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Proposition KK: Colorado voters approve gun excise tax
Nov 5, 2024 · Proposition KK had received 54% of votes in favor as of 11:40 p.m., and its supporters declared victory Tuesday night. The Associated Press called the race at 2:18 a.m. Wednesday with the vote share unmoved. The measure was referred to the ballot earlier this year by the state legislature’s Democratic majority.
Colorado's 8 new gun laws passed in 2024 - The Colorado Sun
Jun 12, 2024 · Surrender by people subject to a temporary domestic violence restraining order. A rare example of a bipartisan bill tightening Colorado’s gun regulations, House Bill 1122 requires people who are subject to a temporary domestic violence restraining order to relinquish their guns and ammunition and prevents them from purchasing more firearms or ammunition while the …
Colorado prepares rollout of psychedelic-assisted therapies in 2025
Nov 19, 2024 · Colorado’s rules — coming out two years after Oregon opened its first psilocybin service center — allow for two facilitator licensing tracks compared to only one in Oregon. In the first year of the program in Oregon, there are 21 licensed service centers, 10 manufacturing facilities and 329 licensed facilitators.. Poinsatte said it makes sense for states to lead on the …
Safeway owner breaks off merger with Kroger which would have …
Dec 11, 2024 · A day after two judges in two lawsuits ruled against the proposed $24.6 billion supermarket merger, Albertsons Companies said Wednesday it would end its merger agreement with Kroger. “Given the recent federal and state court decisions to block our proposed merger with Kroger, we have made the difficult decision to terminate the merger agreement.
$40M price tag for race in Colorado’s 8th Congressional District
Dec 6, 2024 · Most of the money — or about $24 million — was spent to benefit Democratic U.S. Rep. Yadira Caraveo. But it wasn’t enough, as she lost to Republican state Rep. Gabe Evans by about 2,500 votes, or about 1 percentage point.
Jeff Hurd beats Adam Frisch in Colorado's 3rd Congressional District
Nov 6, 2024 · Jeff Hurd, 3rd Congressional District Republican candidate, left, greets supporters before election results came in at his and 1st District Commissioner Republican candidate Cody Davis’ joined private election watch party at the Warehouse 25sixty-five on Nov. 5, 2024.
State orders Colorado mine to halt all tours after guide killed, 23 …
Oct 17, 2024 · Twenty-three people were trapped, some of whom waited 1,000 feet underground for six hours, after the elevator system failed Oct. 10, the Teller County Sheriff’s Office said. One of the mine’s tour guides, Patrick Weier, died on the elevator when there was a mechanical problem with the elevator’s doors about 500 feet underground, the sheriff said, but few …
Killer of Grand Junction's “reading man” sentenced to life in prison
Feb 7, 2023 · GRAND JUNCTION — More than 30 friends and relatives of the victim of a grisly murder two years ago crowded into a Grand Junction courtroom Monday morning to witness the sentencing of his killer, a young man who told investigators he chose a homeless victim because no one would notice his disappearance. The victim, Warren Barnes, was known around …
An error shorted Colorado taxpayers $34M in refunds. Here's why.
May 2, 2024 · Here’s the problem: The enterprise also gets money from the state general fund, through a longstanding tax on insurance premiums. The government can’t just move tax dollars from the general fund to an enterprise and call it a TABOR-exempt fee, …