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The week ahead at the Colorado Capitol: A glance at hearings and events of note
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The week ahead at the Colorado Capitol: A glance at hearings and events of note

By Marianne Goodland | Colorado Politics Here are legislative committee hearings and other events of note for the week ahead for the Colorado General Assembly. Committee schedules are subject to change. Schedules for both the House and Senate can change at any time. This website is the best resource for keeping up with daily activities.  Options for public testimony during committee hearings can be found here.  Regulations for remote testimony by the public can be found here. READ THE FULL STORY AT COLORADO POLITICS
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Presidential primary ballots will start being mailed to Colorado voters today. Here’s what to know.
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Presidential primary ballots will start being mailed to Colorado voters today. Here’s what to know.

By Sandra Fish | Colorado Sun Ballots will start being mailed to voters today for Colorado’s March 5 presidential primary, listing options from former Republican President Donald Trump on the GOP ballot to “noncommitted delegate” on the Democratic ballot. But votes for some of the candidates listed might not count. Four of the seven Republican presidential candidates on Colorado’s Republican presidential primary ballot have ended their campaigns, though none have notified the Secretary of State’s Office they are no longer in Colorado’s contest. And the U.S. Supreme Court could rule that Trump isn’t eligible to be on Colorado’s ballot because of his attempts to overturn the 2020 election. The court heard arguments in that case last week, and the justices appeared ...
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Sheriffs back bill on migrant law enforcement
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Sheriffs back bill on migrant law enforcement

By Rachel Saurer | KXRM-TV (SOUTHERN COLORADO) — Sheriffs across Southern Colorado came together to address the growing immigration crisis in the state. As of Thursday, Feb. 8, about 10 sheriffs have backed HB 24-1128, which would reverse two laws — HB 19-1124, and HB 23-1100, which prevent Colorado law enforcement agencies, such as the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office (EPSO) and Teller County Sheriff’s Office (TCSO), from working with federal partners, such as U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement (ICE), to uphold the laws of the constitution, and collaborate efforts to arrest, detain and deport undocumented residents. “The only federal agency the state of Colorado prevents me from working with is ICE. I ask the question, why is that?” said Sheriff Joe Roybal of ...
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Colorado House gives final approval to bills on occupancy limits, foster youth ‘bill of rights’
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Colorado House gives final approval to bills on occupancy limits, foster youth ‘bill of rights’

By Marianne Goodland | Colorado Politics The Colorado House on Friday gave final approval to two major proposals dealing with housing and youth in the foster care system with a few defections among Democrats. House Bill 1007 would block local governments from imposing residential occupancy limits except for public health and safety reasons.  The House had debated HB 1007 on Feb. 2 but waited a full week for its final vote, a signal that the measure might encounter some opposition among Democrats. As it turns out, it did — from leadership. Rep. Shannon Bird of Westminster, who chairs the Joint Budget Committee, and House Majority Leader Monica Duran of Wheat Ridge, who both joined the Republican members in voting against it. READ FULL ARTICLE AT COLORADOPOLITICS.COM...
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Colorado GOP Chair Dave Williams explores using Dominion equipment for party assembly elections
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Colorado GOP Chair Dave Williams explores using Dominion equipment for party assembly elections

By Marianne Goodland | Colorado Politics Colorado Republican Party Chair Dave Williams, who criticized Dominion voting machines in the past, appears not averse to using them for the party's upcoming state assembly. Last month, Williams sent a request to El Paso County Clerk and Recorder Steve Schleiker, asking for help with the elections that will be held at the April 6 state party assembly in Pueblo.  "We need to contract with a clerk to administer paper ballots for the State Assembly," Williams said in a a text message obtained by Colorado Politics.  In addition to the help from the clerk, Williams asked for 3,500 paper ballots, and for those ballots to be machine-counted to ensure timely results.  READ THE FUL STORY AT COLORADO POLITICS
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The Supremes didn’t buy it. Griswold faces crushing defeat to ban Trump from ballot
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The Supremes didn’t buy it. Griswold faces crushing defeat to ban Trump from ballot

