2022 legislative session set to open Wednesday, Jan. 12

The 2022 General Assembly session, which begins its 120-day run on Wednesday, Jan. 12, will be the last year in the legislature for state Senator Jerry Sonnenberg, R-Sterling.

He intends to go out with a bang, sponsoring a measure that could be among the most significant in his 16-year history as a lawmaker.

Sonnenberg is teaming up with Senate President Leroy Garcia, D-Pueblo, to change a state law that would eventually allow the University of Northern Colorado to open only the second public medical school in the State.

A new medical school would help alleviate an anticipated shortage in phys...