Colorado Democrats spar over bill to prohibit rent-setting algorithms

A bill aimed at barring landlords from using algorithms to set rents died in the Colorado Senate on Wednesday after a group of moderate Democrats joined Republicans to reject a more forceful House version of the measure. The crux of the disagreement was an adopted amendment that bill backers charged had been written by a … Read more

Property tax redux, crucial land-use votes at in Colorado legislature

There are now just 10 days left in the 2024 Colorado legislative session. With a number of hefty bills still in the legislative pipeline, that means 10 days of long nights, voting marathons and hectic scrambling lie ahead of us. Or, to paraphrase how one senator put it to The Denver Post last week: Go … Read more

Colorado police oversight bill advances, propelled by whistleblowers

Former Edgewater police officer McKinzie Rees hopes to serve and protect again, but first she must get her name removed from a so-called “bad cops list” maintained by the Colorado Attorney General’s Office. It landed there, she said, as retaliation after she reported sexual assaults by a supervising sergeant. That sergeant went on to work … Read more

Colorado gun bills advance as Democrats try to beat session end

Fresh off a historic vote to advance a ban on many high-powered, semi-automatic guns, the Colorado House approved three more gun-related bills over the weekend — sending them across the Capitol for another round of debate. Those votes on Saturday were followed Monday by the state Senate’s final approval for two other gun reform bills … Read more

Colorado, other states target disavowed “excited delirium” diagnosis

Following a pivotal year in the movement to discard the term “excited delirium,” momentum is building in Colorado and several other states to ban the discredited medical diagnosis from death certificates, law enforcement training, police incident reports, and civil court testimony. In January, California became the first state to prohibit the medical term from many … Read more

Sebi using AI for investigations, says official

Sebi is using Artificial Intelligence (AI) for investigations, its Whole Time Member Kamlesh Chandra Varshney said on Saturday and emphasised that entities should keep track of technological developments. Against the backdrop of instances of manipulations in the stock market, he said the message is that abiding with the law will be more beneficial and violations … Read more

Denver police conduct is at center of city’s spiking lawsuit bills

All things considered, Lindsay Minter feels lucky. Lindsay Minter in Aurora on Aug. 19, 2020. (Photo by Eli Imadali/Special to The Denver Post) She only needed to have a tooth pulled after she was hit in the face with a projectile from a rubber ball grenade flung in her direction by an unidentified Denver police … Read more

Bills on gun reform, legislative pay and opioids on tap this week in the Capitol

It’s a mostly slow morning in the Colorado Capitol as the legislative session nears the one-month mark. But the schedule is lively: The cobwebs of the first weeks have fully been washed away, and lawmakers are starting to get into the meat of the legislative process. A brief note about scheduling: The House and Senate … Read more

Colorado Medicaid anti-fraud powers may be bolstered by bill

Colorado legislators are set to give new anti-fraud powers to state Medicaid authorities, months after regulators uncovered an unprecedented, multimillion-dollar scheme allegedly perpetrated by a group of medical transportation providers. Legislators introduced a bill this week that would allow the state Department of Health Care Policy and Financing to temporarily suspend Medicaid providers if regulators … Read more

Health Canada ignored warning signs before Ottawa spent billions on BTNX rapid tests – National

Health Canada ignored critical warnings about a rapid-test supplier before approving its COVID-19 kits for distribution nationwide, Global News has found. A year-long Global News investigation into federal procurement revealed that BTNX, a Toronto-area rapid-test supplier that buys the devices from China, deleted dozens of specimens, or samples, from a study it submitted to Health … Read more