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New Colorado law grants in-state tuition fees to immigrant students
Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper (D) is expected to sign into law a measure allowing undocumented high school graduates to pay in-state tuition rates. The Associated Press reported that Hickenlooper will sign the bill on Monday, making Colorado the 14th state to do so. Undocumented students were being charged out-of-state tuition…
Colorado corrections department chief killed at his home
Authorities in Colorado are looking for suspects in the shooting death of the director of the state department of corrections, Tom Clements, at his home Tuesday night. KCNC-TV reported Wednesday morning that Clements was shot while answering the front door of his home in Monument, Colorado, around 8:30 p.m. Tuesday.…
Colorado sheriff downplays domestic violence to defend gun ownership
A Colorado sheriff this week attacked legislation to ban domestic abusers from having guns by suggesting the crime could be committed by merely breaking a framed photograph. At a town hall meeting on Thursday, El Paso County Sheriff Terry Maketa blasted new gun laws that are expected to be signed…
Colorado House votes to approve civil unions for same sex couples
The Colorado state House voted Tuesday to allow same sex couples to form civil unions under state law, 39 to 26. According to DenverPost.com, the law is headed to Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper’s desk, in spite of Republican protests that the law will end up in court. All 37 Democrats…
CO Gov. Hickenlooper admits to ‘ritual-like’ drinking of fracking fluid
Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper (D) told a Senate committee that he drank a glass of fracking fluid as a way to illustrate safety advances by the oil and gas industry, the Washington Times reported on Tuesday. “We did drink it around the table, almost ritual-like, in a funny way,” Hickenlooper…
Watch live: Colorado governor addresses gun laws in State of the State speech
Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper is expected to address gun laws, and the Aurora theater shootings, during his State of the State speech. Watch live, broadcast on NBC news on Jan. 10. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Photo: Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper (Flickr user…
Hickenlooper points to guns in ‘video games’ but dodges on assault weapons ban
Democratic Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper on Sunday suggested that assault weapons may be used in so many mass shootings because of their depiction in video games, but he stopped short of calling for reinstating a ban on those military-style, urban-warfare firearms. CNN host Candy Crowley on Sunday reminded Hickenlooper that…
Colorado governor legalizes marijuana nearly a month ahead of time
Marijuana wasn’t supposed to be legalized in Colorado until January 5, but Gov. John Hickenlooper (D) said Monday that he signed an executive order formalizing the ballot initiative into law. “Voters were loud and clear on Election Day,” Hickenlooper said in a media advisory. “We will begin working immediately with…
Colorado gov. on shooter: ‘This guy is a terrorist’
Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper (D) says that there is no doubt in his mind that last week’s shooting at a theater in Aurora was an example of domestic terrorism. “You know, in a funny way this guy is a terrorist,” Hickenlooper said of James Holmes, the man who is suspected…
Police stage mass eviction of ‘Occupy Denver’ activists; 23 arrested
Colorado state police arrested 23 people early this morning, hours after officers began forcibly evicting protesters from the “Occupy Denver” camp in front of the state’s capitol. Individuals arrested were facing likely charges of “unlawful conduct on public land,” according to The Denver Post. Several others were being charged with…
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