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Polis, Ganahl each commit to 3 gubernatorial debates but only agree on attending one
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Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, the Democratic incumbent, and Heidi Ganahl, his Republican challenger, have each committed to appearing at three general election debates in September and October, their respective campaigns announced on Monday — but so far they’ve only both agreed to participate in one of them. Ganahl initiated this year’s edition of the perennial…
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WATCH: Inside the room at the Colorado Capitol where bills go to die
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The kill committee at the state Capitol lived up to its name on Thursday. Three bills to loosen Colorado’s gun laws failed for the fifth straight year in the same committee that they have failed in the last five years: The House State, Veterans and Military Affairs Committee, known as the “kill committee.” “Well, it’s…
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WATCH: Previewing Colorado’s 2019 legislative session with 9News political experts
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The new legislative session at the Colorado capitol started Friday. 9News political experts Republican Kelly Maher and Democrat James Mejia join us to preview issues that lawmakers will tackle. WATCH the video below. Republican Kelly Maher and Democrat James Mejia preview issues that local lawmakers will tackle.KUSA-9News, Denver
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WATCH: Colorado lawmaker wants rules for when police can come back to work after a shooting
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Colorado state Sen. Rhonda Fields, D-Aurora.KUSA-9News, Denver A Colorado lawmaker wants to create a statewide standard for when law enforcement officers could return to work after being involved in a shooting. Sen. Rhonda Fields, a Democrat from Arapahoe County, is working to write that legislation. Watch a 9News report below.
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WATCH: Denver City Council considers a plastic bag ban
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Denver City Council members are discussing the pros and cons of banning plastic shopping bags in the city. City Council President Jolon Clark said the issue came up at a policy committee last Wednesday as a potential way to help protect the environment and encourage people to use reusable bags. At this point, there aren’t…
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WATCH: Why abandoned at-risk people can’t get help from the state
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Every month in downtown Denver, five unpaid public officials sit around a table at an official meeting over an office that doesn’t exist. They’ve held 15 of these meetings over the last year, complete with minutes and agendas in a borrowed room because there’s no office for this office that really isn’t an office. You…
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INSIGHTS: Will candidates talk differently after primary?
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What is true in everything else is usually true in politics. First impressions matter. After the primaries were settled, more or less, on June 26, general election voters were primed to be impressed. In most election years, politicians would see the critical need. But not this year. Stay with me on this. If first impressions…
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WATCH: Denver’s getting a new police chief; what will change?
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Commander Paul Pazen officially takes over for Robert White as the Denver police chief on Monday. Pazen sat down with 9News reporter Marshall Zelinger to talk immigration policy, his plan to cut domestic violence calls and use of force. An edited version of the interview aired on Next with Kyle Clark; watch the full length…
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Teachers union’s false attack in Colorado governor’s race
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Colorado’s largest teachers union sent its 35,000 members a false attack on Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mike Johnston. Johnston did not receive $2 million from a group advocating for the reform of the teachers’ pension fund, PERA. In fact, when challenged, the Colorado Education Association admitted the group did not give Johnston a dime. The CEA…
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Truth Test: Walker Stapleton’s a ‘fourth-generation Coloradan’ from Connecticut
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Coloradans know that Colorado natives have a thing for other Colorado natives. You can argue it’s silly, and that nobody has a choice about who they were born to or where. Or, you can use it in your campaign for governor. Republican frontrunner Walker Stapleton is campaigning on the idea that he’s a “fourth-generation Coloradan.”…