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The proposals would add to the list of who can petition to have someone’s guns removed under the state’s red flag law and add new rules for selling and tracking gun barrels.
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A third round of “No Kings” protests is coming this spring.
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Ask a Colorado Democrat in Washington, D.C. about why President Donald Trump and his administration seem to be singling out the state, and you get a variation on a theme: political punishment.
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The Denver mayor has a lot of lofty goals this year.
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Many business groups are already lobbying against the measures. Gov. Jared Polis, as well as more moderate Democrats at the Capitol, could pose a roadblock to the bills becoming law, too.
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This is the latest way Trump has targeted Democratic-controlled states.
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Nonpartisan staffers told lawmakers this month that the way they spent billions of dollars in one-time federal funds given to Colorado during the COVID pandemic contributed to the state’s budget shortfall.
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A judge has ruled that President Donald Trump’s administration cannot block child care and other federal social service money from flowing to five states for now.
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Initiative 95 would amend the state constitution to require that police officers, sheriff’s deputies and prosecutors alert federal immigration authorities if they charge someone whose immigration status is in question if that person has a prior felony conviction or is suspected of committing a violent crime.
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Democratic Gov. Jared Polis has a few months to get his final legislative goals done. He’s also navigating the Trump administration, which seems bent on punishing Colorado.