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Former lawmakers land county party positions at reorganization meetings
Three former legislators won election to county party offices on Saturday as state Democrats and Republicans conduct their biennial reorganization meetings. Denver Democrats elected former state Rep. Mike Cerbo, D-Denver, to a two-year term as the county party’s chairman, Adams County Republicans tapped former state Rep. JoAnn Windholz, R-Commerce City, as vice chair, and El…
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Senate Democrats post their reading of Coretta Scott King letter opposing Sessions
Members of the Colorado Senate’s Democratic caucus on Wednesday released a video of them reading the decades-old letter that led to Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s rebuke on the floor of the U.S. Senate the night before. The letter, written in 1986 by Coretta Scott King, laid out her opposition to the confirmation of Jeff Sessions…
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Lawmakers breathe deep, cross fingers, take up thorny construction-litigation reform debate
State Republican lawmakers rolled out the first in a promised new package of construction litigation reform bills meant to jump start development and deliver relief for would-be buyers in Colorado’s historically tight housing market. Senate Bill 156, a bill tagged with the short title “Homeowners’ Association Construction Defect Lawsuit Approval Timelines” – a mouthful that…
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The Hot Sheet – Killing CO’s death penalty, Guv hopeful breaks law, Hick believes pot is school savior, prayers for Bush 41 and … MORE!
VOL. 02 NO. 008 | JANUARY 18, 2017 | COLORADOSTATESMAN.COM/THE-HOT-SHEET | © 2017 DENVER – Good morning and happy hump day. The finish line is in sight, and for all your Legicritters, you started off with a short week. Now aren’t you special? Today: Is Sen. Mike Johnston trying to outflank a potential gubernatorial foe, Rep.…
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‘It’s going to be interesting’: State Senate prepping for Hickenlooper PUC appointment confirmations
Gov. John Hickenlooper and state Senate President Kevin Grantham, R-Canon City, say the process is already in motion to launch Senate confirmation hearings for the governor’s two recent appointees to the state’s Public Utilities Commission. Grantham seems to be looking forward to it. “I think we’ll do it sooner rather than later,” he told The…
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Duran hits ground running as House speaker
Even before she took the oath of office, state Rep. Crisanta Duran, D-Denver, readily answered to the title of Speaker of the House. As roll call was taken Wednesday, Jan. 11, the first day of the 71st General Assembly, the clerk asked if the speaker was present and both state Rep. Dickey Lee Hullinghorst, D-Gunbarrel –…
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Colorado senators optimistic for 2017 legislative session, but prepared for Washington-induced spiral
In Colorado’s upper legislative chamber everything is different and everything has stayed the same. For years, Democrats have held the reins of power at the Capitol, and Republicans have exerted what influence they could by acting as the loyal opposition – mainly by blocking bills and offering alternative policy narratives. Most observers expect that arrangement…