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So Far, Colorado Lawmakers Mark Achievements In Inches
DENVER (AP) — Halfway through their legislative term, Colorado lawmakers from both parties agree on one thing: Their hardest work is yet to come. The state’s split Legislature promised to collaborate...
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Colorado Telecom Overhaul In Doubt This Year
DENVER (AP) – Republicans and Democrats joined forces this spring to try to undo a massive payout to telephone companies that goes back to the days when most people had landlines and few provider...
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Lamborn Challenge Headlines Colorado Primary Slate
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) – Colorado’s longest-serving congressional Republican, Rep. Doug Lamborn of Colorado Springs, faces the biggest primary challenge of his U.S. House career Tuesday. Then...
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Lawmakers Skeptical Of Colorado Pot Legalization
DENVER (AP) – A Colorado marijuana legalization measure got a skeptical review Wednesday from lawmakers who warned of constitutional challenges if the measure passes. A panel of lawmakers helping craft...
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Democrats Expected To Control Colorado Legislature
DENVER (AP) – With Colorado’s Legislature firmly under their control, Democrats are poised to dictate the state’s economic agenda and to pass civil unions after two years of divided government....
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Colorado Democratic Lawmakers Pick First Gay House Speaker
DENVER (AP) – Colorado Democrats have elected the first openly gay House speaker in state history. Democratic lawmakers picked Denver Rep. Mark Ferrandino on Thursday to lead the House, which they...
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Gun Control Tough Topic For Colorado Lawmakers
DENVER (AP) — Gun control is expected to be a heated topic at the Colorado Legislature in the coming months, and legislative leaders have indicated that it will be difficult to find common ground....
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Colorado Lawmakers Pitch Grants For High-Tech Industries
DENVER (AP) – Colorado lawmakers proposed a plan Monday calling for as much as $20 million a year to attract more tech companies and their high-paying jobs to the state. The first House bill of the new...
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Firefighters Will Try Again On Colorado Union Bill
DENVER (AP) – A proposal to allow collective bargaining for Colorado firefighters without local government approval is coming back to the Legislature, four years after a contentious battle led to a...
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Gun Control, Gay Rights, Taxes Headline Colorado Session
DENVER (AP/CBS4) – Gay rights. Gun control. Taxes. Illegal immigration. The Colorado Legislature will be far from timid this year. The 2013 lawmaking session that begins Wednesday promises an ambitious...
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Colorado GOP Calls For Armed Security At Businesses
DENVER (AP) – Colorado businesses that ban guns would be required to provide armed security under a measure proposed by Colorado Republicans on Wednesday. The GOP-sponsored plan ran counter to measures...
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Colorado Lawmakers Grabbing Gun Control Bull By The Horns
DENVER (CBS4) – Colorado state lawmakers aren’t waiting for Congress to take action on gun control — they are moving on their own. In just eight days, four gun bills have been introduced at the state...
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Colorado Democrats Vote Down Guns-In-Schools Bill
DENVER (AP) – Colorado’s gun control debate got going Monday in the Legislature in fitting fashion for a matter so divisive. More than 100 gun control supporters rallied on the Capitol steps for...
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Gun Control, Violence Dominating Colorado Debate
DENVER (AP) – Guns continue to dominate political debate in Colorado. The Colorado Senate planned to debate a measure Wednesday to encourage more businesses to allow patrons to carry concealed weapons....
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NRA Chief In Colorado: Gun Controls Won’t Pass Congress
DENVER (AP) – The head of the National Rifle Association said Thursday he’s confident that Congress won’t approve an assault weapons ban or a limit on high-capacity ammunition magazines after mass...
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NRA President Meets With State House Leadership To Discuss Gun Control
DENVER (CBS4)- The president of the National Rifle Association is calling many of the gun control proposals in the state Capitol “feel good measures.” NRA President David Keene spent Thursday at the...
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Dems’ Gun-Control Bills Moving Quickly In Colorado
DENVER (AP) — A Democratic gun-control package including ammunition limits and expanded background checks is moving quickly through the Colorado Legislature, where GOP attempts to stall a mammoth...
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Hickenlooper Leads Panel On Gun Violence
DENVER (AP) – Colorado lawmakers will talk about recent mass shootings and what they’re doing to address the violence during a discussion moderated by Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper. Panelists will...
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State Senator Proposes Liability For Assault Weapons
DENVER (AP) – Sellers and owners of assault weapons could be liable for damages caused by shootings in Colorado, another response from Democrats to recent mass shootings that has made gun-control one...
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Man Accused Of Threatening Rep. Fields Suspended As COO Of Company
DENVER (AP/CBS4) – A man suspected of threatening a Democratic state lawmaker has been suspended by the company in which he is the chief operating officer. Franklin Sain, 42, was arrested Friday on...
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