Back to the Drawing Board With Paid Leave
In a lot of ways, the bill for paid leave that passed out of Colorado’s Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday evening doesn’t much resemble...
A Long Road to Pay Equity
More than two months after its introduction, the Equal Pay for Equal Work Act awaits passage by the full Senate. It passed final reading...
Drilling Further Into ‘Necessary and Reasonable’
Colorado’s controversial regulatory overhaul of oil and gas operations passed in the House Friday morning. In the bill, an added clarification that local government...
Senate Committee Debates Definition of ‘Family Member’ at Paid Leave Bill Hearing
A bill for paid family and medical leave in Colorado appears on its way to passing the Democrat-controlled legislature, but for now the sponsors...
Legislature Moves Bail Reform Forward
Two bills that take significant steps toward bail reform in Colorado got hearings in the House Judiciary Committee Thursday. The committee advanced one and...
Senators Spar Along Party Lines Over Oil and Gas Measure
Sen. John Cooke (pictured right) took the podium on the chamber floor Tuesday to rail against Senate Bill 181, a sweeping regulatory overhaul of...
Paid Family Leave Bill Advances in First Committee Hearing
The Colorado Senate’s Business, Labor and Technology Committee passed a controversial bill for paid family and medical leave, known as the FAMLI Act, last...
Oil and Gas Bill Advances as Questions Loom
A bill that could bring sweeping changes to Colorado’s oil and gas law rolled through Senate committee hearings last week, but debate over Senate...
Capital Punishment: An Effective Deterrent or Failed Public Policy?
Colorado’s Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday advanced a controversial bill to repeal the death penalty after nearly six hours of testimony, and the measure...
Colorado Senate Committee Advances Pay Equity Bill
The Senate Judiciary Committee advanced a pay equity bill Wednesday evening after four hours of testimony and debate over amendments. It’s the second iteration...