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Colorado Democrats Push For Big Election Changes

Colorado Democrats are planning sweeping changes to how elections are run in the state. Democrats want to allow same-day voter registration and to require that every registered voter gets a ballot by mail.

2013/04/08

House Approves $20.5B Colorado Budget For Next Year

After bitter finger-pointing, the Colorado House on Friday passed a $20.5 billion state budget for next year, sending more money to public schools, paying down some pension debt, and earmarking money to wildfire victims.

2013/04/05

Pot Driving Limits Bill Wins Unanimous Approval In State House

A long-simmering marijuana driving debate in Colorado appears to be nearing an end. The state House gave unanimous approval Tuesday to a bill setting pot blood limits for drivers.

2013/04/02

A man getting arrested in Lakewood (credit: CBS)

State Lawmaker Targets Repeat DUI Offenders

Three strikes and you’re a felon– that’s how one lawmaker wants to treat repeat DUI offenders.

2013/02/22

Battle Over Gun Control Goes To Colorado House Floor

Kicking off a long, emotional debate about guns, Colorado lawmakers clashed Friday over setting limits on the size of ammunition magazines, a proposal in a package of Democratic bills responding to mass shootings at an Aurora movie theater and a Connecticut elementary school.

2013/02/15

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

Bill To Set Limit For Driving While Stoned Has A Good Chance

A plan is in the works to set a limit for people driving while under the influence of marijuana, and this time lawmakers say they’ll get it done.

2013/01/22

Broader Immigrant Tuition Proposed In Colorado

Illegal immigrants who grow up in the state should be eligible for in-state tuition, not a higher, compromise rate, Colorado Democrats told The Associated Press Monday.

2013/01/14