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  • ‘I’ve been battle-tested’: Republican Brian Watson jumps in crowded primary for Colorado state treasurer

    Declaring he’s the only candidate with the right business and financial experience to serve as Colorado state treasurer  – including bouncing back after losing almost everything when the economy crashed – Republican Brian Watson on Friday jumped into a GOP primary that already includes three state lawmakers, a county treasurer and a prosecutor. “I’ve managed…


  • Riding libertarian populist wave, Hill and Lebsock clear first hurdle to end switchblade ban

    The switchblade knives wielded six decades ago by the fictional Jets and Sharks street gangs in the legendary Broadway musical “West Side Story” and in Hollywood films spooked lawmakers across the U.S. and helped usher in state bans. But 54 years after Colorado enacted its prohibition of the folding knives with blades that pop out…


  • The Hot Sheet, August 22, 2016

    The Hot Sheet, August 22, 2016

    VOL. 01 NO. 157 | AUGUST 22, 2016 | COLORADOSTATESMAN.COM/THE-HOT-SHEET | © 2016By TCS Editor and Publisher Jared Wright   DENVER – Good morning and Happy Back-To-School Monday! Hopefully your smaller versions of self (if you have them) are off to a great start today. The weekend had lots of small tweak-type developments on Colorado’s political path to enlightenment…


  • The Hot Sheet, March 14, 2016

    The Hot Sheet, March 14, 2016

    By TCS Publisher and Editor in Chief Jared Wright _@JaredWright_ Monday, March 14, 2016 DENVER — Coming off of our first busy weekend of county assemblies and conventions — with many more to come — here’s something new this week for all you Hot Sheet fanatics: an actual Hot Sheet. Enjoy it here in the browser, on…


  • The Hot Sheet, February 25, 2016

    The Hot Sheet, February 25, 2016

    By TCS Publisher and Editor in Chief Jared Wright _@JaredWright_ Thursday, February 25, 2016 DENVER – Good morning from all of us here at The Colorado Statesman. Here’s to a productive Thursday for you. “Don’t be in such a hurry to condemn a person because he doesn’t do what you do, or think as you think. There was…


  • The Hot Sheet, February 11, 2016

    The Hot Sheet, February 11, 2016

    By TCS Publisher & Editor-in-Chief Jared Wright @_JaredWright_ Thursday, February 11, 2016 DENVER – Happy Thursday — pace yourself, just one more day until the weekend (if you’re like me, you ask, “What weekend?” — ’tis the business) … Now, your substrata feed straight from the politics pipeline: It’s official … [less is more?] — There are officially more candidates seeking the…


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