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Legislative NewsPinnacol panel drafts 7 proposals
10/23/2009
By Jason Kosena The interim panel that spent all summer examining Pinnacol Assurance, the quasi-governmental agency that offers last-resort workers’ compensation insurance, finished its work Friday by proposing legislation that would change the way the insurance company operates. The proposed bills will be brought before the full General Assembly next year. Pinnacol execs defend practices
9/11/2009
By Jason Kosena Executives of Pinnacol Assurance stood by and listened to public criticism and accusations of unethical practices during the first three meetings of the Interim Committee on Issues Related to Pinnacol Assurance. Dem leaders tighten belts, cut legislative budgets by $1.04 million
8/28/2009
Speaker of the House Terrance Carroll and President of the Senate Brandon Shaffer have directed the House, the Senate, and the legislative staff agencies to make significant cuts in their legislative budgets. Conservative Lambert replaces moderate Marostica on JBC
8/21/2009
By Jason Kosena The days of the happy-go-lucky, all-for-one-and-one-for-all Joint Budget Committee may be ending. DelGrosso comes from nowhere to win HD 51 vacancy race
8/21/2009
By Jason Kosena LOVELAND — Turn your head for just a moment and the political world will surprise you. Two months ago, Brian DelGrosso, 37, had no political involvement with the Republican Party at any significant level and was a virtual unknown among well-connected politicos. SD 6 Dems fill vacancy peacefully
8/14/2009
By Katy Schultz The latest round of musical chairs in the Colorado Legislature found civil engineer Bruce Whitehead in the Senate District 6 seat formerly filled by Jim Isgar. Both Whitehead and Isgar are residents of Hesperus, the La Plata County seat. Health care a hot potato for Congress
7/17/2009
By Jason Kosena Many in Washington, D.C., are calling health care reform “legacy” legislation for Democrats in Congress. With strong Democratic majorities in the House and the Senate and with President Barack Obama steering the discussion, a major overhaul of the health care system is the Number-One-with-a-bullet priority for the party that has been clamoring for health care reform for more than two decades. New laws now in effect
7/3/2009
By Lucy McFadden As a slue of bills turned into laws on July 1, Democratic state legislators looked with pride on their victories in raising money to expand government services and protect citizens from various threats while the Republicans beamed over successful legislation to limit government and cut fat from the budget. Vacancies bring newbies to the legislature
6/26/2009
By Katy Schultz Colorado Democratic Chair Pat Waak should be feeling like she has the state tied up with a bow for her party. After all, in 2009, Democrats have control of five of the state’s seven congressional districts, all but one statewide office and both houses of the Legislature. GOP pols steamrolled, steamed
6/12/2009
By Leslie Jorgensen Being the minority party under the golden dome ain’t easy — as several Republican legislators have discovered. After the feel-good-bipartisan-kickoff of the session in January, now some Republicans are feeling like they’ve been flattened by a decidedly Democratic steamroller. |
May. 17, 2013Vol. 114, No. 20 |
