Sen. Dan Gibbs is known as the bark beetle's biggest legislative enemy, yet he wears an emblazoned image of the little pest nearly every day.
Sen. Dan Gibbs is known as the bark beetle's biggest legislative enemy, yet he wears an emblazoned image of the little pest nearly every day.
The Senate got a surprise visit from the state's top elected official, who shook hands and cracked jokes with members for about 40 minutes Thursday morning.
The House is off today, but some members are still hanging around the state Capitol.
While most House members are taking two days off just to meet with constituents, Rep. Sara Gagliardi is getting in a little community service on the side.
A Colorado Springs lawmaker will is holding two "Government at the Grocery Store" events to talk to his constituents.
Senate Minority Leader Josh Penry's headed to Douglas County. Watch out for your water!
Rep. Frank McNulty of Highlands Ranch fought against allowing tolling on already existing roads. He lost, but got a big surprise when he returned to his office.
[...]By a vote of 34-31, the $265 million transportation-funding bill that has been the center of legislative attention for the past month passed the House today.
It's easy to tell which lawmakers are Catholics -- and early risers. They have ashes on their foreheads for Ash Wednesday.
Anyone can make the House chamber laugh during a tense debate. It takes a little more to get the other side of the aisle to actually hiss at you in a quiet chamber.
House Speaker Terrance Carroll was just about to call for a vote on the "Faster" bill this morning when he noticed that Rep. Frank McNulty, R-Highlands Ranch, walking down to the well to speak.
[...]A Republican lawmaker voted "no" against a bill that requires pregnant women be tested for HIV. His remarks outraged some Democrats.
The House has a trio of guests today who may be particularly interested in watching how Democracy works: Visitors from Iraq.
It's Colorado Senior Day at the Capitol and at least one gentleman in attendance isn't happy about the bathroom situation.
Around 7 p.m., near the end of a contentious five-hour debate on vehicle-registration fee hikes Tuesday, House Minority Leader Mike May went to the microphone and uttered a statement with which everyone could agree.
A conservative blogger says the Republican Party should condemn Sen. Scott Renfroe's comments linking homosexuality with murder.
Five days, 1,115 miles and 23 hours and 22 minutes of driving. Rep. Cory Gardner is a man on the move.
Here's a quick look at the proposed amendments to the major transportation-funding bill that have passed and failed so far.
[...]An attempt to ban tolling existing roads in the "Faster" transportation-funding bill just failed, but it may be overturned yet.
The debate on the "Faster" transportation-funding bill now happening on the House floor clearly is fraying Rep. Jack Pommer's nerves.
Freshman Rep. Mark Waller couldn't find the name tag he was supposed to wear to get onto the floor Tuesday afternoon.
No, that's not a phrase you want linked to your name.
A bill that would more than double the $1.50-per tire fee consumers pay when get rid of their tires is under fire by Senate Republicans.
Senate Republicans are positively giddy that a drug prescription bill Democratic Gov. Bill Ritter pushed in his first year has turned out to be a nothing burger.
The environment is being repeatedly mentioned as senators argue over the merits of a bill outlawing large stores from using plastic bags.
House members gave final approval to a measure this morning that would make it easier for unmarried couples to list each other as beneficiaries on legal documents.
[...]Take that, upper chamber!
[...]Don't let the 1930s-era garb and ratty costume suitcases fool you: Sen. Dan Gibbs and Rep. Christine Scanlan are mad.
' [...]The Senate is involved in a spirited debate over a health-care measure that Sen. Shawn Mitchell calls the "slacker at home" bill.
Dick Clark is in the Senate. Actually, it's former lawmaker Bill Schroeder.
[...]Anyone who happened to be in the House before the start of Tuesday's session received a pleasant treat - one of the legislators serenading them with music.
The Senate gave final and official approval to a bill that would extend health care benefits to the partners of gay and lesbian state employees.
How feisty is the fight over a transportation bill expected to get in the House today?
[...]House members will be out of the Capitol Thursday and Friday for "district days." They're going to be busy.
It's not often a right-leaning group singles out a Democrat for praise. The Colorado Civil Justice League praised two, that's right, two Senate Democrats.
Senate Minority Leader Josh Penry couldn't be in two places at one time. YouTube solved the problem
' [...]Panera's just delivered 700 bagels to the Capitol.
[...]It's one thing for a lobbyist to have a horrible cold. The Capitol is a virtual Petri dish during the session.
[...]The House will kill a bill today or tomorrow that would have raised fees on new well permits and substitute water plans by 600 percent, Rep. Mark Ferrandino said.
In one of the strangest moves in today's budget-balancing debate, a Democratic lawmaker attempted a strategic maneuver that ended up getting most of his party colleagues on record as opposing expansion of the Children's Health Care Plan Plus.
Charter schools have lost about $5 million and military-area schools have gained about $2 million in a budget debate raging on the House floor.
Colorado's 59,000 smallest businesses will get to keep their full vendor fee, while the largest 38,500 would see their fee cut by roughly 60 percent under a compromise given tentative approval by the House this morning.
[...]Sen. Al White got huge laughs for his mock Oscar speech, complete with him holding a gold statue.
Republican Sen. Nancy Spence says she doesn't share her GOP colleagues' moral opposition to Senate Bill 88, but she opposes the measure for financial reasons.
Sen. Joyce Foster said a bill extending same-sex benefits to state employees is not "cutting edge" legislation.
The Senate is engaged in a spirited debate over a bill that would extend benefits to state workers' gay or lesbian partners.
During a discussion about funding for mental-health care, Rep. Jack Pommer, D-Boulder, segued into talk about an incident in recent years where someone escaped from a mental-health home in his district and stabbed a University of Colorado student.
The debate on a plastic bag bill is delayed until Tuesday.
[...]A bill requiring seat belts on school buses is on its way to the House after it passed the Senate this morning.
House Speaker Terrance Carroll, D-Denver, has short hair, speaks with a deep voice and sports a goatee.
