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• KEY DEMOCRATS DOWNPLAY NEED TO RAISE TAXES

  - 2008-01-09

  DENVER - After a summer in which government panels discussed the need for more money, Democratic leaders vowed Tuesday to raise taxes only as "a last resort." Senate President Peter Groff and House Speaker Andrew Romanoff said substantial changes could be made during the legislative session beginning...

  Tags: ballot, Denver, education, FINANCE, Morse Plc., Taxes, Transportation, U.S. Senate

• SENATE'S 1st BLACK PRESIDENT

  - 2007-11-16

  DENVER - Democrats chose Peter Groff to be the first black president in the history of the Colorado Senate on Thursday and also moved Sen. John Morse, D-Colorado Springs, onto the powerful Joint Budget Committee. The decisions were made at a morning caucus meeting just two days...

  Tags: Leadership, Morse Plc., president, Sen., Transportation, U.S. Senate

• Senate OKs bill to take money from roads, put it toward seniors

  - 2007-04-21

  DENVER - A bill that would inject an extra $2 million a year into the Older Coloradans Cash Fund, including an expected $200,000 for the Pikes Peak Area Agency on Aging, received final Senate approval Friday. The money to pay for the increase will come from a...

  Tags: agency, Morse Plc., Transportation, U.S. Senate

• Mental health bill for vets' families advances

  - 2007-04-06

  DENVER - A proposed pilot program to offer mental health services to families of recently discharged Colorado Springs combat veterans cleared its biggest hurdle Thursday. The Senate Appropriations Committee unanimously approved SB146, which would create a three-year program in the Pikes Peak region before expanding it to...

  Tags: Benefits, Government, HEALTHCARE, Morse Plc., Sen., SOFTWARE, U.S. Senate

• UNDER THE DOME from the Legislature

  - 2007-03-21

  CONCEALED PERMITS The House Judiciary Committee endorsed a bill that would require Coloradans who carry a concealed weapon permitted by another state to obtain a Colorado permit within 90 days. Senate Bill 34 by Sen. John Morse, D-Colorado Springs, also provides that Colorado will...

  Tags: Colorado, Morse Plc., Sen., Transportation, U.S. Senate

• Profit motives

  - 2007-03-16

  Amid renewed forecasts of $3-a-gallon gas later this year, it's no surprise that savvy politicians -- and even the not-so-savvy -- are lining up behind an effort to cut prices at the pump in Colorado. And all it will take is an adjustment to an obscure and outdated provision in...

  Tags: commission, Morse Plc., Retail, SALES, Strategy, U.S. Senate

• Gas discount advances in Senate

  - 2007-03-14

  DENVER - A bill to allow retailers to offer customers deep discounts on gas passed the Senate with bipartisan support Tuesday, despite several attempts by Colorado Springs Sen. John Morse to shoot it down. House Bill 1208 restores a program that was offered by King Soopers, City...

  Tags: MARKETING, Morse Plc., Pricing, Retail, U.S. Senate

• Some smell monopoly in bill

  - 2007-03-13

  DENVER - Colorado Springs' newest state senator will lead the effort today to kill a bill that would let large retailers give special discounts on gas to their customers. Sen. John Morse, a Democrat elected in November, said such discounts are monopolistic and drive small independent businesses...

  Tags: Government, Morse Plc., Retail, U.S. Senate

• UNDER THE DOME from the Legislature

  - 2007-03-02

  Keep shooting Active-duty military members who live in Colorado but are stationed out of state will no longer lose their resident status for the purpose of getting hunting and fishing licenses under a bill that passed the Senate Agriculture, Natural Resources and Energy Committee on Thursday. ...

  Tags: Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Litigation, Morse Plc., Rep., SOFTWARE, U.S. Senate

• UNDER THE DOME from the Legislature

  - 2007-02-14

  Concealed weapons A bill by Sen. John Morse, D-Colorado Springs, to limit interstate reciprocity agreements on concealed-carry weapons permits was hit with major changes Tuesday under an amendment backed by Senate Republicans and three Democrats. The amendment, co-sponsored by GOP Sen. Dave Schultheis of...

  Tags: Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Morse Plc., permit, SOFTWARE, U.S. Senate