All articles from: April, 2010

Rafting measure shows signs of life

Rafting measure shows signs of life: The Durango Herald 2/24/2010

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Legislative Update (4/24/2010)

This past week just flew by. The House dealt with a number of issues including medical marijuana, teacher reform, my rafting bill, establishing a fund for the severely developmentally disabled, higher education funding, and much more. Most everyone’s time was spent in committee working on new bills that have been recently introduced, and [...]

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Two Curry sponsored bills move forward (4/15/2010)

Representative targets gas taxes for rainy-day fund: Durango Herald 4/15/2010
Wildlife safety zone bill passes out of State House: Glenwood Springs Post Independent 4/15/2010

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Legislative Update (Web only 4/14/10)

Today was a good day for me in the legislature. HB1238, the wildlife crossing bill, passed the House this morning on third reading, so it is on its way to the Senate. The bill allows CDOT and the Division of Wildlife to work together to establish up to a total of 100 miles of wildlife [...]

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Legislative Update (4/13/2010)

Legislative Update
The House is set to discuss some controversial legislation this week. The Senate finished their budget discussion last week, but because there are some differences between the two houses, the discussion will continue in conference committee.
Outstanding issues include passage of legislation that would eliminate the senior citizen homestead tax exemption for another year, and [...]

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Update regarding HB1188, the Commercial Rafting bill (4/7/2010)

I am posting this statement to offer you my perspective on articles that the Associated Press and the Denver Post ran today regarding the floating dispute on the Taylor River.
The articles concerned the status of private negotiations that have been taking place between a landowner on the Taylor River in Gunnison and two outfitters that [...]

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Legislative (and personal) Update (4/2/2010)

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Today is Good Friday and the legislature was given the day off so that we could all go home and spend time with our families. I am very grateful to have this extra day. We are calving at home and my husband has his hands full with all of the pregnant mothers and new babies. [...]

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