DENVER, Colorado, April 26 -- The Colorado Senate Democrats issued the following news release on April 25, 2024: Today the Senate Local Government and Housing Committee advanced legislation to give local governments the right of first refusal to purchase existing subsidized housing and preserve Colorado's limited affordable housing stock. Sponsored by Senators Faith Winter, D-Broomfield, and Sonya Jaquez Lewis, D-Longmont, HB24-1175 would also give local governments the right to make the first  more

DENVER, Colorado, April 25 -- The Colorado Senate Democrats issued the following news release on April 24, 2024: Legislation aimed at boosting substance use disorder (SUD) prevention and saving lives in Colorado cleared the Senate today. SB24-047, sponsored by Senators Sonya Jaquez Lewis, D-Longmont, and Kevin Priola, D-Henderson, would support Coloradans with SUDs by updating the Colorado Prescription Drug Monitoring Program to improve data collection and access, and by creating the Substance  more