colorado legisalture
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Jessie Danielson makes a decision on Congress: She’ll run for state Senate, instead
A legislator widely expected to be a contender for Congress next year would, instead, prefer to govern closer to home. Rep. Jessie Danielson, D-Wheat Ridge, told Colorado Politics Wednesday that she intends to run for the state Senate next year, instead. She will run for the Senate District 20 seat to represent eastern Jefferson County.…
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Veterans would get free Colorado hunting and fishing licenses under late-session ‘Heroes’ bill
A week after a Colorado Senate committee killed a package of license and fee increases on outdoorsmen, two lawmakers want to give veterans a lifetime pass to hunt and fish. Democratic Reps. Jessie Danielson of Wheat Ridge and Barbara McLachlan of Durango got the Colorado Heroes Hunting and Fishing Act out of the House State,…
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Angela Giron returning to the Boys and Girls Club, the foundation of her political rise
Former state Sen. Angela Giron is returning to the Boys and Girls Club of Pueblo County, the Associated Press, via the Pueblo Chieftain told us the other day. Giron’s rise on the statewide political landscape started with the organization where she worked for 27 years, including as its president and chief executive, until 2007. Giron was…