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Founding documents reconnect us to our shared American roots – and rebelliousness | Vince Bzdek
Vince Bzdek
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Updated 5 hours ago
By Vince Bzdek When you first lay eyes on the actual founding documents of our country that, for the first time in history, have travelled together from their gilded cages in Washington to visit us out here in the hinterlands,...
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 3 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...
Colorado Politics Calendar June 1-7
Rachael Wright, Special to Colorado Politics
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Updated 3 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,...
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...
Gov. Jared Polis vetoes bill requiring disclosure from administration lobbyists
Marianne Goodland
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Updated 17 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 5 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 18 hours 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
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Updated 17 hours 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...
Colorado governor signs new regulations on AI chatbots for minors
Marissa Ventrelli
marissa.ventrelli@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 15 hours ago
Colorado will impose restrictions on AI chatbots used by minors after Gov. Jared Polis on Friday signed a bill requiring developers to disclose when kids are talking to a machine and block features that can mimic intimacy or encourage addictive...
DOJ reviewing Boebert concerns about Washington Nationals discriminating against Christian pitcher
Emily Hallas, Washington Examiner
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Updated 23 hours ago
The Justice Department on Thursday promised to examine allegations that Washington, D.C.’s major league baseball team discriminated against one of its pitchers on religious grounds. Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) sent a letter to the DOJ this week, requesting it probe...