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(Colorado Newsline) Colorado landlords will now need a specific reason to evict or not offer a lease renewal to a tenant under a new law signed by Democratic Governor Jared Polis on Friday. It is a victory for tenants-rights organizers and progressive legislators who seek to include renters in the conversation about how to address the state’s housing and affordability issues. Colorado is the sixth state to enact such a policy. “Everybody here wants to prevent unnecessary evictions and save families money. And House Bill 1098 does these things while placing no financial burdens on landlords. This is the right...

DENVER — Gov. Jared Polis signed a bill into law Monday that officially eliminates most restrictions on how many unrelated roommates can live together in Colorado. House Bill 1007 prohibits local governments from enacting occupancy limits, which Polis and other critics of the policy have derided as discriminatory and outdated. Roughly two dozen Colorado cities have such restrictions on the books, though lawmakers said that only a few — including the college town of Fort Collins — actively enforce them. “This issue is both a housing issue and a civil rights issue,” Polis said during a bill-signing ceremony outside the...

Pro-choice groups advertise 'Abortion is Good/El Aborto es Bueno' T-shirtsColorado Gov. Jared Polis might want to have checked with a few more Democrats before declaring that they believe abortion is “bad.” The pro-choice governor landed in hot water with some fellow Democrats and abortion rights groups as he sought to find common ground between the parties by saying both sides agree that elective pregnancy termination isn’t a good thing. “Democrats don’t believe that abortion is good. We believe it’s bad. It should be minimized,” Mr. Polis said in a July 23 interview on CNN’s “State of the Union.” “How do...

The Colorado governor finds common ground with many libertarians. But does he really stand for more freedom? Colorado has a popular Democratic governor, Jared Polis. He's a rare Democrat who says, "I'm for more freedom and lower taxes." But is he really? At least he's willing to come to Stossel TV to debate. Refreshingly, Polis supports charter schools. He even founded two. Unfortunately, his state's school choice program only applies to government schools. Florida, Arizona, Utah, Indiana, West Virginia, Iowa, and Arkansas now help parents send their kids to any school. When I tell Polis that Colorado lags, he responds,...

By: Robert GarrisonJan 07, 2023 DENVER — The mayors of New York City and Chicago are urging Colorado Governor Jared Polis to halt the practice of bussing migrants to their cities. In a letter to Gov. Polis on Saturday, Chicago Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot and New York City Mayor Eric Adams wrote, “We respectfully demand that you cease and desist sending migrants to New York City and Chicago.” Lightfoot and Adams, whose cities have already seen an influx of more than 30,000 migrants from the Texas border, wrote, “It is apparent that the influx of asylum seekers has provoked consternation...

New York Mayor Eric Adams has accused Colorado's Democrat governor of launching an 'unfair' plan to send an influx of migrants to the Big Apple. Jared Polis, Colorado's Dem governor, called the NYC mayor on Monday night to inform him large numbers of migrants would be transported to the city. Adams publicly criticized the plan on Tuesday morning and insisted New York has taken its fair share of migrants, adding: 'There's no more room at the inn.' The row marks a rare confrontation between two senior Democrats over the issue of migrants who are crossing the Mexican border into the...

Colorado has a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage by: Gabrielle Franklin Posted: Dec 18, 2022 DENVER (KDVR) — President Joe Biden signed the Respect for Marriage Act into law this week. The measure solidifies the federal recognition of same-sex and interracial marriage, but the constitutional right to those marriages still relies on Supreme Court precedent. Before Coloradans were given the right to same-sex marriages in late 2014, just before the marriages became legal nationwide in 2015 , voters added language to ban the recognition of those marriages through a 2006 amendment in the state’s constitution. Now advocates are looking to...

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) on Sunday said he will “take a hard look” at why Colorado’s red flag law did not stop the shooting at Club Q earlier this month, adding that an expansion of the legislation may be examined. “We’re certainly going to take a hard look at why [the] red flag law wasn’t used in this case and the case of the King Soopers shooter, what can be used to better publicize, make available, add different parties to make sure that it’s used when it should be used,” Polis told NBC’s Chuck Todd on “Meet the Press,”...

Many Coloradans may not realize this, but this Tuesday will be a seismic turning point for our beautiful state. Primary voters will either head us down a path towards prosperity, or down a road to relentless government overreach in the state known for being the new frontier. In just three and a half years, Jared Polis and his party have taken us from number 11 to 29 in business-friendly states, driven us to No. 1 in bank robberies, auto theft, and property crime, and created a crisis for our kids with one of the top suicide rates and drug addiction...

The culture war over Disney reached new heights Thursday, as Democratic Colorado Gov. Jared Polis and Florida Gov. Ron De Santis traded barbs over the company's future in the Sunshine State. Earlier this week, Polis voiced disagreement over DeSantis' support for legislation that would strip Disney of its special status as a self-governing area, which was ultimately passed Thursday by the Florida House. Polis then accused DeSantis of using socialist tactics to control the private sector, and invited Disney to ditch the Sunshine State and move to Colorado. 'Florida's authoritarian socialist attacks on the private sector are driving businesses away,'...

