Tag Archive | "Colorado General assembly"
Posted on 15 December 2009. Tags: 2010 Ballot Initiatives, 2010 Election, 2010 Elections, 2010 Initiatives, Amendment 61, Bernie Buescher, Certificates of Participation, Colorado General assembly, Colorado Legislature, COPs, Government Debt, Protect Colorado's Communities, Russell Haas, Secretary of State, TABOR, Taxpayer's Bill of Rights, Tyler Chafee
Voters will face a third ballot question in 2010 to reduce the money available to government. Amendment 61 would forbid local and state governments in Colorado from taking out debt in any form.
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Posted on 14 December 2009. Tags: Adams County District Attorney, Attorney General, Bill Ritter, Colorado General assembly, Colorado Legislature, Colorado Public Defender, Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice, David Kaplan, Don Quick, Douglas Wilson, Driving Under The Influence, DWI, Fatal DUI Crashes, John Suthers, Repeat DUI Offenders, U.S. Department of Transportation
People who are repeatedly caught drinking and driving will not face mandatory jail time after a Colorado commission studying the issue rejected the proposed penalty.
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Posted on 12 December 2009. Tags: 2010 General Assembly, Citizen Participation, Colorado General assembly, Colorado Senate, Eminent Domain, Lobbyists, Morgan Carroll
Sen. Morgan Carroll, D-Aurora, talks with blogger David Thielen about increasing citizen participation at the state Capitol.
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Posted on 12 December 2009. Tags: 2010 Colorado General Assembly, 9News, Adam Schrager, Andrew Romanoff, Bente Birkeland, Bob Moore, Charles Ashby, Chemical Demilitarization Citizens Advisory Commission, Colorado Capitol, Colorado Capitol Building Advisory Committee, Colorado Capitol Press Association, Colorado General assembly, Colorado Historical Records Advisory Board, Colorado Municipal Bond Supervision Advisory Board, Colorado Pro Chapter of the Society Professional Journalists, Community Corrections Advisory Council, Eli Stokols, Emergency Medical and Trauma Services Advisory Council, Forestry Advisory Board, Fox31, Governor's Advisory Council for Persons With Disabilities, Grand Junction Daily Sentinel, House Speaker, Joan Fitz-Gerald, Joe Hanel, Journalists, Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Advisory Council, KDVR-TV, KUSA-TV, KWGN-TV, Law Week Colorado, Peter Groff, Photojournalists, Pollution Prevention Advisory Board, Radiation Advisory Committee, Rocky Mountain Community Radio, Senate President, State Bill Colorado, The Coloradoan, The Denver Voice, The Durango Herald, TheDeuce, U.S. Congress
Unlike at least one dozen other committees advising either the legislature or the governor, meetings of the standing committee of the Colorado Capitol Press Association are not open to the public.
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Posted on 11 December 2009. Tags: At&T, Bill Ritter, Bill Soards, Chuck Ippolito, Colorado General assembly, Colorado Legislature, Comcast, Custer County, High-Speed Internet, Internet, Qwest
High-speed Internet service is available to 97.5 percent of Colorado households, but access in rural communities falls far below that mark, according to a new state-commissioned report.
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Posted on 09 December 2009. Tags: 2009 General Assembly, Associated Press, Canon City Daily Record, Chapter 11, Charles Ashby, Colorado Capitol, Colorado General assembly, Colorado Springs Gazette, Dean Toda, Freedom Communications, Larry Ryckman, Rocky Mountain News, Steven K. Paulson, The Denver Post, The Fort Collins Coloradoan, The Greeley Tribune, The Longmont Times-Call, The Pueblo Chieftain, Tom Roeder
The Gazetteās political reporter, Dean Toda, recently departed the newspaper as part of a round of layoffs that cost the jobs of 10 percent of newsroom staffers.
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Posted on 26 November 2009. Tags: 2010 General Assembly, 2010 Legislature, Alaska, Aurora, Boulder, Brighton, California, Colorado Cities, Colorado General assembly, Colorado Legislature, Colorado Municipal League, Colorado Springs, Craig, David Ogden, Eric Holder, Fountain, Greeley, Hawaii, Jim Billings, Maine, Maryland, Medical Marijuana, Michigan, Montana, Montrose, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Pueblo, Pueblo City Council, Pueblo County, Rhode Island, Tom Sexton, Vera Ortegon, Vermont, Washington
For Colorado cities, dealing with the issue of medical marijuana in 2009 is a lot like being offered that first joint back in the 1960s – do you join the party or just pass it on?
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Posted in Featured Stories, Medical Marijuana, Municipal
Posted on 24 November 2009. Tags: Abigail Vacanti, Andrew Romanoff, Brandon Shaffer, Colorado Channel, Colorado Channel Authority, Colorado General assembly, Colorado House, Colorado Senate, Comcast Channel 165, Debbie Benefield, Terrance Carroll
An independent governmental authority has been given the weighty task of deciding which chamber gets the privilege of live coverage over Comcast Channel 165.
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Posted on 20 November 2009. Tags: 2010 General Assembly, 2010 Legislature, Charles W. Pike, Charlie Pike, Colorado General assembly, Colorado Legislature, General Assembly, John Morse, Office of Legislative Legal Services
Starting with the 2010 session, Colorado legislative attorneys will start updating the sometimes lengthy summaries that appear at the beginning of text of proposed legislation.
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