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Gov. Jared Polis wants lawmakers to exempt corporations like Coors Brewing Company and Anheuser-Busch from a bill that would create a new alcohol enterprise fee to raise money for alcohol use disorder treatment and prevention services across Colorado. The bill’s sponsors and supporters aren’t happy.
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Last year, lawmakers handed Gov. Jared Polis a major defeat when they rejected his controversial plan to tackle Colorado’s housing crisis. Now, a similar set of proposals is advancing in the legislature despite bipartisan opposition. Polis signed one proposal into law Monday that will ban occupancy limits statewide, but the rest of his housing proposals face an uncertain future.
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Ken Buck announced last week he will be stepping down on March 22 because of the dysfunction in Congress. He also refuted claims by Lauren Boebert that he decided to resign in order to make it harder to take over his 4th Congressional District post. The Colorado Sun editor Larry Ryckman joined KUNC's Michael Lyle, Jr. to provide more details.
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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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Colorado Governor Jared Polis vetoed more bills this year than he ever has before.
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Gun violence is a major topic of the day as a gun control advocacy group stages a sit-in at the Capitol and demands executive action from the governor, and the faith-based community takes a “swords into plowshares” approach with gun buyback programs.
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Protestors want Gov. Jared Polis to sign an executive order banning all guns in the state and implementing a gun buy-back program. Polis said such an order would be unconstitutional.
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Gov. Jared Polis signed a bill banning build-at-home firearms without serial numbers. The so-called ghost guns allow buyers to evade background checks and impede law enforcement's ability to trace a firearm's origin.
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Global Thermostat unveiled a direct air carbon capture machine near Denver that it said can draw about 1,000 tons of carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere a year.
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This is our first on-air conversation with our colleagues at The Fort Collins Coloradoan where we discuss the stories they're following. This time, we discuss Gov. Jared Polis' comprehensive housing plan.