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House GOP stalls Colorado budget debate by forcing full reading of 661-page bill
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A procedural battle at the Colorado Capitol boiled over on Wednesday night, when a House Republican demanded the 661‑page state budget be read aloud in full — a move that delayed the advance of the proposed $46.8 billion spending plan. Colorado legislators are constitutionally required to adopt a balanced budget each year. For next year’s…
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Inside the GOP caucus: Colorado legislator explains why a bigger budget still means cuts
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Tasked with explaining a budget driven by rising caseloads, shifting federal dollars and a $1.5 billion shortfall, Joint Budget Committee member Rep. Rick Taggart spent Tuesday’s Republican caucus meeting detailing why the 2026–27 spending plan appears larger on paper, even as many state programs face cuts. “If I look a little tired, I am,” Taggart…
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Colorado Springs State Rep. Rebecca Keltie won’t seek re-election in 2026
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Colorado Springs Republican Rep. Rebecca Keltie announced Wednesday she will not run for a second term in 2026. Keltie was first elected to House District 16, which covers northeastern Colorado Springs, in 2024. Keltie cited “deeply personal, professional and medical circumstances” for her decision. To her constituents, Keltie said serving them has been one of…
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Conservative provocateur Jonathan Lockwood launches communication shop
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Conservative operative Jonathan Lockwood, whose advocacy work in Colorado was once labeled “flat-out deranged” by The Denver Post editorial board, launched his own political communications firm this week after a boisterous year as spokesman for the Oregon Senate Republicans. Lockwood said he wants Jonathan Lockwood & Associates to “help people tell their stories, and ignite…
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State Republicans to announce ruling Tuesday on contested HD 14 vacancy election
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Call him Schrödinger’s rep. Like the cat made famous by Austrian physicist Erwin Schrödinger’s 1935 thought experiment in quantum mechanics, Colorado Springs Republican Shane Sandridge can be considered both alive and dead – in the political sense – until the Colorado GOP reveals how the party’s executive committee ruled last week on a complaint challenging the…
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Colorado House Republicans announce committee assignments
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The Colorado House Republicans announced its committee assignments Friday. As the minority party in the chamber, the caucus controls no committee chairmanships or majorities. Here are the assignments: House Agriculture, Livestock, & Natural Resources Committee House Appropriations Committee House Business Affairs and Labor Committee House Education Committee House Finance Committee House Health, Insurance and Environment…
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Conservative communications maven Jonathan Lockwood shakes up Oregon statehouse with pugnacious approach
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After cutting a provocative path though Colorado’s political scene for half a decade, conservative spinmeister Jonathan Lockwood pulled up stakes and decamped for a strange land with strange customs, a place unaccustomed to his rapid-fire, unrelenting attacks on liberals and his take-no-prisoners approach to making a point – a place called Oregon. Unlike swing-state Colorado,…
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UPDATED: Colorado officials react to shooting at congressional baseball practice
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Colorado officials, candidates and organizations reacted with shock, sadness and prayers to the shooting early Wednesday at a baseball field in Alexandria, Virginia, where Republican members of Congress were practicing. House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, a Louisiana Republican, two Capitol Hill police officers and a congressional staffer were injured and appeared to be in stable…