The Pueblo Chieftain: Parkview hospital’s best friend
Public safety is not going to the dogs at Parkview Medical Center, but rather a drug-sniffing labrador retriever named River now bolsters the hospital’s security.
Admired and liked by Parkview staff, the friendly black lab patrols the hospital’s expansive North Side campus with his handler, veteran Parkview security officer Arlene Workman, to detect marijuana, illegal narcotics and contraband. It’s no small matter, with as many as 30 drug and/or contraband incidents in a given month.
“The issue of people outside of the hospital bringing in illicit narcotics into the hospital creates a safety issue for our staff and our visitors,” Parkview public relations specialist Jeff Tucker said. “And it’s disruptive to the healing process of our patients.”
Colorado Republicans elect software engineer Craig Steiner to fill vacant state chairman position
Ernest Luning
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Updated 7 hours ago
The Colorado Republican Party on Saturday elected Craig Steiner to fill the party’s vacant state chair position at a state central committee meeting in Buena Vista, just over a week before primary ballots go out to voters and five months...
Founding documents reconnect us to our shared American roots – and rebelliousness | Vince Bzdek
Vince Bzdek
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Updated 13 hours ago
When you first lay eyes on the actual founding documents of our country that, for the first time in history, have traveled together from their gilded cages in Washington to visit us out here in the hinterlands, you’re struck not...
Attorney General Phil Weiser’s underdog campaign for Colorado governor| Cronin and Loevy
Tom Cronin Bob Loevy
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Updated 6 hours ago
Phil Weiser, 58, Colorado’s attorney general, is in a heated race against U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet, 61, for the Democratic nomination for governor. They are friends and share mostly similar progressive, Democratic policy views. Primary election day is June 30....
Would you hire Jena Griswold to handle your case? | SONDERMANN
By Eric Sondermann
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Updated 4 days ago
If you were in a child custody dispute with a former spouse, would you hire an attorney with experience in family law or would you trust your case to an operative with virtually zero mastery? If you were getting ready...
Colorado Politics Calendar June 1-7
Rachael Wright, Special to Colorado Politics
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Updated 4 days ago
CoPo’s weekly political calendar will help you find political and public-policy events throughout Colorado. It includes candidate and issue campaign events, public policy meetings, court hearings, state and local party conventions, assemblies, debates, rallies, parades, speaking engagements, traveling dignitary appearances,...
Colorado General Assembly Dems kill early effort to protect children from online content | A LOOK BACK
Rachael Wright, Special to Colorado Politics
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Updated 4 days ago
Twenty-Five Years Ago This Week: Legislation sponsored by state Rep. Tim Fritz, R-Loveland, sought to use software to prevent children from violent, pornographic, or hateful materials. But after the Senate Judiciary Committee attached an “unfriendly” amendment, House Bill 01-1376 died...
Gov. Jared Polis vetoes bill requiring disclosure from administration lobbyists
Marianne Goodland
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Updated 15 hours ago
Gov. Jared Polis on Friday vetoed a bill that would have required executive branch lobbyists to follow much of the same disclosure rules that already govern other Capitol lobbyists. Lobbyists for organizations are required to state their clients’ position on...
Gov. Jared Polis blocks Colorado Lottery’s move to allow credit card sales
Marianne Goodland
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Updated 15 hours ago
Gov. Jared Polis on Friday signed legislation to block the Colorado Lottery’s move to allow the purchase of tickets with credit cards, effectively reversing his earlier position. Last November, Polis had said that he supported the decision of the Colorado...
Colorado governor vetoes union dues bill — again
Colorado Politics
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Updated 1 day ago
Gov. Jared Polis on Friday vetoed yet again legislation that would have made it easier for labor organizations to impose dues on non-union members, a decision long expected after the legislature approved the measure without securing the buy-in of businesses....
Colorado Democratic attorney general candidates clash over experience and Trump lawsuits
Marianne Goodland
marianne.goodland@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 1 day ago
Colorado’s four Democratic candidates for attorney general clashed sharply Thursday night in a debate that repeatedly returned to one theme — whether the state’s top lawyer should be a courtroom veteran or a political fighter. The contenders additionally sparred over...
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