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With new state House and Senate maps, let the games begin
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The wait is over. And the scramble has begun. Now that the Colorado Supreme Court has approved new state House and Senate maps, candidates are crafting designs to run for more competitive seats that also appear to shrink the influence of rural communities at the state Capitol. The new maps will reshape Colorado’s political landscape, and,…
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House panel advances bill to add media literacy to school curriculum
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In an era fraught with claims of “fake news,” there’s no better time to ensure that the next generation knows how to discern what is accurate and credible and what isn’t, say backers of a bill making its way through the Colorado House of Representatives. Democratic state Rep. Lisa Cutter of Evergreen, a public relations…
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CAPITOL M | Politics get messy, more attack ads
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With last week’s Club 20 debates providing the unofficial kickoff to the fall campaign season, lots of shenanigans of all shapes and sizes on election mailers and other such stuff are starting to surface. We start with an interesting observation from Aspen Times reporter Brent Gardner Smith (he’s the BOMB on water reporting, by the…
