Claire Levy

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Colorado Closer To Restricting Weapons On Campuses

Public college campuses in Colorado would be off-limits for concealed weapons under a bill that passed its first legislative test Wednesday.

2013/02/13

Colorado May Restrict Concealed Weapons On Campuses

Gun-rights activists and college students thronged the Capitol Wednesday to see lawmakers debate concealed weapons on campuses.

2013/02/13

For Colorado Lawmaker, Death Penalty Debate Personal

Rep. Rhonda Fields stood before her colleagues recently and told them about her dead son. He would have turned 30 that day.

2013/02/02

CBS4's Howard Nathan talks with Rep. Claire Levy, D-Boulder (credit: CBS)

Lawmakers Propose Having Gun Buyers Pay For Their Own Background Checks

The Colorado Department of Public Safety plans to ask lawmakers for $500,000 hoping to add staff to handle all the background checks for people wanting to buy guns.

2012/12/30

Hickenlooper Says It’s Time To Talk Gun Control

Five months after a movie theater massacre in suburban Denver shocked the nation, Gov. John Hickenlooper now says “the time is right” for state lawmakers to consider gun control measures.

2012/12/13

State Lawmakers Reject Lower North Fork Fire Proposal

A proposal to double the amount of money the state can pay out to fire victims failed to pass in the Colorado Legislature on Tuesday.

2012/09/26

An image of Ann Appel's burned out home from Copter4 (credit: CBS)

GOP: Set Up Panel To Pay Colorado Wildfire Victims

Republicans want to create a commission to pay victims of a wildfire southwest of Denver that killed three people and damaged two dozen homes.

2012/04/24

An image from a juvenile detention center (credit: CBS)

DA’s Authority In Colorado Juvenile Cases Debated

Colorado lawmakers moved forward with a measure to scale back prosecutors’ discretion to charge children as adults.

2012/03/16

Colorado Bill Seeks To Limit Solitary Confinement

The percentage of Colorado inmates with mental health problems who were placed in solitary confinement more than doubled between 1999 and 2008, and many were released from prison without having a chance to readjust to human interaction.

2011/03/13