Danielson The Colorado House and Senate passed a “Wage Claims Construction Industry Contractors” bill that will combat wage theft in the construction industry, specifically improving accountability on general contractors to cover lost wages if subcontractors don’t pay their workers as required by law — or simply never give them their earned wages. This measure was sent to Gov. Jared Polis’ office on May 14.
The Colorado House and Senate passed “Protecting the Freedom to Marry” resolution, which, if approved by voters in November, would amend the state’s constitution by eliminating the ban on same-sex marriage. Although same-sex marriage was legalized in 2015 with the Obergefell v. Hodges’ decision, the Colorado Constitution still contained this unconstitutional language.
Pro-Palestine protests have continued to escalate at Auraria campus. Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), an organization of student activists, is at the forefront of these protests with encampments involving about 50 people, including students and community members.
Five days after U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper (D-CO) and other members of Congress sent a letter to the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) urging it to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, the Biden administration proposed rescheduling cannabis from a Schedule I to Schedule III classification, making marijuana research, business, and other activities much easier.
During an April 19 interview on KNUS radio’s Jeff and Bill Show, Colorado congressional candidate Jeff Crank stated his support for a national abortion ban.
