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Democratic state lawmakers on Tuesday unveiled the results of a survey they use to help decide the fate of dozens of bills competing against each other for state funding. Thanks to a recent lawsuit, there's something different about it this year. For the first time since the survey was introduced to the Capitol in 2019, lawmakers’ votes aren’t being kept secret.
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Libertarian activist and businessman Jon Caldara has filed a ballot initiative to repeal Senate Bill 157, which allows lawmakers to have more conversations in private.
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The change to make a secret survey used at the state Capitol public comes months after a judge ordered lawmakers to stop using their previous secret ballot system to prioritize legislation because it violated Colorado’s open meetings law.
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The new measure will let lawmakers have more private conversations. It will do that by narrowing the definition of public business, let lawmakers discuss bills and other public business electronically without the communications constituting a public meeting, and meet one on one with fewer restrictions.
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The measure would let state lawmakers discuss bills and other public business electronically with each other by email or text message without the communications constituting a public meeting.
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The Democratic majority in Colorado's House has pushed forward two bills protecting transgender people's chosen names. The proposals stirred emotional debate on Colorado's House floor on Friday, and they were pushed forward roughly on party lines to the Senate.
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Liability concerns are keeping some popular mountains and trails off-limits. This week, lawmakers sent a bill to Governor Jared Polis that they think will solve the problem and lift barriers to visitors. The Colorado Sun has been reporting on this story. From the Sun, Team Editor Lance Benzel joined us to discuss the details.
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A new bill would create a process to regulate how books or other library materials can be challenged, and who is eligible to challenge them.
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Rapid growth at several airports, including Rocky Mountain Metropolitan in northern Colorado, has sparked lawsuits, thousands of noise complaints and health concerns about airborne lead pollution in neighboring communities.
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Lawmakers are set to propose new regulations for Colorado’s funeral homes after some recent shocking discoveries about the mishandling of people’s remains. Investigative reporter Scott Franz tells us more today on In The NoCo.