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Sen. Morse: gun control bills likely to pass state senate Play Video
February 19, 2013 1:10 AM
COLORADO SPRINGS - The four gun control bills that passed the Colorado House of Representatives Monday are likely to make it through the State Senate as well. Senate President John Morse, (D) Colorado Springs, expects it to take a couple of days for the bills to be transferred over and... more » -
Legislature almost finished, but redistricting has a ways to go
May 1, 2011 7:33 PM
This year's legislative session is just over a week from finished, but redistricting has legislators jockeying for position with constituents. Redistricting is done every ten years using numbers from the most recent census. It accounts for population changes, trying to keep all of the state's congressional districts close to... more » -
D-49 busing to the Capitol, fighting budget cuts
April 1, 2011 12:36 AM
State lawmakers continue to wrestle with ways to balance the budget. They're coming up about a half a billion dollars short. One area facing big cuts is education. Falcon District 49 is among many districts looking at hard choices. Thursday they wanted to visually show the legislators just what... more » -
Legislators debate changing the state constitution, again
February 20, 2011 6:52 PM
With the current rules, Colorado is one of the easiest states in the country to change its constitution. Colorado's state constitution has changed 81 times in the last 44 years; however, lawmakers are making another push to changes that. "Most of those changes have happened in the last 20... more » -
Plenty of work to go in Denver
March 14, 2010 7:14 PM
The legislative session is halfway through, but lawmakers say a lot of work is still ahead. Today lawmakers in Colorado Springs are talking about how to move forward. Springs' Democrats are saying the budget and education funding will be the big topics over the second half of the legislative... more »
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