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Friday, February 21, 2025

Lawmakers push reforms for Colorado forensic science in wake of CBI lab scandal

The bill would require employees in crime laboratories to report misconduct up their internal chain of command within 14 days of learning about it

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Colorado lawmakers again target nonnative grasses to save water — this time, at apartment complexes

Colorado lawmakers are once again pursuing a new law that would save water by limiting the installation of nonnative ornamental turf as drought and climate change sap water supplies.

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Senate Republicans approve budget framework, pushing past Democratic objections after all-night vote

Republican senators pushed a $340 billion budget framework to passage after a nearly all-night vote.

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Judge temporarily reinstates Colorado Medicaid transportation provider in program

A Denver judge has temporarily allowed MedRide to continue operating in the state, marking the latest abrupt swivel in a dispute between the company and Colorado’s Medicaid authority.

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IRS layoffs could hurt revenue collection and foil efforts to go after rich tax dodgers, experts say

The upheaval comes less than two months before the tax filing deadline.

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Potential Medicaid cuts could mean trouble, Colorado health care leaders, Rep. Diana DeGette say

As congressional Republicans look to slash government spending by more than $1 trillion, Colorado health care and political leaders are ringing the alarm over what that could mean for Medicaid in the state.

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Colorado construction defects battle returns as one bill aims to ensure homes are “built right in the first place”

A pair of competing bills aren’t explicitly at odds, but their competing aims could put them on a collision course.

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Federal money trickles back to Colorado after Trump’s funding freeze is lifted

The grant was one of several that are funneling about $640 million into Colorado for clean water, pollution reduction and reimbursement programs to encourage homeowners to electrify their houses and use solar panels.

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Trump loyalist Kash Patel is confirmed as FBI director by the Senate despite deep Democratic doubts

The Senate narrowly voted to confirm Patel as FBI director.

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Trump says federal government should ‘take over’ DC, backing congressional GOP push