Meghan Lopez

Freelance journalist and editor

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The capitol press corps has truly become a second family for me as have my @DenverChannel colleagues. But, I’m excited for the new opportunity and the new challenge.

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Some professional news: today is my last day with @DenverChannel. That said, I’m not going far. I’ve accepted a position with Denver7’s parent company @scrippsnews to serve as a national showcasing producer. I’ll be putting together news pieces with a broader appeal.

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Some of my pieces may occasionally still run on Denver7. The good news is I’ll be staying in Colorado. It’s been a tremendous privilege spending the past 5 1/2 years to cover the community I grew up in. I will miss covering Colorado politics dearly.

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@elonmusk @TwitterComms @Twitter Any statement on this rate limit for the National Weather Service?

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@MGoodland @JesseAPaul @ElliottWenzler @AndyKnny @BedaynJesse @lucasbradywoods @ByJohnFrank @ESealoverDenver @hnmetzger @SethKlamann @NColtrain @wilsonsarajane @meltzere @colo_politics I missed you all at the end of session but enjoyed reading all your amazing work from the comfort of the nursery. I hope you guys can finally get some sleep or eat something other than basement cafeteria food! #copolitics

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Stopped by the Capitol last week so the baby could meet the other reporters. I have the best #copolitics colleagues! @BenteBirkeland @MGoodland @NColtrain @JesseAPaul @wilsonsarajane @SethKlamann @ElliottWenzler @hnmetzger @lucasbradywoods @BedaynJesse

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Had an eventful last week. For the next few months I’ll be spending some time figuring out this whole mom thing. I’ll be tweeting intermittently but mostly just enjoying the cuddles. In the meantime, follow @DenverChannel for the latest #Copolitics news.

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A broad coalition of lawmakers, cities, counties, climate advocates and even the business community came together on the west steps of the State Capitol on Wednesday to unveil a massive bill that’s aimed at addressing the housing crisis in the state. https://t.co/djed9aCj8m

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One day after two faculty members at East High School were shot and injured by a student, hundreds of Denver Public Schools students went to the Colorado State Capitol to call for gun reform. via @Meghan_Lopez https://t.co/j7mBeyEIoZ

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Two deans were shot at East High School the same day a Colorado House committee debated two major gun reform bills. via @Meghan_Lopez https://t.co/QjS3pPpsUr

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Sen. Moreno on a massive housing bill: more than 100 meetings facilitated by the governor’s office for this 100 page bill. It will change land use policies, incentivize multi family housing near transit, legalize more affordable housing options like duplexes and more.

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.⁦@GovofCO⁩ speaking out about the shooting at East High School briefly before an affordable housing press conferences #copolitics ⁦@DenverChannel⁩

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Colorado lawmakers are considering a bill that would set up a pilot program to try to incentivize hunters to exchange their lead-based bullets for nontoxic ammunition. via @Meghan_Lopez https://t.co/569hcQAVEH

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It’s the type of tragedy that should never happen and yet, in Colorado, there have been four instances within the span of a month of children dying at the hands of their fathers in murder-suicides. https://t.co/GSknb0yKDP

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Colorado bill would require insurance companies to cover athletic prosthetics for kids. https://t.co/OqwFqWbrH6 via @Meghan_Lopez

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A Texas mother shares her story of traveling to Colorado to seek an abortion after serious defects were found in her fetus. via @Meghan_Lopez https://t.co/rI0kq78xOq

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The third bill adds women’s preventive care to mandatory care coverage for health insurance plans. It also requires large employer plans to provide coverage for the total cost of abortion care without policy deductibles, co-payments or coinsurance: https://t.co/nfTvAIqRNr

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Happening today: three abortion bills are being heard in Colorado Senate committees. This is unlike anything I’ve seen in my years at the Capitol. Abortion bills always draw out big crowds. That’s just not the case today. These hearings are noticeably empty. @DenverChannel

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A second bill would ban deceptive advertising practices in pregnancy crisis centers and with so-called abortion reversal pills s