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After getting dinged for lack of transparency, state lawmakers setting up new rules for themselves

Legislative leaders say they’re trying to clarify the line between informal conversations and official business.

DATE: Feb 19, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Ski resorts’ long history of immunity threatened by Colorado Supreme Court case

Case involves a teen who was paralyzed after a fall from a chairlift

DATE: Feb 18, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Bereft of Boebert, 3rd Congressional District Republicans chart new path

What happens when the most recognizable Republican in Colorado hops across the Continental Divide ahead of a nationally anticipated election rematch? Candidates in Colorado’s expansive 3rd C...

DATE: Feb 17, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado lawmakers postpone hearing on short-term rental tax measure

Colorado lawmakers have delayed a hearing on a bill that would tax short-term rentals as commercial properties. Property owners from around the state were expected to show up at the Capitol ...

DATE: Feb 16, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Bill to protect the use of students’ chosen names in Colorado schools brings heated debate to state Capitol

Should K-12 schools in Colorado be required to use students’ chosen names on unofficial documents such as rosters and student IDs, without a legal name change or parental notification? That ...

DATE: Feb 16, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Local union files labor practice charges against Kroger and Albertsons over ‘no poaching agreement’

A union representing workers at local grocery stores filed unfair labor practice charges against grocery store chains Kroger and Albertsons on Thursday because of an alleged illegal “no poac...

DATE: Feb 16, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Bipartisan conservation poll shows increasing concern over environmental issues in Western States

An annual bipartisan survey on conservation in Western states found an increase in voter concerns over climate issues from land and water use to wildlife populations and wildfires. The 14th ...

DATE: Feb 16, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Camp Amache is now officially part of the National Park system

Colorado can now claim the country’s newest national park: Amache National Historic Site. Almost two years after President Joe Biden signed the bill that would turn the former World War II J...

DATE: Feb 16, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado Attorney General files lawsuit to stop Kroger-Albertsons merger

The potential $24.6 billion merger between the companies that own King Soopers and Safeway faces a legal challenge from the Colorado attorney general. Attorney General Phil Weiser said in a ...

DATE: Feb 14, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Guns would be banned in variety of places in Colorado under new Democratic bill

Colorado gun owners would be barred from carrying firearms in a wide array of public places in the state, under a Democratic bill recently introduced at the state Capitol. Senate Bill 131 wo...

DATE: Feb 14, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Stricter ban on cellphone use while driving advances at the Colorado legislature

Colorado drivers better get ready to put away their cellphones while behind the wheel. The state legislature is moving forward with a bill that would ban the use of handheld electronic devic...

DATE: Feb 13, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado Democrats push for ban on new oil and gas drilling in the state

Sen. Jaquez Lewis says she will push for total ban by 2030 and requiring oil and gas companies to pay more for abandoned wells

DATE: Feb 13, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News