Price-gouging, housing bills get hearings as gun and labor bills reach halfway point this week in the Colorado legislature

Price-gouging, housing bills get hearings as gun and labor bills reach halfway point this week in the Colorado legislature

After a busy end to last week, the Colorado legislature is back today for another jam-packed — if holiday-shortened — week of lawmaking. The Senate began with final votes on two Democratic priority — and contentious — bills: Senate Bill 3, which would limit the sale of semiautomatic weapons that accept detachable magazines; and Senate Bill 5, which would eliminate a provision of state law that requires unions pass a second election before organi…