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Position: Life in the Legislature
Position: Life in the Legislature
Position: Life in the Legislature
Position: Live in the Legislature
Position: Life in the Legislature
Position: HERALD STAFF WRITER
By midnight on Wednesday, the legislative session will be concluded. Bills not passed by that time will have to wait another year. Whether well have reached agreement on a common redistricting map...
DATE: May 10, 2011 | COLUMN: Life in the Legislature
With the arrival of May, theres only 10 days left to finish the work of this legislative session. We passed the budget bill, but the other big task for this year, weve not gotten done thats...
DATE: May 3, 2011 | COLUMN: Life in the Legislature
Were headed into the home stretch of the legislative sessions 120 days. Legislators are trying to move their bills that have gotten stuck in the process, and some bills just arent going to make...
DATE: April 26, 2011 | COLUMN: Life in the Legislature
Springtime in the Rockies is here. During the week in Denver, when I catch a glimpse out of the Capitol windows, I never know if it will be snowing, raining or if the sun will be shining. Flying...
DATE: April 19, 2011 | COLUMN: Life in the Legislature
Act One of the budget bill drama in the Colorado Senate is over, with the final reading of the bill package calendared for early this week. Assuming they pass, the bills then head to the House for...
DATE: April 12, 2011 | COLUMN: Life in the Legislature
One of my grandmothers regularly watched soap operas, and what fascinated me most was how well she knew who was about to do what to whom. At the Capitol, weve got a gripping plot that Nana would...
DATE: April 5, 2011 | COLUMN: Life in the Legislature
As I watch what is happening in the Middle East and the peoples efforts to change their governments, I think back to the trip to Algeria that I took two summers ago. I was asked to travel to...
DATE: March 29, 2011 | COLUMN: Life in the Legislature
Its a welcome retreat from Denver to come home on the weekends. Usually, Im doing my laundry, maybe a few errands and then getting some quick, but quality, time, with my family before heading...
DATE: March 22, 2011 | COLUMN: Life in the Legislature
What do Newt Gingrich and Grover Norquist have in common with the ACLU and Amnesty International? If your answer is absolutely nothing, youd be wrong. A growing number of conservatives and...
DATE: March 15, 2011 | COLUMN: Life in the Legislature
Bills from the House are making their way over to the Senate. One bill for which Im the Senate sponsor has been quite controversial. House Bill 1248 is the second rendition of a bill that proposes...
DATE: March 8, 2011 | COLUMN: Life in the Legislature
