RSS Feed for Colorado Capitol Journal http://www.coloradocapitoljournal.com Palmer Divide Media, LLC en-us Fri, 03 Apr 2009 06:59:49 -0600 Fri, 03 Apr 2009 06:59:59 -0600 A bill that would raise Coloradoan's motor vehicle registration fees to pay for highway and bridge improvements and repairs was signed into law by Gov. Bill Ritter today. http://www.coloradocapitoljournal.com/feeds/030209.htm 0493C8B1-3DAE-4DD5-8956-9888249C0CDD Mon, 2 Mar 2009 09:03:14 -0600 A bill that would repeal the limit on the annual growth of the state's general fund gained preliminary approval in the Senate early this morning after Republicans tried for more than 10 hours to delay its passage. http://www.coloradocapitoljournal.com/feeds/030309.htm 5DCC4733-A9BF-45AC-BD7E-900624139EB0 Tue, 3 Mar 2009 09:03:24 -0600 The controversial bill that would repeal Colorado's annual limit on general fund growth may hit a roadblock in the House. http://www.coloradocapitoljournal.com/feeds/030509.htm 2C15A98A-36A8-4ED6-80C3-18BE07D8AEFE Thu, 5 Mar 2009 09:03:37 -0600 A controversial bill that would allow immigrant kids who have spent three years in Colorado to pay resident tuition rates at the state's colleges and universities cleared a Senate committee Thursday. http://www.coloradocapitoljournal.com/feeds/030609b.htm 096A508E-0B22-4EFF-BFB8-F00C43070ECD Sat, 7 Mar 2009 12:14:39 -0600 A routine donation of books to the state by the Mexican government has a Colorado Springs legislator worried that students will be exposed to "foreign propaganda." http://www.coloradocapitoljournal.com/feeds/030609.htm 6F78602D-C39A-4BB0-90E9-53A10937EF4B Fri, 6 Mar 2009 09:01:58 -0600 Keith King is convinced that Colorado cannot make in-state tuition rates at its colleges and universities available to the children who are undocumented immigrants. http://www.coloradocapitoljournal.com/feeds/030909a.htm 221C5771-3658-4577-A76C-3409D6261314 Thu, 12 Mar 2009 12:10:32 -0600 The state's 150 charter schools may find it easier to share school district bond proceeds if a bill cleared Thursday by a Senate committee becomes law. http://www.coloradocapitoljournal.com/feeds/031309a.htm 158BD6F9-6449-4ECA-99DF-E8250702E6F4 Fri, 13 Mar 2009 15:45:45 -0600 A controversial law that froze mill levies in almost all of the state's 178 public school districts, which allowed the districts to retain about $117 million in property tax revenues that would otherwise have been refunded to taxpayers, was upheld Monday by the state supreme court. http://www.coloradocapitoljournal.com/feeds/031609a.htm 0C4E24D3-66F8-4D8C-8695-EFA4F0BAAD81 Mon, 16 Mar 2009 16:51:54 -0600 Veteran Denver Democrat Anne McGihon has resigned from the House of Representatives. http://www.coloradocapitoljournal.com/feeds/031609b.htm E299F4E8-739D-455B-83A1-44DF653E6153 Mon, 16 Mar 2009 16:53:11 -0600 The bill that would repeal the state's general fund growth limit is on the way to the House of Representatives after gaining final approval in the Senate this morning. http://www.coloradocapitoljournal.com/feeds/031709a.htm CDDC4C72-FF38-49BF-BCF9-A6558329D6CD Tue, 17 Mar 2009 15:54:31 -0600 A bill that would require Colorado's presidential electors to cast their votes in the Electoral College in favor of the candidate who won the national popular vote, even if that candidate did not win the most votes in Colorado, gained final approval in the House today. http://www.coloradocapitoljournal.com/feeds/031709b.htm B35948E9-2AFF-4288-B67B-E0877EDED182 Tue, 17 Mar 2009 15:55:43 -0600 The state is very pluralistic politically, the Democrats are strong in the college towns of Fort Collins and Boulder http://www.coloradocapitoljournal.com/feeds/040209a.htm http://www.coloradocapitoljournal.com/feeds/040209a.htm Thu, 02 Apr 2009 19:59:00 -0100>