High school civics teaches us there are two possible fates for a bill introduced in the legislature: pass or fail. In reality, there’s a third option–amending the bill into a study.
Posted on 24 May 2010.
High school civics teaches us there are two possible fates for a bill introduced in the legislature: pass or fail. In reality, there’s a third option–amending the bill into a study.
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Posted on 12 May 2010.
One of the most contentious bills of the legislative session — a proposal to settle a decades-long dispute between rafters and landowners — sank in a conference committee Tuesday.
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Posted on 10 May 2010.
A dispute over river rafting is finally about to end in the Legislature, but rafting advocates probably won’t like the result.
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Posted on 24 April 2010.
On Friday, the House voted to refer HB1188 as amended in the Senate to a conference committee with representatives from both chambers.
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Posted on 13 April 2010.
A bill that pits river rafters against private property owners has run aground, but Gov. Bill Ritter said Monday that efforts are afoot to move the controversy downstream before it crowds the November ballot.
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Posted on 12 April 2010.
A river outfitter named his price — $750,000 and a piece of prime property — to stay off a disputed stretch of the Taylor River, leading critics last week to question his motives in helping launch a legislative fight over Colorado waterways.
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Posted on 08 April 2010.
Do paddlers have an absolute right to float down any river in the state, even rivers that run through private property reserved for fly-fishing?
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Posted on 26 March 2010.
Rafting and fishing supporters are floating last-minute compromises in hopes of avoiding a fight over a bill that was originally intended to protect rafters’ rights to continue using Colorado rivers
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Posted on 16 March 2010.
Kayakers, anglers and all variety of private and commercial boaters could gain the right to float through private land after a state Senate committee on Monday overhauled a bill that has pitted property owners against outdoor enthusiasts.
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Posted on 10 March 2010.
“Either all river users should enjoy such navigation rights or none should,” The Denver Post columnist writes.
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