Democratic Party would be wise to emulate. One political writer recently argued that the Colorado governor was a "model of how you can build a coalition of the normal and decent." It's true that Polis was one of the first Democrats to shed the hysterical federal COVID regime. And his occasional pushback against fringe progressive economic ideas -- the norm among Western Democrats not that long ago -- certainly makes him seem less radical. Yet his support for what is likely the most extreme abortion law in America, maybe the world, should put an end to any talk about national...

Despite the control tactics that Tony Fauci is obsessed with perpetuating with every new covid variant that emerges, reportedly less lethal than the last, one unlikely leader has started seeing the light. It appears that the “my body, my choice” mantra is resurfacing again when it comes to being vaccinated or not, as the governor of one of the most liberal states in the nation decides that the Covid Emergency is over and people can decide for themselves what they want to do with what they put in their bodies. According to him, if the unvaccinated decide to get sick,...

Colorado is currently seeing a serious spike in COVID-19 cases, making it one of the most infected states in the nation, and according to Democratic Gov. Jared Polis, the experts do not know why. But there is one thing that he is certain of: He will not be issuing a state mask mandate any time soon, KCNC-TV reported. Why? Well, Polis suggested Friday that critics of his decision look to the Centennial State’s neighbor to the south. New Mexico is currently experiencing a COVID surge similar to Colorado’s. The Land of Enchantment has also had a mask mandate since August....

Millionaire Polis’ low tax payments draw reactions ahead of re-election campaign by: Gabrielle Franklin Nov 5, 2021 DENVER (KDVR) — Gov. Jared Polis is under a national microscope after a ProPublica report highlighted how he paid a small amount of taxes in past years, despite him being a millionaire. Polis is not denying what was written about his taxpaying or lack thereof over the last few years. His team is saying the findings highlight a larger issue he hopes to tackle, but opponents say now is not the time for that. “Somebody like Governor Polis is out of touch right...

Polis said. “You can still privately get vaccinated without your parent or spouse knowing if that keeps the harmony in your family and you’re protecting yourself. It doesn’t mean you have to share that with those you live with.”

Colorado’s Jared Polis, who became the first openly gay man in the United States to be elected governor in 2018, has married his longtime partner and first gentleman Marlon Reis, a writer and animal welfare advocate. Polis, 46, and Reis, 40, were married in a traditional Jewish ceremony attended by family and friends in Boulder on Wednesday, the governor’s office said. Rabbi Tirzah Firestone officiated. They have been together for 18 years and have two children, a 7-year-old boy and a 9-year-old girl. The family lives in Boulder.

Gov. Polis has really crossed the line. He’s telling children to lie to their parents, get the COVID-19 vaccine, and keep it a secret. Mr. Big Government is also encouraging spouses to get the vaccine and then lie to their partner to keep the peace in the family. We are not aware of divorce spikes over vaccines or an increase of social service reports on parents beating their children for begging to go to the doctor to get a shot. Maybe it’s a problem exclusive to Polis’s circle of friends. We’ve seen two slightly different versions of Polis’s quote last...

Governor Polis signs gun bills into law by: Gabrielle Franklin Updated: Apr 20, 2021 DENVER (KDVR) — Governor Polis had a busy day of signing bills Monday. He started the day off by signing two measures designed to decrease gun violence into law. In a tearful ceremony, Polis took a step to make sure the state has a better chance of making sure guns are accounted for. “This bill simply makes sure that if you’re a gun owner and your firearm is lost or stolen, you need to report it within five days. It’s the right thing to do for...

Simmons, Broncos teammates call on Polis to release medically-vulnerable inmates By: Ryan OsborneJan 12, 2021 DENVER — Broncos All-Pro safety Justin Simmons is calling on Gov. Jared Polis to release more medically-vulnerable inmates from Colorado prisons amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Broncos linebacker Alexander Johnson and cornerback De'Vante Bausby joined Simmons in an ad with the American Civil Liberties Union to push Polis "to intervene in order to save lives and undo decades of massive and ineffective carceral growth in our state," according to an ACLU Colorado news release. “Today a Black person has a one-in-three chance of ending up in...

Colorado’s First Gentleman Marlon Reis Treated With Dexamethasone, Remdesivir For Coronavirus By Jennifer McRaeDecember 7, 2020 DENVER (CBS4)– The governor’s office provided an update on Colorado’s First Gentleman Marlon Reis on Monday afternoon, a day after he was taken to the hospital. On Sunday, Gov. Jared Polis drove Reis to the hospital after he experienced shortness of breath and slightly worsening cough from coronavirus. Reis has received dexamethasone for inflammation and remdesivir. He also hasn’t required oxygen. Reis has normal oxygen saturation and is said to be in good spirits. He looks forward to returning home soon. In a statement...