- Colorado’s annual legislative session is close to wrapping up for the year.
- The state senate significantly watered down a vaccine education proposal on Wednesday. Many parents came to the state capitol to testify that the original bill was a government overreach. House Bill 1288 requires schools and day care centers to collect data on the number of children immunized and the rate of exemptions.
- Democrats at the state capitol scuttled an abortion rights bill just before the senate was about to debate it on the floor. It was broadly written and would have banned Colorado from “enacting any policy that denies or interferes with and individual’s reproductive healthcare decisions.”
- Republicans gathered in Boulder for their state assembly on Saturday and narrowed down the list of candidates for Governor. As Bente Birkeland reports, the party also nominated people for other statewide races and for the U.S.
- Lawmakers at the state capitol have some big-ticket items to iron out before the session wraps up in May. As part of our Capitol Conversation series, Bente Birkeland talks to statehouse reporters about some of those measures.
- A bill aimed at creating new penalties for cyber bullying failed in the senate judiciary committee on Wednesday. The sponsor reluctantly asked lawmakers to postpone the bill, saying it needs more study.
- Lawmakers have scaled back several provisions in a major education bill after hearing the concerns from school districts across the state. The Student Success Act initially passed the House on Wednesday with the new changes. Bente Birkeland has more from the state capitol.
- The state’s 23 billion dollar budget has cleared both legislative chambers. Now it’s up to lawmakers on the joint budget committee to iron out any differences.
- The state senate has passed the annual budget – and it cleared the chamber with more Republican support than in previous years.
- Colorado’s $23 million budget is nearing the end of its legislative journey after floor debate in the senate Thursday.
- Originally published on April 2, 2014 10:56 am Lawmakers on Colorado’s powerful joint budget committee are skeptical about finding money for an aerial firefighting fleet for the upcoming wildfire season.
- Even in 2014, many parts of the Colorado are still not connected to the Internet – and if they are it’s not at high speeds.
- Child advocates say more children continue to live in poverty in Colorado compared to when the state was in the depths of the recession.
- Lawmakers in the statehouse are gearing up to debate the budget in the coming days.
- Colorado’s Amtrak rail line in southeastern Colorado is in need of major repairs.
- Colorado lawmakers learned today that the state’s economy is stronger than expected and they’ll have more money to spend in next year’s budget. For the past few weeks, the grumblings around the state capitol were that the revenue forecast would be lower than anticipated. Instead, it’s $61 million higher.
