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The Colorado House on Tuesday passed legislation to allow state workers to collectively bargain. House Bill 1153, called the Colorado Partnership for Quality Jobs and Services Act, now moves to the state Senate, where Democrats also have a majority and are expected to pass the bill.

Highlights from Monday’s City Council Work Session, February 10, 2020:

-Garden of the Gods Commercial Use Permit: Matt Mayberry reiterated that the new permit requirements at city parks DID NOT apply to commercial photographers taking wedding photos unless they were going to close part of the park for their activities.

As a concerned citizen of Colorado Springs, I’m fascinated by city politics and the goings-on of Colorado Springs City Council and the Mayor. Every two weeks the city council has two meetings – Monday: City Council Work Session and Tuesday: City Council meeting.

One downside to a hip and happening downtown  -- and there’s no denying that ours has shaken off its former slumbers -- is that more people...

It’s become clear to me, after careful study, that we face a day of reckoning over the unchecked proliferation of special taxing districts across Colorado.

ALEXANDRIA, VA–A new report from the Crime Prevention Research Center analyzes the spread of legal concealed carrying of firearms nationwide. There has been a 304% increase in concealed carry permitting since 2007. In 2018 alone more than 1.8 million new permits were issued nationwide. The September report says that Colorado, with more than half a million permits issued, is eleventh on the list of all states by percentage of people with concealed carry permits at at 11.29%.

A Colorado Springs tax watchdog group obtained communications between city employees that show discussion of using sales tax revenue for traffic reduction and bike lane infrastructure while other city officials have denied that’s where funds would be directed.

COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO — The Colorado Springs City Council heard the first of six presentations by city staff about special districts and how they operate at their work session Monday morning.

“I would hire another manager,” a Burger King franchisee told me when I asked what else he could do with the additional property tax he would have to pay to one of Colorado’s many special taxing districts. He didn’t have any doubts about the districts and their functions; he was just frustrated about not knowing if he would be getting value for tax payments that never seemed to end.

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