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79 BILLS UP TODAY, but not Gessler’s.
GOV. HICKENLOOPER SIGNED A LAW MONDAY that requires several state departments to work together to try to match workforce needs with the types of graduates that the state’s colleges are producing, the Denver Business Journal reported. House Bill 1061 — sponsored by Rep. Daniel Kagan, D-Cherry Hills Village — requires the departments of higher education, labor and regulatory agencies to produce an annual report through 2016 that projects the workforce needs of the state, as well as the expected production of degrees and certificates, over the next three years.
LONE CANDIDATE TO RUN DALLAS SCHOOLS: One-time U.S. Senate candidate Mike Miles.
IS PAT STEADMAN playing mind games with Scott Gessler?
DELAYED A WEEK: Immigrant tuition bill.
DELAYED FOREVER? Fetal homicide bill.
FORMER LEGISLATOR DEBBIE STAFFORD doesn’t get Aurora City Council job. It goes to ex-councilman Brad Pierce.
HICK GOES TO WYOMING to find head of fire-review team.
INSTEAD OF PAYING $4 MORE THIS YEAR, Colorado customers of Xcel will pay $3.70 more over three years.
SHE WON’T PHONE IT IN: Levy hangs up on phone-ban bill.
THINKING HICKENLOOPER SHOULD START WEIGHING IN ON CITY ORDINANCES: Denver’s mayor likes early child literacy bill, he says in statement.
TRYING TO MAKE A GOP PRIMARY OF IT: Arapahoe DA aspirant Leslie Hansen.
GOTTA LOVE THE SYMMETRY OF IT: SD-8 Tea Party talk draws eight — count ‘em, eight — voters.
HAT IN: Democrat Tim Erickson, HD-63 (now held by Jon Becker).
FOLLOW YOUR FAVORITE LICENSE-PLATE BILL on State Bill’s “Plate Progress” report.
GOLD BOOKS: Order in the a.m., delivered to the Capitol by p.m.
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TODAY’S CALENDARS. House. Senate.
SUBSCRIBERS: Your Virtual Bill Box is here. Your Personal Calendar is here.
YESTERDAY’S BILL ROUNDUP FOR STATE BILL SUBSCRIBERS, COURTESY OUR VIRTUAL BILL BOX:
* Introduced bills
* Signed bills
* Bills acted upon
* New fiscal notes
* Bill amendments
* New bill versions
* Day’s archived audio
* Day’s archived video
HICKENLOOPER PUBLIC SCHEDULE TODAY
5:30 p.m. – remarks at the Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation Executive Welcome Reception. Location: Sports Authority Field at Mile High Stadium, 1801 Bryant St., Denver.
TODAY’S SOCIAL CALENDAR
* Colorado Forum Annual Legislative Reception, 5:30p.m. – 8:00p.m., 1934 Market Street, Denver. Contact: Ashley Brillante 303-825-1211 ashleybrillante@coloradoforum.com
TUT TUT, IT LOOKS LIKE SNOW: Today’s rally against sexual assault could be a snow-out. Or, it could be balmy — who the hell knows!
UMMMM, WEATHER.COM says snow. Definitely snow. It says we’re having — and this is a meteorological term — “weather whiplash.”
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