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Walker Stapleton calls out fellow Colorado Republicans ‘on the take’ with PERA for blocking pension reform
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Colorado Treasurer Walker Stapleton, a GOP candidate for governor, is criticizing fellow Republicans who participate in the state’s public employee pension plan, saying some are blocking reform because they’re “on the take” and unwilling to vote against their own financial interest. A consistent critic of Colorado’s Public Employee Retirement Association policies, Stapleton is working on…
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Insights: And then there’s Donna Lynne
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She’s an corporate enigma wrapped in a political riddle. Nobody gave much thought to Donna Lynne becoming a Democratic candidate for governor, but now she is. Why would we? On a heavy snow day in March last year, she stepped to the microphone in the West Foyer of the Capitol to be introduced by Gov.…
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Jesse Mallory takes reins at Americans For Prosperity-Colorado from Michael Fields
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After serving as chief of staff for the Colorado Senate Republicans for five sessions, Jesse Mallory takes over as state director of Americans for Prosperity-Colorado, the influential conservative organization announced Monday. AFP-Colorado’s previous state director, Michael Fields, was named senior director of issue education for the Americans for Prosperity Foundation, a related organization, he announced in…
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Colorado bill to ban gay conversion therapy clears House
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An effort three years running in Colorado to ban gay conversion therapy moved forward on Tuesday. All 37 state House Democrats and one Republican voted in favor of sending the proposal to the Republican-controlled Senate. Sponsor, Rep. Paul Rosenthal, a Denver Democrat and co-founder of the legislative LGBT caucus, was hopeful that this year’s bill,…
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‘Normalized’: Americans for Prosperity lobby day at the Capitol
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Thursday was Americans for Prosperity lobby day at the Capitol. The group’s anti-tax free-market message this year was much the same as it was last year, but the headlines will be different – mainly because the state Senate president stayed on message. President Kevin Grantham, a Republican from Canon City, thanked AFP activists for their…
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Highlight reel: Colorado’s wild and woolly 2016 election season
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Symbolic of the divisiveness of our politics, many Coloradans will look back at the 2016 election with violent contempt, reflecting on a political year that saw the rise of President-elect Donald Trump, while others will reminisce with sublime glee over a cycle where voters bucked the political establishment. In a year full of tectonic shifts…
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Legislative leaders look past Trump election year partisanship, set groundwork to get things done
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In the wake of this year’s long, fractious election season, Colorado’s new legislative leaders say they are looking forward to a productive lawmaking session next year at the Capitol, to which swing-state Colorado voters are again sending a divided Legislature – a Democratic House and Republican Senate. Sources at the Capitol, including top House and…
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Brown: Politics is local; why I care about the Colorado Senate
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When it comes to politics, seemingly all of the attention this year is focused on the presidential election. While the outcome of the presidential race is important, the reality is that local and statewide elections have a far greater impact on our day to day lives. This year, the stakes couldn’t be higher. In January…
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Talking GOP politics in a smoke-filled bar: Inside the 4th Annual Senate Majority Fund Reception
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A smoky haze filled the air inside Churchill’s Restaurant & Bar in downtown Denver’s Brown Palace Hotel, which may have signified the outlook by Republicans gathered about a month before the general election. This certainly was not the first time Colorado politicos have converged on Churchill’s to fundraise, strategize or otherwise just chat – nor…
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Photo Gallery: Colorado Remembers 9/11 event
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A photo gallery compiled by Statesman photographers from the Colorado Remembers 9/11 event that took place Sunday, September 11, 2016, in downtown Denver’s Civic Center Park to mark the 15th Anniversary of 9/11.
