amendment 23
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It’s all about education for longtime lobbyist Jane Urschel
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Even after 23 years lobbying at the state Capitol, Jane Urschel says she learns something new all the time. “Every day is different,” she says. “There’s no continuity – you just go down there and find out what the surprise is for the day, then you deal with that.” Urschel is in charge of advocacy…
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Noonan: Seven years with the negative factor and no end in sight
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Doug Bruce, the convicted tax-avoider, detested jail food and lost weight while incarcerated. His TABOR is another kind of toxic problem, causing Colorado’s public school children to lose potential and opportunity. State Reps. Millie Hamner, D-Dillon, and Bob Rankin, R-Carbondale, have taken up the task of educating lawmakers on school finance, holding three sessions with…
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Cordero: Hospital provider fee should be addressed at Legislature
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A Feb. 1 article in The Colorado Statesman outlines the National Federation of Independent Business’s opposition to Gov. John Hickenlooper’s proposal to shift the hospital provider fee into an enterprise fund. In it, Colorado NFIB members’ opposition is attributed to a belief that “reworking the fee so that it is no longer controlled by the…
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The Hot Sheet, February 4, 2016
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DENVER – Happy Thursday everybody — time for a throwback. Read the Statesman’s Ernest Luning’s Yesteryear column and reminisce the olden political days with us: Denver Mayor Wellington Webb stands up for the old Mile High Stadium name, tension mounts between members under the Capitol dome over Amendment 23 and prayer, and more. #TBT The old Mile…
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Yesteryear: Webb blasts new stadium name, school funding fights loom
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Fifteen Years Ago this week in The Colorado Statesman … Denver Mayor Wellington Webb lamented a vote by the Metropolitan Football Stadium District board naming the new stadium “Invesco Field at Mile High,” saying “a piece of Denver history and tradition was lost despite the overwhelming public sentiment to keep ‘Mile High Stadium’ as the…
