CO Delegates to the Democratic National Convention feel the heat between Obama and Clinton
It was an Ike and Tina Turner squabble at the first meeting of Colorado delegates to the Democratic National Convention over the Memorial Day weekend. Fifty-four delegates met on Saturday at State Democratic Headquarters representing both Senator Barack Obama and Senator [...]

4.15.08 PEN
Colorado’s State Geologist, Dr. Vince Matthews, Is Bearish on Natural Resources Outlook
The world, the United States, and Colorado face a looming and alarming shortage of natural resources, stated Dr. Vince Matthews, the Colorado State Geologist in a joint State House and Senate briefing on Tuesday. The gloomy picture reflects competition for resources across [...]

4.10.08 PEN
Conservation Easement Tax Credit Bill Sparks Heated Debate between Ranching Advocates and Tax Dogs
Land owners will jump through more hoops when they take advantage of the Conservation Easement Tax Credit offered to protect lands for wildlife and from development. “This bill will put the nail in the coffin of those who have taken [...]

4.9.08 PEN
Pro Life Picketers Must Reduce Bloody Fetus Signs and Keep Moving with SB08-192
Pro Life advocates picketing residential neighborhoods, who have thrown fetus dolls onto neighborhood yards and sent threatening letters, will have to reduce the size of their mutilated fetus picket signs if SB08-192 gets through the House of Representatives. The bill, already passed [...]

38 House members give Rep. Doug Bruce a stick in the eye with sales tax bill
Communities across the state can raise their sales taxes above the state’s 6.9% statutory limit with passage of SB08-128. Over the vociferous protest of Representative Doug Bruce(R), the author of the Taxpayers’ Bill of Rights, SB08-128 eliminating the state’s sales [...]

4.8.08 PEN
Should the State Legislature Tell the Judiciary How to Set Bail?
A bill to set bail at $50,000 for persons accused of drunk driving and eluding police in a vehicle, in the same incident, is a test of the House’s commitment to the constitution’s separation of powers, according to Representatives Morgan Carroll(D) and Doug Bruce(R). [...]

4.3.04 PEN
School districts across the state will develop safety plans consistent with the federal government’s National Incident Management System to ensure that all first responders at all schools know what to do in emergencies.  SB08-181, sponsored by Representative Tom Massey(R) and Senator Tom Wiens(R), addresses many of the problems confronted by Columbine and Platte Canyon [...]

4-2-08 PEN
Senate Republicans jumped out of the shoot fast on HB08-1375, the appropriations “Long Bill,” attacking Senate Democrats and Governor Ritter for a budget they claim doesn’t account for the inevitable “Ritter Recession.” Senator Moe Keller(D) and Senator John Morse(D) quickly countered that no one person has created a recession, and today’s economic environment has [...]

E.B. White, intrepid chronicler of the life of pigs in Charlotte’s Web, would applaud the passing of SB202 in the House Ag Committee on Wednesday. The bill, sponsored by Representative Kathleen Curry(D) and Senator Jim Isgar(D), gives pregnant sows a group housing set up, allowing them room to live comfortably with their piglets. [...]

Governor Ritter’s Education Revolution Receives Raves from Capitol
3.27.08 PEN

Education will get more than a makeover with SB08-212, a bill to align state education standards with 21st century demands and to revolutionize how education is delivered to students pre/k-12.
“This bill is revolutionary,” said Dr. Jane Urschel of the Colorado Association of School Boards at a [...]