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Saguache County Democrats meet in assembly

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SAGUACHE — Democrats met recently at the Community Building in Saguache to vote on resolutions and approve candidates for the upcoming elections.

Party chairman Randall Arredondo started the meeting with a brief greeting, followed by the introduction of several resolutions from the different precincts.

Chuck Tidd representing Prec. 1 proposed that the State require renewable energy for potential distribution be certified and analyzed before actual transmission lines are constructed. The resolution was approved.

100 days

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When Wayne Allard first was elected to the Colorado Legislature, lawmakers could meet nearly year-round.

Colorado didn’t need full-time legislators, the future Republican U.S. senator believed, and so he led the effort that resulted in a law limiting each year’s regular legislative session to 120 days.

Now, State Sen. Gail Schwartz. a Democrat from Snowmass Village, believes lawmakers still spend too much time at the Statehouse. She’s championing a resolution to shorten future sessions.

Sen. Schwartz Keeps CO. on Pace

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New Program will help Homeowners Get on Board with the New Energy Economy

Sen. Schwartz Heads to Aspen for Some Eco-Speak

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DENVER—Senator Gail Schwartz (D-Snowmass) will be take part in roundtable talks at EcoFest in Aspen this weekend to discuss renewable energy and energy conservation and to speak about her work to expand and support renewable energy in Colorado.

EcoFest is an educational environmental festival, held for the first time this year, to foster environmental awareness and encourage green solutions. The event will feature policy discussions, art shows, environmental fashion shows, and a market place for vendors to sell the newest in green household products.

Senator Schwartz Applauds Colorado Roadless Rule Plan

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New Plan Protects Important Colorado Jobs

Today, Senator Gail Schwartz (D-Snowmass) applauded the revised state petition to the U.S. Department of Agriculture concerning the management of 4.2 million acres of roadless national forest in Colorado submitted by Governor Bill Ritter.

Bills mean changes for Colo. food growers

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The Farm-to-School Interagency Task Force, SB 81, is now law under Gov. Bill Ritter’s signature Thursday. The law creates a 13-member taskforce that will come up with farm-to-school programs by October of 2013.

Lawmakers urge road access in forest to vent methane from mine

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Colorado lawmakers on Friday weighed into the Obama administration's deliberations over a proposal submitted by Gov. Bill Ritter for managing national forest roadless areas in the state.

A bipartisan group of 15 state legislators asked Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to grant the U.S. Forest Service authority to allow temporary roads in a roadless area in western Colorado for the purpose of venting gas from a coal mine.

Four-year CMC nursing degrees may have to wait

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GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colorado — Four-year nursing degrees will not immediately be part of Colorado Mountain College's move to offer a limited number of bachelor's degrees, which now only await the governor's signature for final approval.

In order to offer bachelor's degrees in nursing, the director of the program as well as 25 percent of the teaching faculty must have earned their doctorate degrees, CMC President Stan Jensen explained last week after the Colorado Legislature approved the four-year degree plan for the Glenwood Springs-based community college district.

Sen. Schwartz Stands Up for Colorado Counties

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DENVER— Today, Colorado’s Congressional Delegation visited the State Capitol to meet with legislators. Senator Gail Schwartz (D-Snowmass) spoke with the delegation and voiced her concern about a proposed federal action which will negatively impact Colorado’s rural communities. (click the attachment for a chart showing how Colorado's communities could be impacted)

Housing bill revives memories of special session on illegal immigration

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A debate in the Senate today over a housing measure turned into a rehash of a special session on illegal immigration and a fight over whether resort towns pay “slave wages.”

Sen. Dave Schultheis, R-Colorado Springs, wanted to amend House Bill 1017 to include a provision that bans illegal immigrants from being eligible for the affordable housing.

That’s when the blast to the past began.

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