The state’s $604 million budget shortfall isn’t discouraging backers of proposed legislation that would increase Colorado's vehicle registration fee by $1 for emergency medical services. In fact, they have been doubling their lobbying efforts.
COLORADO'S FRONTPAGE
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Content Index: Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
Follow this topic by RSSLaw would return emissions test to Weld, Larimer counties
A Face the State Staff Report
May 27, 2009Pending Gov. Bill Ritter's signature, Larimer and Weld county residents will once again be subject to vehicle emissions testing under Senate Bill 3, passed this spring. Several county commissioners fought against the return of testing regulations and fees, but officials with the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment say it is time for drivers in the northern front range to own up to their share of emissions and ozone production.
State health board delays vote on new medical marijuana rules
A Face the State Staff Report
March 3, 2009The Colorado Board of Health has postponed a March 18 vote on whether to restrict the number of medical marijuana patients a registered caregiver can serve. The move comes after activists inundated the board with hundreds of protest e-mails and letters. A vote is now expected in June.
Time for state to finally "just say yes" to medical marijuana
FTS Opinion
February 25, 2009Early next month, state health department officials will seek to limit the number of patients to which a licensed medical marijuana caregiver can provide care. The move, sold as a way to protect patients, could actually provoke devastating consequences, including forcing many patients into the back alleys of the black market to obtain their marijuana.
Segment 4 - Rep. Cory Gardner on property rights
Under new rules adopted by the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, the state's Division of Wildlife holds an unprecedented role in approving or denying oil and gas drilling permits. Rep. Cory Gardner, R-Yuma, has introduced legislation to ensure the DOW cannot hold a unilateral veto power over permits, thereby lowering the value of property held by surface and mineral rights owners.
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State redoubles effort to increase EMS fee
January 3, 2009DENVER JUDGE GRANTS TEMPORARY VICTORY TO MEDICAL MARIJUANA PATIENTS
A Face the State Staff Report
July 10, 2007In a dramatic decision Tuesday, District Judge Larry Naves imposed a preliminary injunction against a government policy limiting the number of patients a Colorado medical marijuana caregiver can serve. Naves scolded government officials for holding meetings in secret and arbitrarily denying the constitutional rights of Damien LaGoy, a Colorado man suffering from HIV and hepatitis C.