A measure to reauthorize the Colorado Civil Rights Commission cleared its first hurdle in the Senate Wednesday, but as Bente Birkeland reports, there are still disagreements over how it will ultimately look… https://objects-us-east-1.dream.io/kgnu-news/2018/04/041818CivilRightsCommission.mp3 Right now the Governor appoints all […]
For the second year in a row, Colorado lawmakers are working on a way to provide funding for the states roadways. In 2017 it was a proposed tax measure that failed. This time around it’s a bonding plan that would […]
A complaint alleging that Sen. Jack Tate harassed a woman at the state Capitol has been found credible. The woman, a former intern, alleged that Tate flirted with her and touched her in an elevator in an unwelcome manner during […]
Colorado lawmakers are working on several high priority issues including human trafficking, updating a driver’s license program for undocumented immigrants and responding to the mass school shooting in Parkland, Florida. Statehouse reporter Bente Birkeland spoke with Jesse Aaron Paul of […]
Funding for Colorado’s Civil Rights Commission and the Division of Civil Rights is uncertain following a vote in the legislature last Thursday (2/8/18). The Joint Budget Committee deadlocked in a 3-3 vote – which effectively shuts off funding to the agencies starting […]
Kevin Grantham, the president of Colorado’s Senate, refused to say whether he would make any punishment stemming from a sexual harassment investigation — public. He was asked Monday (Feb. 5, 2018) during a weekly media briefing with Capitol reporters whether he […]
Leaders in the Colorado Senate are in a position to decide whether to impose some form of punishment against Republican Senator Randy Baumgardner. A formal sexual harassment complaint filed against him – has been validated by an outside group investigating […]
Sexual harassment complaints still loom at Colorado’s Capitol. Most were filed last November when it was quiet at the statehouse. The building is now full of lawmakers, lobbyists, aides and staffers for the annual legislative session. But as Bente Birkeland […]
