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Colorado’s Catholic bishops defend crisis pregnancy centers, abortion ‘reversal’
Colorado Catholic bishops pushed back against a slew of abortion-rights legislation Democrats introduced at the state Capitol this week, arguing the proposals “eliminate choice” for women. In particular, the Archdiocese of Denver and Colorado Catholic Conference contended that Senate Bill 190, which seeks to ban “abortion reversal,” removes “the choice of a woman to sustain her…
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Colorado lawmakers introduce first bills of the 2023 session
House Speaker Julie McCluskie and Senate President Steve Fenberg introduced the first 10 bills of the 2023 legislative session Monday afternoon, outlining the Democratic Party’s priorities for the year. The bills center on education investments, health care affordability, mental health programs, workforce development, affordable housing, language accessibility, and energy and water efficiency. “Colorado Democrats have…
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Lorena Garcia picked to replace Rep. Adrienne Benavidez in Colorado House
Former U.S. Senate candidate Lorena Garcia is coming to the Colorado House of Representatives after a vacancy committee elected her to replace resigning Rep. Adrienne Benavidez. Garcia is a progressive Democrat and community organizer who unsuccessfully ran for Congress in 2020. She will finish Benavidez’s term representing House District 35, which runs through 2024. The Colorado Democratic Party announced Garcia’s…
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3 Democrat lawmakers win state award for combating climate change
Three Democrat lawmakers received awards for their work passing bills to combat climate change in the Colorado legislature. Sen. Faith Winter of Westminster, Rep. Lisa Cutter of Littleton and Rep. Tracey Bernett of Louisville all received the 2022 Courage Award from the Colorado Renewable Energy Society for enacting “key structural reforms that combat the adverse…
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2022 SESSION: Democrats secure legislative agenda – but not without hang-ups
Armed with the majority in the House and Senate, as well as the governor’s seat, the Colorado Democratic Party pulled off its legislative agenda this session – though not without some complications. Democrats listed their 2022 policy priorities as saving Coloradans money, increasing public safety and boosting education, goals that they said constitute the core…
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Morgan Carroll elected chair of Colorado Democrats as party rebuilds
Former state Sen. Morgan Carroll of Aurora was elected Saturday to be the next leader of Colorado Democrats. Surrounded by dozens of supporters on a stage in a downtown Denver hotel conference room, Carroll appeared to bridge progressive and establishment ends of the party. She spoke on a gloomy Saturday morning as a light rain…
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Democrats celebrate Colorado as ‘pocket of sanity’ amid national election results
Colorado Democrats celebrated sweeping wins across the state on Tuesday night at a hotel in downtown Denver, but the election-night watch party felt more like a wake as the national map on large-screen televisions slowly turned more and more red, depicting Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s win over Democrat Hillary Clinton. Clinton carried the state’s…
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Sanders to hold campaign rally in Denver this weekend
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders will speak at a rally for supporters Saturday afternoon at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver, his campaign announced Thursday morning. Sanders and his rival for the nomination, Hillary Clinton, are both speaking at the Colorado Democrats’ annual fundraising dinner Saturday night a few blocks away from the rally, at…