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GOP state treasurer candidate blames Romer, media for his loss to Schottler | A LOOK BACK
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by Rachael Wright Thirty-Five Years Ago This Week: “I have to believe the powers that be got on the phone to the media and said we don’t want Sargent,” said Republican state treasurer candidate Dick Sargent after his narrow loss to incumbent Gail Schoettler. “One of the biggest factors was Gov. Roy Romer. It would…
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Colorado House says ‘game over’ to arcades offering cash prizes
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DENVER – A bill that would effectively ban arcades that pay out cash prizes passed the Colorado House on a strong 47-14 vote Monday. House Bill 1234 would define simulated gambling devices to include the pay-for-play games. That puts in peril the small businesses that offer the games, but opponents say they’re skirting the laws…
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YESTERYEAR: Owens calls special session on redistricting, growth
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Fifteen Years Ago this week in The Colorado Statesman … Gov. Bill Owens had announced a special legislative session to tackle congressional redistricting and urban growth, calling for it to start in a little over two months, on Sept. 20, and already the parties were going to their corners. “The last time we had a special…
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Hillman lists lessons learned in Senate minority, transportation gets a subcommittee
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Fifteen Years Ago this week in The Colorado Statesman … Assistant Senate Minority Leader Mark Hillman shared the “Lessons of a minority senator” he said he’d learned after the Democrats took the gavel in the upper chamber in January for the first time in decades. “In my days as a sportswriter,” he wrote, “this was…
