State Lawmakers Will Return To The Capitol On May 26 To Balance A Budget Ravaged By Coronavirus
For the public, masks and social distancing will be recommended but not required.
This Is How Colorado’s GOP Wants To Kick-Start The Economy, Balance The Budget
“We recognize this has been an incredibly challenging and struggling time for all Coloradans over the last two and a half months,” said House Minority Leader Patrick Neville.
Polis Jumpstarts Remote Signature Gathering As The Ballot Becomes A Budget Battleground
The governor’s executive order suspends several laws to give petition gatherers more flexibility in an age of social distancing.
New Cory Gardner Campaign Ad Leans Heavily On The Senator’s Coronavirus Work
Democrats were quick to denounce the new ad.
Romanoff, Hickenlooper Hold 1st Head-To-Head Event Of The Primary, Over Zoom Of Course
Progressive group IndivisibleNOCO hosted the event and organizers said more than 800 people signed up to watch
Budget Cuts and Building Rules
Lawmakers have a lot of decisions to make before they return to work at the end of May. Those are as big as cutting three billion dollars from the budget, and as small as where people will sit to achieve social distancing.
Colorado GOP Will Look For Ways To Avoid Assembly Controversies In The Future
The party faced criticism after two leadership committees decided to place a candidate on the primary ballot even though he failed to get enough support at his district assembly.
Colorado’s Capitol May Reopen Without Many Of The Coronavirus Precautions Common Elsewhere
The state legislature must return to work soon to pass next year’s state budget. But as lawmakers try to figure out how to meet safely during the pandemic, deep divides have emerged over things like requiring masks and enforcing social distancing.
The Grim Business Of State Budget Cuts Under Coronavirus Has Begun
On Tuesday, state lawmakers learn exactly how big a hole the pandemic has blown in Colorado’s budget. But they’ve already started the difficult task of trying to patch it.
Coronavirus Extends Hiatus At Colorado Capitol, Surprising Some GOP Lawmakers
State lawmakers have extended their adjournment at the Capitol and won’t come back until May 26. The original plan was to return May 18.
Colorado’s Primary Ballot Is Officially Set After COVID-19 Upends Some Campaigns
The courts rejected efforts to add candidates to the ballot who didn’t collect enough signatures or failed to gather enough support at a virtual assembly.
Colorado Supreme Court Rules Against Adding Additional Candidates To 2020 Senate Primary Ballot
Colorado Supreme Court: No exceptions to ballot signature rules, not even in a pandemic.
Secretary Of State To Decide This Week Who Is On June Democratic Primary Ballot
The clock is ticking. In just three days, Colorado’s Secretary of State must tell county clerks definitively which candidates are on the June primary ballot, including those for U.S. Senate. Normally that’s not a deadline people pay much attention to, but this year’s different. There are numerous court cases over who’s done enough to qualify. CPR Public Affairs reporter Bente Birkeland explains what’s going on.
Lawmakers Will Soon Start The Grim Work Of Cutting Colorado’s Coronavirus Wounded Budget
Colorado’s constitution requires a balanced budget. The state can’t spend more than it brings in.
COVID-19 Will Be A Weapon In The 2020 Election. Some Groups Are Testing Their Messages Now
COVID-19 may have driven the 2020 election mostly out of the headlines, but it’s still coming. And the politicization of the coronavirus pandemic has already begun.
Officials Raise Concerns As State Heads Toward Patchwork of Orders
On Monday, when Colorado’s statewide stay-at-home order officially lifts, Coloradans will wake up to different guidelines depending on where they live.
