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Principles of Liberty Colorado organization releases legislative scorecard, honors ‘rock stars’
State Rep. Justin Everett, a Littleton Republican, ranked highest among Colorado lawmakers in the annual Principles of Liberty scorecard, the conservative organization announced Saturday at the Western Conservative Summit in Denver. Known as “Justin Neverett” and “Dr. No” for his propensity for voting “no” on legislation, Everett was one of nine legislators, all Republicans, to…
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Democrats Jessie Danielson, Monica Duran set sights on Jeffco statehouse seats
House Speaker Pro Tem Jessie Danielson announced on Wednesday she’s running in next year’s election for the Senate District 20 seat held by term-limited state Sen. Cheri Jahn, a fellow Wheat Ridge Democrat, and Wheat Ridge City Councilwoman Monica Duran, also a Democrat, said on Friday she’s launching a bid for Danielson’s House District 24…
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Westminster Democrat Faith Winter jumps in battleground Senate District 24 race
State Rep. Faith Winter, a Westminster Democrat, celebrated a birthday on Sunday and took the occasion to announce she’s running in next year’s election for the Senate District 24 seat held by state Sen. Beth Martinez Humenik, a Thornton Republican, in a race that could determine which party controls the chamber. Winter will likely…
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In bipartisan vote, state Senate votes down religious freedom-style bill
The Republican-controlled Senate Tuesday voted down a “right to disagree” bill that opponents view as either an untested or euphemistic version of the religious freedom bills introduced in recent years by conservatives around the country that many believe risk diluting the nation’s anti-discrimination laws. All of the Democrats in the chamber were joined by three…
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Colorado anti-abortion ‘ultrasound’ bill defeated in bipartisan Senate vote
All of the Colorado Senate Democrats and two Republicans joined forces to defeat a closely watched anti-abortion bill in the Republican-controlled chamber on Thursday. Senate Bill 284 might have passed had Democrats not forced the one-seat majority caucus members to go on record for or against the bill. Swing-seat Republican Sens. Don Coram from Durango…
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Linda Newell’s ‘Last Bill’ documentary depicts what government looks like from the inside
There were lights, more than a few cameras and plenty of action at the premiere of former state Sen. Linda Newell’s documentary film Saturday afternoon at a Littleton theater located in the heart of her old Senate district. There was also a massive, forbidding doorway to Skull Island lit by flickering tiki lights, and lots…
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House Democrats stage a roll call without women to mark International Women’s Day
When the Colorado House began its business Wednesday morning, nearly all the women were absent on the Democratic side of the chamber. “Excused,” said House Speaker Crisanta Duran, D-Denver, every time the name of one of her female fellow caucus members was called during the morning roll call. “What’s going on here?” she asked at…
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Linda Newell set to premiere behind-the-scenes film about legislative process
You can take the lawmaker out of the Capitol, the old saying goes, but you can’t take the Capitol out of the lawmaker. Maybe that isn’t precisely how the old saying goes, but it describes former state Sen. Linda Newell’s path since the Littleton Democrat faced term limits last year. As her eight-year legislative career…
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Colorado tampon tax repeal passes first hearing with narrow support
A bill that aimed to eliminate Colorado’s version of the so-called tampon tax passed out of a Democratic-controlled state House committee Monday – but the bill didn’t draw the kind of support that its sponsor had hoped for and that might bolster its chances in the Republican-controlled state Senate. The bill, HB 1127, made it through…