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Stephanie in the News
‘Splitting myself in half’: Colorado's citizen-legislature clashes with financial realities
While running for the Colorado House of Representatives, Rep. Stephanie Vigil spent her days and nights knocking on constituents’ doors. Sometimes to ask for their vote. Sometimes to deliver them food.
Vigil’s Experience As an Uber Driver Powers Her Efforts as a Lawmaker To Make the Economy Work for Everyone
“Delivery apps have made big promises to Coloradans, including flexibility for workers and more choices for consumers. But too often hidden algorithms interfere with the worker autonomy that drivers in this industry so highly value,” said Vigil,
I am a DoorDash driver who’s been elected to the Colorado State House.
I am a DoorDash driver who’s been elected to the Colorado State House. Food delivery companies are gamifying your tips and making it harder for drivers to earn a living wage. Here’s what you can do about it
Free bus rides yielded record-breaking summer for transit in Colorado Springs
“I’m of the belief that transportation is a basic necessity for everyone and that we can only have equitable opportunity for all residents if our transportation planning actually accounts for all of them,” said Vigil, who cosponsored the bill to expand the program. “Every budget, every ability, every lifestyle.”
In Depth: how planning and development impact transportation
“It spreads us farther and farther apart, it adds to vehicle miles traveled, so people have longer commutes and they’re driving up greenhouse gas emissions," said State Rep. Stephanie Vigil. "Every time the cost of gas goes up, it’s harder on families with these long commutes.”
Colorado Springs Democrat Responds to Republican Attack on Public Schools
“I carried this bill because I believe, like most Coloradans, that everyone deserves to be accepted and affirmed for who they are, and that students especially deserve a safe, welcoming learning environment."
Colorado Springs lawmakers say common ground easier to find in 2024 session
The first bill to be signed by Governor Polis after the close of the session was sponsored by State Representative Stephanie Vigil. House Bill 1304 prevents city and governments from requiring minimum numbers of parking spaces be built for new multifamily housing.
Many Colorado cities require parking with new housing. Here’s why lawmakers just passed a bill that will undo some of those rules
“There’s no such thing as free parking,” Democratic Rep. Stephanie Vigil, a bill sponsor, said in an interview. “It is being paid for somehow. And the way that we have paid for that more than anything is to pave paradise and put up a parking lot.”
Bill to add requirements for coroner candidates clears committee
"You can't run for DA and not already be an attorney. You actually can't even serve as a county surveyor. You can't even get on the ballot as a county surveyor without being a licensed surveyor," Representative Stephanie Vigil (D-Colorado Springs) said. Vigil is sponsoring the bill to make changes to state law.
Gig Worker Protections Advance in the House
“Delivery apps have made big promises to Coloradans, including flexibility for workers and more choices for consumers. But too often hidden algorithms interfere with the worker autonomy that drivers in this industry so highly value,” said Rep. Stephanie Vigil, D-Colorado Springs. “From misleading incentives to faulty tip information, big tech can use deceptive practices to pressure drivers to take low-paying offers, rather than paying what they're worth. This legislation would improve transparency and fairness in Colorado law to provide drivers with the information they need and deserve to make free and informed decisions about their work.”
LGBTQIA+ Rep. Stephanie Vigil nears end of 1st year in office
When Stephanie Vigil decided to run for elected office, her own life experience motivated her to fight to give people in Colorado better lives.
Bill requiring Colorado employers to display suicide prevention education inches closer to passing
"Suicide prevention is not a solitary effort, and that's a lot of the thinking behind this bill," she said. "We have to look out for each other. What makes the biggest difference for someone in crisis is less about what they're able to do for themselves with their last shred of survival instinct and more about the knowledge and skillset of those around them, because these deaths are not inevitable."
"Everyone can save a life. Everyone should be equipped to do so," Vigil said.
"Everyone can save a life. Everyone should be equipped to do so," Vigil said.
From a gig worker to educators and retired military, there are a ton of new lawmakers in the state legislature. Let’s meet 9 of them
The Colorado Capitol was filled with new faces on Monday morning when lawmakers returned for the start of the legislative session. More than a third of the legislature’s members are new to their jobs. Half of the representatives in the House are first-time lawmakers — 20 of the chamber’s 46 Democrats and 12 of its 19 Republicans are new. Democratic Rep. Stephanie Vigil, 38, of Colorado Springs is a gig worker who works with third-party delivery platforms, among other jobs: “I do a little of this and a little of that.”
Queerness Never Came Easy in Colorado Springs
The next generation of queers growing up in the Springs deserves a better experience than mine. I fear that may now be impossible.
El Paso County’s first queer representative to be sworn in next week
(COLORADO SPRINGS) – Colorado Springs’ newly elected state house representative Stephanie Vigil is set to be sworn in Jan 9.
Representative Vigil is definitely a change of pace for Colorado Springs. This election, she flipped the long-time Republican seat and is El Paso County’s first openly queer elected official.
Representative Vigil is definitely a change of pace for Colorado Springs. This election, she flipped the long-time Republican seat and is El Paso County’s first openly queer elected official.
Affordability top of mind for lawmakers in 2024 session
How lawmakers work with each other has been a topic of discussion throughout the capitol. It's the case for lawmakers on both sides of the aisle, within their own parties and across party lines....
"I think the problem we run into is when we have a few people who just aren’t actually here to do the work, they’re here to be a problem they’re here to disrupt," Rep. Stephanie Vigil (D-Colorado Springs) said.
"I think the problem we run into is when we have a few people who just aren’t actually here to do the work, they’re here to be a problem they’re here to disrupt," Rep. Stephanie Vigil (D-Colorado Springs) said.
Lawmakers want Colorado employers' help with suicide prevention efforts
Vigil detailed her own mental health struggles and highlighted the crisis faced by her constituents in El Paso County, which ranks highest in the state for deaths by suicide.
"We're here to take action because these losses are not inevitable, and we can turn it around," she said. "This bill serves to grow our collective knowledge, build resiliency, and foster hope across every community in Colorado. Suicide deaths are preventable, and everyone can save a life."
"We're here to take action because these losses are not inevitable, and we can turn it around," she said. "This bill serves to grow our collective knowledge, build resiliency, and foster hope across every community in Colorado. Suicide deaths are preventable, and everyone can save a life."
Vibrant LGBTQ+ community is changing stereotypes in Colorado Springs
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Perceptions can fuel misconceptions. In Colorado Springs, stereotypes are changing. The city has long been stereotyped as one of the most conservative places in America. In the 1990s it was the center of a movement to prohibit Colorado from enacting protections for LGBTQ people.
Colorado bill aims to increase transparency for Uber, Lyft driver pay
Drivers and supporters of the measure rallied at the Capitol on Monday with Democratic bill sponsors Sen. Robert Rodriguez of Denver, Rep. Stephanie Vigil of Colorado Springs — who is the first gig-app worker to join the Legislature — and Rep. Jennifer Bacon of Denver.
More housing, less asphalt, say Colorado lawmakers who want to scrap parking minimums
“We’ve ended up with an abundant supply of asphalt and a scarcity of housing and transportation choices,” bill sponsor Rep. Stephanie Vigil, a Colorado Springs Democrat, said about the consequences of decades-old parking mandates that require a certain number of spaces per residential unit or square footage.
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