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Starting on Monday, new state laws will ban firearms in so-called “sensitive spaces” and remove local limits on how many people can live together. The measures are among more than a dozen new state laws going into effect next week.
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Gov. Jared Polis and top Democrats announced an agreement with the fossil fuel industry and environmental advocates to avert a ballot box fight in November. As part of the deal, lawmakers scrapped more aggressive regulatory proposals in place of two new bills, with just days left in the legislative session.
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A bill that would reform transparency and accountability around police misconduct, especially between officers, was introduced this week with just days left in the legislative session.
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The northern Front Range has suffered from high rates of air pollution for decades. Three bills announced Thursday by Democratic state lawmakers would take steps to reverse that trend.
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Black lawmakers at the Colorado statehouse want to come up with solutions to the ongoing inequities faced by Black Coloradans, but they need to collect data first.
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The Colorado Supreme Court disqualified Donald Trump from appearing on the state’s ballot next year because he incited an insurrection at the US Capitol on January 6th 2021. The decision will likely now go to the US Supreme Court.
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After his Democrats' tax relief plan failed this week, Gov. Jared Polis wants lawmakers to come up with a plan to avert next year’s sharp property tax increases, but they only have a few weeks to figure it out.
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Colorado student performance still lags post-pandemic, 'persistent and troubling' disparities remainThe Colorado Department of Education released student assessment data this week for the 2022-2023 academic year. It shows that student performance is still lagging behind pre-pandemic levels despite meager gains. Significant disparities based on gender, race, wealth and disability also remain.
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Two ballot questions will be posed to Coloradans in November. Residents will vote on whether to approve a Gov. Polis-backed property tax relief plan as well as changes to tobacco and nicotine taxation.
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Union representatives told Congresswoman Yadira Caraveo at a roundtable this week that a communication breakdown is preventing their members from working on projects receiving federal funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Act. They also discussed apprenticeship programs and barriers undocumented people face when hoping to join a union.