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POLL: Colorado’s next lieutenant governor Round 2
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Following the announcement that Lt. Gov. Joe Garcia is stepping down, Gov. John Hickenlooper is faced with naming a new lieutenant governor. Make your selection in the above poll and then cast a vote in Round 1.
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Brown: Building a Better Colorado engaging state in discussions on challenges, solutions
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You don’t have to be paying close attention to our national political conversation to know that we are increasingly dividing ourselves by sides, networks, and extremes. But if you haven’t been paying close attention, you may not be aware of a remarkable exception taking place in Colorado. This past summer, a nonpartisan group of Republicans…
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Hickenlooper has options for Garcia replacement
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With Joe Garcia’s announcement this week that he will soon be stepping down as lieutenant governor, speculation has quickly turned to who Gov. John Hickenlooper will tap to fill the post. Will the new No. 2 simply be a placeholder to serve out the term-limited administration’s final three years in office? Or will the Democrat…
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Nicolais: Jury nullification movement in spotlight in Colorado
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“God gives air to men; the law sells it to them.” — Victor Hugo, Les Miserables Such is the disdain proponents of jury nullification feel toward laws and prosecutions they believe to be unjust. Generally the province of a small but passionate and vocal few, jury nullification found itself in headlines and on editorial pages…
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Denver official calls marijuana market oversaturated
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Denver has 1,000 marijuana licenses in 440 unique locations, according to Ashley Kilroy, executive director of marijuana policy for the city. And she says that’s might be enough. Kilroy told an audience of public safety officials and their supporters last week that the city is “getting to the point of being oversaturated” and also could…
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Lockwood: Coffman’s EPA suit healthy for Colorado
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Colorado Attorney General Cynthia Coffman rightfully joined a multi-state suit challenging the toxic-waste dumping Environmental “Protection” Agency’s Clean Power Plan. Shortly thereafter, Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper sought an opinion from the Colorado Supreme Court about her power to file suit against the wishes of our state’s top elected official. The new, controversial and questionable Clean…
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Garcia stepping down as lieutenant governor to take higher ed post
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Lt. Gov. Joe Garcia announced Tuesday that he will be stepping down next year to take a new job. The Pueblo Democrat said in a statement that he plans to start work as president of the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, a Boulder-based advocacy organization, before July 1. Lt. Gov. Joe Garcia speaks at…
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Letter: Criticism of GOP field by Latinos unwarranted
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Editor, I found last week’s Colorado Statesman article regarding the Latino attitude toward the GOP presidential candidates very disturbing on several levels. Their anger over the fact that we have not given legal status to people who have broken into our country is unwarranted. Like it or not, the term illegal still has real meaning.…
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Hudson: Competing views of capitalism clash in liquor store and grocery aisles
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Whenever an economic turf war breaks out at the Capitol — complete with appeals for change to state law purportedly intended to provide greater consumer convenience — the public interest is rarely at stake. Rather, the purpose is almost always to make it more convenient for one set of merchandisers to capture your discretionary dollars…
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Supporters, opponents line up as universal health care proposal qualifies for state ballot
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Like many progressives, Irene Aguilar once felt disheartened that President Barack Obama’s signature legislation, the Affordable Care Act, didn’t do more to reform the nation’s broken health care system. That was before she became a member of the Colorado Legislature. “I was really disappointed in him until I spent one session in the General Assembly,…