away from city governments and put…
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Colorado Springs lawmakers and EPA push to keep Ray Nixon Power Plant open
Lawmakers and officials for Colorado Springs Utilities announced plans Monday to push for a legislative change that would allow the utility’s coal-fire power plant to remain open for a few years beyond the current 2029 closure date. A bipartisan group of state lawmakers, including the Republican minority leaders for the House and Senate, spoke at…
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Colorado is a blue island in a red wave | Vince Bzdek
More than 90% of all the counties in the United States shifted in favor of former President Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election, according to several new analyses of election results. An extraordinary map created by The New York Times shows a sea of red arrows indicating movement toward Trump, with Trump improving on…
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Major policy fight takes shape over delivery of veterinary care in Colorado
A major battle is brewing over a pair of measures that, assuming they get on the November ballot, seek to modify the way health care is delivered to animals in Colorado. On the one hand, the group that is pushing for the ballot measures is pitching the changes as a potential solution to the state’s…
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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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Some residents say state bill ‘lopsided’ in favor of apartment developers
As fights over development and density dominate headlines in Colorado, Pikes Peak region activists say a bill that won approval at the state House of Representatives April 23 is unfair. The bill would require neighborhoods groups to cover a local governments attorneys’ fees if they lost an appeal of a land-use decisions. Developers would not…
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Some residents say state bill ‘lopsided’ in favor of apartment developers
As fights over development and density dominate headlines in Colorado, Pikes Peak region activists say a bill that won approval at the state House of Representatives April 23 is unfair. The bill would require neighborhoods groups to cover a local governments attorneys’ fees if they lost an appeal of a land-use decisions. Developers would not…
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Colorado Springs residents say state bill ‘lopsided’ in favor of apartment developers
As fights over development and density dominate headlines in Colorado Springs, local activists say a bill that won approval at the state House of Representatives Tuesday is unfair. The bill would require neighborhoods groups to cover a local governments attorneys’ fees if they lost an appeal of a land-use decisions. Developers would not have to…