Hickenlooper Signs Bill Allowing Grocery Store Liquor Sales
The new law creates the most significant changes to Colorado’s liquor laws since Prohibition. But they won’t go into effect until 2019.
By Vic Vela
Colorado Summer Tourism Shaping Up For A Banner Year
Advance reservations from more than 300 lodging properties across the state show bookings are up 11.6 percent over last year.
By Vic Vela
Grocery Store Beer Backers Urge Governor To Sign Bill
The bill allows grocery and convenience stores to gradually buy a limited number of liquor licenses over time.
By Vic Vela
New Colorado Law Aims To Help Avoid Overdose Deaths
A new measure signed into law Thursday shields those who report overdoses from arrest.
By Vic Vela
Hickenlooper Signs Bill To Help Single Moms Get Child Care
The bill means mothers will no longer have to seek child support from the biological father before getting state assistance.
By Vic Vela
Why The 2016 Legislative Session Was One Of ‘Missed Opportunities’
The two parties killed each other’s attempts to address affordable housing, the state’s transportation system and the presidential primary process.
By Vic Vela
Presidential Primary Revival Falls Apart
The legislative stalemate means that Coloradans could see a ballot measure this fall asking about bringing back the primaries.
By Vic Vela
Presidential Primary Bill Faces Long Odds In Colorado Legislature
A Senate bill is dead. A House bill is still alive, but it’s not exactly kicking.
By Vic Vela
Colorado Lawmakers Look To Have Busy Week As Session Wraps Up
Because of a procedural change, bill hearings and votes can happen extremely rapidly as the session winds up.
By Vic Vela
Bill Could Avert Ballot Measure On Grocery Store Alcohol Sales
It would allow grocery and convenience store chains to buy up to 20 liquor licenses, gradually.
By Vic Vela
Affordable Housing Legislation Moves Forward; Construction Defects Effort Dies
The three bills that advanced would extend tax credits for developers, provide savings incentives, and use state funds to help residents pay rent.
By Vic Vela
GOP Transportation Bill Moves Forward At Colorado Capitol
The package would replace existing voter-approved bonds that are set to mature next year.
By Vic Vela
‘Ban The Box’ Bill Dies In Colorado Senate
The bill would have blocked Colorado employers from asking about criminal history on their job applications.
By Vic Vela
Bill To Include PTSD In Worker’s Comp Defeated
Members of the Republican-controlled committee said the Democratic bill was too broad.
By Vic Vela
Officials Forecast Mild Wildfire Threat For Colorado
Gov. John Hickenlooper used the words “average to below average” to describe this year’s wildfire threat.
By Vic Vela
‘Ban The Box’ Bill Advances In Colorado House
The “ban the box” bill would prohibit many private sector employers from asking about a person’s criminal background on the job application.
By Vic Vela