- Eight tax bills have almost finished their progress through the legislature.Both sides have argued long hours over whether the money raised will be worth the potential impact on businesses.CPR’s Megan Verlee reports.
- Lawmakers introduce more than 500 bills in the state legislature every year.And all are the result of long hours of negotiation and compromise. CPR’s Megan Verlee is following one bill, to see how the whole process works.In this installment — life before introduction.
- The future of Colorado’s medical marijuana dispensaries is at stake under a bill pending in the state legislature. Patients, business owners, and law enforcement officers all tried to sway that future during a marathon hearing Thursday. CPR’s Megan Verlee reports.
- A recently-introduced bill would legalize syringe-exhange programs in Colorado.Public health officials say it’s about time, but many in law enforcement still worry the programs will do more harm than good.CPR’s Megan Verlee reports.
- A recently-introduced bill would legalize syringe-exhange programs in Colorado.Public health officials say it’s about time, but many in law enforcement still worry the programs will do more harm than good.CPR’s Megan Verlee reports.
- Next year’s state budget is charting a remarkably smooth course through the Colorado house.Lawmakers say less money equals fewer fights.CPR Megan Verlee reports.
- Colorado’s Capitol dome was recently listed as an endangered historic place.Lawmakers agree it needs to be repaired, and fast.They just don’t agree on how to pay for it.CPR’s Megan Verlee reports.
- Colorado’s $18.2B budget for next fiscal year survived its first vote in the Senate virtually unchanged.That doesn’t meant the process didn’t involve a lot of debate, though.CPR’s Megan Verlee reports.
- With as much as a 50% cut in state aid looming, colleges and universities are pressing the state for more authority to raise tuition and allocate financial aid. The Senate Education committee voted unanimously Thursday to support that plan, as long as schools can show that they’re stil serving lower and middle-income students. But student
- Are payday lending companies preying on low-income borrowers, or providing themwith a needed source of credit? That’s a question the Colorado Senate takes up when it votes on a billthat could be the end of the industry in the state. CPR’sMegan Verlee reports.
- Needle exchanges are illegal in Colorado. A bill in the legislature would change that. Megan Verlee reports on two programs that operate anyway. And Ryan Warner talks to addiction expert Michael Kidorf, of Johns Hopkins University.
- Marijuana was in the air at the state capitol Tuesday — literally and figuratively. Inside, the House gave preliminary approval to a toughened-up version of a bill regulating medical marijuana dispensaries. Across the street, in Civic Center Park, fans of all things cannabis celebrated both the legal and illegal aspects of the drug.
- In this season of holiday feasts, a growing number of Coloradans are turning to food stamps and charities just to put meals on the table. That has some agencies worried about keeping up with the need. KCFR’s Megan Verlee reports. Story images.
- Turn on the news or pick up a local paper and it’s hard to imagine anything but the DNC is happening in Denver this week. But just a few blocks away from the downtown action the picture looks very different. KCFR’s Megan Verlee went out to see what Denverites think of the event. View photo.
- Utilities say they need a new transmission line in southern Colorado to make renewable energy possible. Residents fear it will destroy the landscape they love. CPR’s Megan Verlee talks to Ryan Warner. Then Ryan talks to L.A. Times reporter Judith Lewis about moving power generation closer to population centers.
- DPS is reassessing its reform plan against the backdrop of a contentious school board race. Megan Verlee reports and Ryan Warner talks with Nancy Mitchell of Education News Colorado about the race.
