High schoolers will be required to learn personal finance if lawmakers pass bill
Balancing a budget, doing taxes, investing. All things many adults know how to do — but young people? Many aren’t so sure. There’s a bipartisan push to change that situation – but it's run into some opposition in the mad dash to the end of the legislative session.
Colorado Dems Seek to Punish Parents in Custody Disputes for ‘Deadnaming’ Kids
Colorado parents who call their gender-confused kids by their birth names and sex could be punished by the courts in custody disputes, according to a Democratic bill quickly making its way through the state legislature.
House Bill 25-1312 would require courts making child-custody decisions to consider “deadnaming” or “misgendering” as types of coercive control. It says that courts “shall consider reports of coercive control when determining the allocation of parental responsibilities in accordance with the best interests of the child.”
Colorado bill sparks debate over parental rights and gender identity protections
DENVER, Colorado — Colorado legislators are split over House Bill 25-1312, which seeks to expand anti-discrimination protections for transgender individuals and clarify how gender identity issues are handled in custody disputes.
Democratic Rep. Rebekah Stewart, one of the bill's sponsors, explains that the bill really includes "three buckets," with the most controversial addressing child custody and family law.
Bill would help businesses save money by preventing credit card swipe fees on tips and sales taxes
DENVER — A new bill could help businesses throughout Colorado save money by prohibiting credit card companies from implementing transaction fees on tips and sales tax.
This would come as relief to small businesses who are struggling financially and facing the challenges of food prices and minimum wage costs.
‘We tend to put criminals’ rights over victims’: A law to help address theft in Colorado is struck down by Lawmakers
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KKTV) -In a 6-3 vote a Colorado House Committee votes to kill a bill that would have increased the penalties for theft in Colorado.
“They were worried that we were gonna put people who shoplift five dollars in jail and that’s not anything to do with my bill. I think that we tend to put criminals' rights over victims' rights. They were saying that when we take freedoms away from people that we have to be very careful when doing that,” said Colorado Representative Brandi Bradley…
Colorado lawmakers look to ease process for veterans who want to become police officers
DENVER — A bipartisan bill that aims to make it easier for veterans to become police officers in Colorado passed out of the House of Representatives after a 59-5 vote on Monday… READ More—>
'Another thing Graffit did with the sacrifice': Recent Colorado law increases penalties for cruelty to K-9s
DENVER — The Jefferson County deputy whose K-9 was killed while working to apprehend a suspect in February has applauded a recent bill signed into law to increase penalties for cruelty to K-9s…
Opinion: Rep. Bradley: In Colorado, parents are barriers to legislate around
No one understands the needs of children like their parents. This is true in nearly every facet of a child’s life. The love I have for my own children cannot be matched by any individual, agency, or organization on this Earth. No one — not a teacher, medical provider, or the government — understands best the emotional, physical, and behavioral patterns of a child like parents do…