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A bill backed by Rep. Elizabeth Velasco, Colorado’s first Mexican-born state lawmaker, would create a grant program for local organizations that help new arrivals get settled and connected with services like housing, healthcare, education and employment.
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In their annual address to the state legislature, the leaders of Colorado’s two Native American Tribes criticized Gov. Jared Polis and other officials for allowing state gambling laws to continue to exclude tribes. They also called for more support from the state around health care, education and water rights.
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For the second year in a row, high school students skipped class and headed to the statehouse to demand legislative solutions to gun violence. State lawmakers are considering several gun control bills, including one that would designate locations like schools, churches, recreation centers and the State Capitol as gun-free zones.
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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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Gov. Jared Polis gave his annual State of the State address Thursday to a joint session of the state legislature. He urged lawmakers to prioritize affordable housing, public transportation and tax relief, along with public safety, environmental protections, health care costs and behavioral health care resources.
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Colorado’s 75th General Assembly convenes Wednesday at the State Capitol. Republican and Democratic lawmakers both are focused on the housing crisis, with conflicting strategies to address it. They’re also looking at bills around public safety, health care costs, youth mental health, climate change, public education and economic inequity.
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Automatic voter registration systems are in place across the country, but Native American reservations have historically been excluded—until now. State and tribal officials in Colorado are rolling out the first voter registration system of its kind for tribal members ahead of the 2024 presidential election.
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The four-day Global Conference for Israel drew hundreds of protestors to the Denver Convention Center over the weekend. The conference went ahead as planned, despite attempts to disrupt it.
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The state legislature's Democratic majority pushed through a tax relief package for next year. The package includes tax rate adjustments, flat TABOR refunds, rental assistance, food benefits and an expanded income tax credit—all as tensions over the conflict in Gaza spilled onto the House floor.