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After hours of debate Friday night, the Democrat-controlled state House of Representatives gave initial approval to a package of gun control measures.
One of Colorado's biggest unions is jumping into the debate over immigration reform.
Colorado Democrats advanced ammunition limits, expanded background checks, and other gun measures during a debate that drew the attention of Vice President Joe Biden, who called four lawmakers.
A package of Democratic gun control measures began moving through the Colorado Legislature Friday, with Vice President Joe Biden personally phoning four lawmakers from his Colorado ski vacation to speed along the emotional debate.
A package of gun control measures began its lengthy and emotional route through Colorado's Legislature on Friday, with the House approving limits on the size of ammunition magazines and expanding background checks after hours of fiery debate about how to stop gun violence.
A Democratic gun control package began its lengthy and emotional route through Colorado's Legislature on Friday, with the House approving limits on the size of ammunition magazines after hours of fiery debate on gun violence and how to stop it.
Kicking off a long, emotional debate about guns, Colorado lawmakers clashed Friday over setting limits on the size of ammunition magazines, a proposal in a package of Democratic bills responding to mass shootings at an Aurora movie theater and a Connecticut elementary school.
A state House committee has unanimously approved a bill to help victims of rape.
Gov. John Hickenlooper has appointed former Colorado Senate President Brandon Shaffer to the State Board of Parole, along with former Colorado Department of Public Safety Executive Director Joe Morales.
A Democratic gun-control package including ammunition limits and expanded background checks is moving quickly through the Colorado Legislature, where GOP attempts to stall a mammoth debate on the gun controls were quashed Thursday.
Colorado Democrats rejected a Republican proposal for a sales-tax holiday on disaster preparedness items like first aid kits, flashlights and bottled water.
Farm-fresh eggs are getting a look from Colorado lawmakers, who are considering loosening requirements for selling whole eggs.
A Colorado company is threatening to leave the state if a bill to ban high-capacity ammunition magazines becomes law.
Some Colorado lawmakers say there's no need to increase penalties for people who attack young children. What's known as "Jessica's Law," named after a Florida girl sexually assaulted and killed, won't become law in the state.
Some family members who lost loved ones in the Aurora theater shooting are looking for changes in the gun laws at both a state and federal level.
