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House Debates State Budget
The state House is debating next year’s $19 billion budget proposal today.
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By Megan Verlee
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Capitol Check-In: April 5, 2012
Colorado’s state budget has hatched. For months, it’s been incubating in the Joint Budget Committee. And soon the full House and Senate get a chance to peck at it.
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By Megan Verlee
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Capitol Check-In: March 30, 2012
Six lawmakers are charged with deciding how Colorado spends its discretionary budget, a pot of money worth about $8 billion next year.
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By Megan Verlee
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Lawmakers Debate Lower Drug Penalties
What should the punishment be for possessing a small amount of heroin, cocaine, or methamphetamine?
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By Megan Verlee
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Lower North Fork Fire Claims Homes, Two Fatalities
Click here for JeffCo Sheriff’s Office map of the fire and evacuation zones.
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By Megan Verlee
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Capitol Check-In, March 23 2012
Every week during the state legisalature, host Ryan Warner talks with CPR’s Megan Verlee to learn what lawmakers have been up to.
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By Megan Verlee
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Budget, Death Penalty on Governor’s Mind
As hard as it is to make budget cuts, deciding what to restore when money’s flowing again has its own challenges.
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By Megan Verlee
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Colorado Ranks High on Survey of Corruption Risk
Colorado is vulnerable to corruption, according to a new survey from The Center for Public Integrity in Washington, DC.
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By Megan Verlee
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Capitol Check-In, March 16, 2012
With all the nice weather across Colorado this week, one can pity the state’s political class, still locked away in the state Capitol, only halfway through their session.
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By Megan Verlee
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State Debates New Water Pollution Controls
Phosphorus and nitrogen are really important nutrients, for humans, and for crops.
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By Megan Verlee
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Capitol Check-In, March 9, 2012
The state legislature hits the halfway point in the 2012 session this week. Big things lie ahead, most notably the state budget.
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By Megan Verlee
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Capitol Check-In: March, 2, 2012
Rural lawmakers get more money, senators spar over health care and religion, and September 11th is halfway to becoming a state holiday.
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By Megan Verlee
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Capitol Check-In: February 24, 2012
In our weekly conversation from the Capitol, Colorado Public Radio’s Megan Verlee talks with Ryan Warner about a whole spectrum of bills, from changing the state’s massive enterprise zone tax […]
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By Megan Verlee
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Hickenlooper Prepares for Budget Season, Feb 2012
Budget negotiations are starting to heat up at the state Capital, and Governor John Hickenlooper is right in the mix.
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By Megan Verlee
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Court Lowers Restrictions on Campaign Ads
The Colorado Supreme Court has ruled that political groups can avoid contribution limits and some financial disclosure requirements, as long as their campaign ads don’t use what the court called […]
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By Megan Verlee
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Colorado-to-Ethiopia pt 1: Denver Cafe
Last fall, reporter Megan Verlee traveled to Ethiopia on a journalism fellowship.
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By Megan Verlee