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Colorado group files ethics complaints against 12 Democratic lawmakers over Vail retreat
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A group filed complaints Wednesday with the state ethics commission against 12 Democratic state lawmakers, alleging they accepted funding from the “dark money” group One Main Street Colorado for a three-day retreat at a luxury hotel in Vail last October. The complaints from Colorado Common Cause alleged the lawmakers accepted illegal gifts from One Main…
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Colorado lawmakers sharply divided over drug abuse bills, bail for first-degree murder defendants; meet Heather Graham, Pueblo’s new mayor | WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
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Today is Feb. 23, 2024, and here’s what you need to know: Colorado lawmakers on Tuesday tackled two proposals that offer convergent – and divergent – approaches to combatting drug abuse during a discussion that starkly illuminated on ideological disagreements at the state Capitol. Both bills emerged out of ad hoc panel, which met over…
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Colorado appeals court says Joe Salazar’s lawsuit against Public Trust Institute can move forward
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The Colorado Court of Appeals has ruled that a lawsuit by a former legislator alleging malicious prosecution by the Public Trust Institute and its former director can move forward. The ruling came with a first-ever determination that an administrative proceeding, which could form the basis for a malicious prosecution claim, must be “quasi-judicial.” In this…
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Colorado ethics commission to move forward on complaint against DNR’s Gibbs
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The Colorado Independent Ethics Commission will look into a complaint filed against Department of Natural Resources Executive Director Dan Gibbs tied to a contract awarded to his wife’s employer. Along with a third ethics complaint filed against Mesa County Clerk and Recorder Tina Peters, the commission voted unanimously Tuesday to accept the Amendment 41 complaint against Gibbs. It was filed…
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Ethics commission delays complaint against Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters
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The Colorado Independent Ethics Commission granted Mesa County Clerk and Recorder Tina Peters a delay in the ethics complaint alleging she illegally accepted plane rides and other gifts from MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell. On a 3-2 vote, the commission decided to wait until a grand jury, empaneled by Mesa County District Attorney Dan Rubinstein, comes…
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Ethics commission dismisses complaint against Custer County public health director
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The Colorado Independent Ethics Commission dismissed the ethics complaint against Custer County’s public health director, Clifford Brown, in an order issued Wednesday. The complaint, filed in December 2020 by Jordan Hedberg, publisher and editor of the Wet Mountain Tribune, alleged Brown committed two criminal violations: second degree forgery and use of forged academic records. Those charges…
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Former Colorado Secretary of State Gessler has paid his ethics fine
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After six-plus years and more than half a million dollars of taxpayer expense, former Secretary of State Scott Gessler has paid a $1,514.88 fine owed to the state for ethics violations. Dino Ioannides, executive director of the Colorado’s Independent Ethics Commission, announced the payment Monday during the group’s monthly meeting. The complaint dates back to 2012 and…
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Colorado ethics panel to investigate shorter list of complaints against Hickenlooper
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The Colorado Independent Ethics Commission will move forward with an investigation into some, but not all, of a former Republican lawmaker’s complaints about travel and gifts provided to then-Gov. John Hickenlooper in 2018. The state panel voted unanimously Monday to look at five travel-related gifts and dismissed three others filed by former Republican Speaker of…
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Colorado Ethics Commission takes up complaint against Hickenlooper
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The Colorado Independent Ethics Commission was in a quandary Monday as it began reviewing an ethics complaint against Gov. John Hickenlooper. Former Republican Speaker of the House Frank McNulty, who filed the complaint, didn’t attend the Monday hearing. Hickenlooper’s lawyer, Mark Grueskin, had hoped to walk away with some clarity over a rebuttal McNulty filed…
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Colo. ethics commission to investigate complaint against Secretary of State Williams
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The Colorado Independent Ethics Commission, on a 3-1 vote, will take up a complaint filed by a Denver attorney against Secretary of State Wayne Williams, who lost his bid for re-election on Nov. 6. The complaint, filed on Oct. 22, alleges that Wililams used a discretionary fund in his office to purchase clothing, at a cost…
