Colorado Politics: For the third year in a row, a bill that would add school boards and special districts to the jurisdiction of the state’s independent ethics commission has failed.

The measure died in the Senate Appropriations Committee on Monday.

House Bill 1079 is the third attempt by Rep. Tammy Story, D-Evergreen, to add school boards and special districts — and their direct hires — under the ethics commission’s authority.

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