By Colorado Peak Politics Poor Jena Griswold. Despite the secretary of state’s best efforts to ban Donald Trump from the Colorado ballot, the U.S. Supreme Court just wasn’t buying it during Thursday’s arguments. Even the liberal justices were skeptical and sound unlikely to uphold the Colorado Supreme Court’s decision allowing the states to determine who can be president. Liberal Justice Elena Kagan basically told Colorado to get over itself. “Why should a single state have the ability to make this determination, not only for their own citizens but for the rest of the nation?” We concur! Fellow liberal Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson got straight to the point. The 14th Amendment to the Constitution was never intended to determine who is eligible to hold the office of t...
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Immigrants taking toll on hospitals, including in Colorado Springs, UCHealth data suggests
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Immigrants taking toll on hospitals, including in Colorado Springs, UCHealth data suggests

By Debbie Kelley | The Gazette Of 12 hospitals surveyed statewide in the UCHealth system, Memorial Hospital Central in Colorado Springs saw the second-highest jump over the past three months of new patients who appear to be immigrants, according to data UCHealth released Wednesday. “Memorial Hospital Central has had the second-greatest impact among UCHealth hospitals, next to University of Colorado Hospital (in Aurora),” said Dan Weaver, system spokesman. “In general, UCHealth and our hospitals see all patients — we will take care of anyone who comes to our hospitals or emergency departments,” he said. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE GAZETTE
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Colorado House bill takes on ‘predatory towing’ practices
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Colorado House bill takes on ‘predatory towing’ practices

By Marianne Goodland | Colorado Politics Towing companies are on notice to change their towing practices under a bill approved Tuesday by the state House Transportation, Housing and Local Government Committee. House Bill 1051 is the work of the Transportation Legislative Review Committee from last fall and the result of attention to what some described as predatory towing that lawmakers thought they fixed a year ago. Small business owners, apartment owners and homeowners' association representatives are raising concerns that the bill's intent to put the onus on property owners to pay for most tows will result in "towing anarchy" and could drive up the costs of affordable and low-income housing. The issue caught fire last summer when Sen. Julie Gonzales, D-Denver, found her...
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‘Sensitive spaces’ bill aims to ban guns in 19 locations in Colorado
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‘Sensitive spaces’ bill aims to ban guns in 19 locations in Colorado

By The Lobby Colorado's liberal Democrat-controlled legislature is once again targeting the Second Amendment rights of Coloradans. These lawmakers, many of whom were appointed rather than elected, seem determined to disarm law-abiding citizens while allowing criminals and migrants access to firearms. The latest assault on the Second Amendment comes in the form of Senate Bill 24-131, introduced by Democrat Senator Sonya Jaquez Lewis. The bill aims to ban firearms from 19 locations deemed "sensitive" spaces. These include public parks, community recreation centers, hospitals, sporting venues, bars, libraries, universities, voting centers, and government buildings. Additionally, the bill seeks to prohibit individuals from carrying guns at events such as protests and rallies. ...
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Coloradans agree social media is bad for youth mental health. Now lawmakers want to do something about it.
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Coloradans agree social media is bad for youth mental health. Now lawmakers want to do something about it.

A bill introduced in the state legislature would put regulations on social media platforms to help limit how much time teens spend scrolling By John Ingold | Colorado Sun As a senior at East High School in Denver, Melina Collier is fluent in social media. TikTok most frequently. Snapchat to message with friends. Instagram for idle scrolling. But while she and her friends definitely know what they are doing on the apps, that doesn’t mean they always feel in control of them — or that they think the platforms are good for them. Collier gave the example of content on the apps specifically targeted at teenage girls that purports to promote health and fitness but in reality sends a message of body-shaming. “It’s supposed to be body positivity,” Collier said, “but it ends up being ...
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