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The Hot Sheet – Protests become the norm, who gets to define ‘freedom,’ Hick is rooting for Trump, Dems are full of ‘bunk’ and … MORE!
VOL. 02 NO. 006 | JANUARY 16, 2017 | COLORADOSTATESMAN.COM/THE-HOT-SHEET | © 2017 DENVER – Good morning and Happy Monday! Blah, we know. But, today isn’t just any Monday. We have a mountain of a human being to celebrate today. Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day! Let us not forget all this man accomplished for our…
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Touted bipartisan construction defects bill draws tentative response
This year’s heavily anticipated construction defects reform bill dropped on Wednesday, opening day of this year’s legislation session, and it has so far garnered a general wait and see reaction that mostly comes off as an anti-climactic: “Is this it?” For years lawmakers and special interest groups have been wrestling over the state’s construction defects…
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Colorado senators optimistic for 2017 legislative session, but prepared for Washington-induced spiral
In Colorado’s upper legislative chamber everything is different and everything has stayed the same. For years, Democrats have held the reins of power at the Capitol, and Republicans have exerted what influence they could by acting as the loyal opposition – mainly by blocking bills and offering alternative policy narratives. Most observers expect that arrangement…
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Frustrated state lawmakers look to voters to break Capitol gridlock
Colorado lawmakers this week expressed disappointment in what they saw as a stunted legislative session where divided chambers blocked major proposals and they looked outside the building toward the ballot box as the best way to move their agendas forward in the future. Speaker of the House Dickey Lee Hullinghorst, D-Gunbarrel, who is term-limited and…
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In 2016, big splash bills went nowhere, quiet compromise ruled the day
It came to seem like a routine signal this legislative session: If lawmakers held a press conference touting the introduction of an important bill, one they placed at the top of their priority list, that bill would very likely never make it to the governor’s desk. The result was a legislative session marked by a…
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Half-way home: House minority tallies wins, examines remaining goals for session
The first act of this year’s session of the Colorado General Assembly has been one of mostly compromise and accord. But in the second act, the drama will likely start up in earnest. During a mid session review by members of the House Republican Leadership Friday, Minority Leader Brian DelGrosso, R-Loveland, said the 60 days of…