Weekly Roundup: Republicans Fight – Hospitals Profit – Sober Seating – Plastic Bag Tax – Gun Restrictions

It’s Friday!

That means it’s time for a Weekly Roundup!

Articles Discussed:

Colorado’s Attorney General wants more oversight into social platforms: https://www.nbc11news.com/2023/03/10/colorados-attorney-general-wants-more-oversight-into-social-platforms/

Colorado Republicans elect Dave Williams to lead state party for next two years: https://denvergazette.com/premium/colorado-republicans-elect-dave-williams-state-party-chair/article_0a691532-98cc-5284-a1b2-93500241ce96.html

Homelessness politics and voter frustration drive local elections in the West: https://www.axios.com/2023/03/10/homelessness-america-cities-politics

Colorado’s wealthiest hospitals favored in $1.2 billion COVID bailout: https://www.coloradopolitics.com/health-care/colorado-hospital-covid-bailout/article_24fdac95-6530-5ca2-b593-123ded076ce0.html

7 separate weekend shootings leave 1 dead, 11 wounded in Denver metro: https://www.denver7.com/news/crime/6-separate-weekend-shootings-leave-1-dead-8-wounded-in-denver-metro

Think tank: Gun bill aims to ‘eliminate American firearms businesses’ through litigation: https://www.thecentersquare.com/colorado/article_562650f8-beb9-11ed-9fb7-ff2cbdc06ccf.html

Colorado Republicans attempted to filibuster gun control and supervised drug use bills, leading to a legislative all-nighter: https://www.cpr.org/2023/03/10/colorado-republicans-filibuster-guns-supervised-drug-use-bills/

Natelson: Consequences of Colorado’s plastic bag tax rolling in: https://pagetwo.completecolorado.com/2023/03/13/natelson-consequences-of-colorados-plastic-bag-tax-rolling-in/

So far, legislative affordable housing solutions are problematic | Sentinel Colorado: https://www.coloradopolitics.com/opinion/so-far-legislative-affordable-housing-solutions-are-problematic-sentinel-colorado/article_cca85d42-c284-11ed-8ca6-fffae8a317ac.html

Bill could enforce ‘substance-free seating’ at Colorado entertainment venues: https://kdvr.com/news/politics/colorado-politics-news/colorado-bill-substance-free-seating-entertainment-venues/

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Author: Brandon Wark

Colorado Native, world traveler. Political operative and blogger in defense of liberty. Believer in the value of human life and the potential for consciousness. My posts are my opinion - protected by the First Amendment