Highlights from the legislature

Rocky staff and wire reports

Published February 27, 2009 at 12:05 a.m.

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* The Senate passed a nonbinding resolution (Senate Joint Resolution 15) requesting that the U.S. Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management work with state and local officials to identify and find money for projects to reduce the risk of wildfire from beetle-killed trees.

* Senate Minority Leader Josh Penry is headed to Douglas County. The Grand Junction Republican is the featured speaker today at the Highlands Ranch Republican Breakfast Group. The group is meeting at 7 a.m. at its new location, the Cafe Mon Ami at 9579 S. University, between Ace Hardware and Office Max. The breakfast is $8.

Penry, a defender of Western Slope water rights, is in demand on the GOP speaking circuit. The Grand Junction Republican is often mentioned as the party's 2010 gubernatorial nominee.

* Colorado House Speaker Terrence Carroll will stop in Avon this morning on a tour of Colorado.

Carroll, a Democrat from Denver, will host a public town hall meeting at 11:30 a.m. at the Avon Library, 200 West Benchmark Road. Carroll will also attend meetings in Glenwood Springs and Frisco on Friday.

The topics of discussion are open but the economy, creating jobs, transportation and health care are likely subjects.

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