Colorado's 8 new gun laws passed in 2024 - The Colorado Sun
Jun 12, 2024 · New requirements for concealed carry permits. Starting July 1, 2025, the requirements for obtaining a concealed carry permit will change. House Bill 1174 mandates that training classes to qualify for a concealed carry permit offer at least eight hours of instruction, including a live-fire test where participants shoot at least 50 rounds. Passing the live-fire test, as well as a written exam ...
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 Voter Guide — 2024 Election
Oct 11, 2024 · Our job at The Colorado Sun is to provide you with the information you need to fill out your 2024 ballot. We get it: You’re busy. You don’t have time to research everything every candidate has ever said or what the consequences of voting for …
6 important things to know about Denver’s migrant crisis
Mar 13, 2024 · Almost 40,000 migrants have come to Denver in the past 15 months, a number that’s become hard to comprehend. “To put that in context, that’s Coors Field on a Saturday night in July when the Dodgers are in town,” said Jon Ewing, spokesman for Denver Human Services, during this week’s Colorado Sun virtual event on the migrant crisis.“You look to your left, you look to your right, up ...
Amendment 80 explained: Putting school choice in Colorado’s …
Oct 9, 2024 · Fields said voters should be the ones making decisions about the schools children can attend, not lawmakers, particularly after a recent failed legislative attempt to make charter schools more accountable and transparent. “We don’t believe that one size fits all for parents and families, so we should be able to choose what’s the best school for our kids,” Fields said.
Group claims ownership to 1,400 acres of public land in Colorado
Oct 10, 2024 · MANCOS – A group calling itself the Free Land Holders is building a fence around a swath of U.S. Forest Service land outside Mancos, claiming ownership of about 1,400 acres. And a group of local residents on Thursday started tearing it down. “Our community’s not going to put up with a theft of our public lands,” said Tim Hunter, a Mancos resident since 1994 as he helped his neighbors ...
Live Colorado election results 2024 - The Colorado Sun
Get live results for the 2024 election in Colorado. Data provided by the Colorado Secretary of State's Office.
Colorado Amendment 79 explained: Adding abortion access to …
Oct 1, 2024 · Voters will decide Nov. 5 whether to preserve unfettered abortion access in Colorado in the state constitution and lift a 40-year-old state ban on the use of government funds for the procedure.. Amendment 79, which requires the support of 55% of voters to pass, comes amid a wave of similar measures being considered across the country this year in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2022 ...
Lauren Boebert wins reelection, toppling Democrat Trisha …
Nov 5, 2024 · Boebert currently represents the 3rd Congressional District on the other side of Colorado, but late last year she switched her reelection bid to the 4th District, which spans the Eastern Plains into Douglas County and Loveland, to improve her chances at securing a third term in Washington, D.C. . The 4th District — the most Republican of Colorado’s eight congressional districts in terms of ...
Colorado Gives Day 2024 - The Colorado Sun
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