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Democrats reject GOP efforts to curb abortion, including ‘reversal method’

Feb 10, 2017

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Peter Marcus

Democrats early Friday morning shot down a trio of bills pushed by abortion opponents following an 11-hour marathon hearing that saw an effort to reverse abortions. The bills that were rejected by the House Health, Insurance and Environment Committee on party-line votes included: House Bill 1086, sponsored by Reps. Justin Everett, R-Littleton, and Dan Nordberg, R-Colorado Springs, which…
El Paso County lawmakers reach out to Elaine Chao over I-25

Feb 7, 2017

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Matt Steiner, special to ColoradoPolitics.com

Three El Paso County lawmakers didn’t waste any time sounding an alarm to President Donald Trump and his administration when it comes to state transportation needs, including the almost 20-mile Interstate 25 bottleneck between Monument and Castle Rock. One week after Trump signed an executive order to expedite “high priority infrastructure” projects and less than…
Williams touts anti-sanctuary bill on national TV, blasts Democrats

Feb 1, 2017

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Ernest Luning

State Rep. Dave Williams swung hard on national television Wednesday at opponents of legislation the Colorado Springs Republican introduced earlier in the week to subject politicians to lawsuits and criminal charges if they’ve helped establish “sanctuary” cities or other jurisdictions in Colorado. “This could be model legislation that could definitely hold these lawless politicians accountable…
Republicans urge Hickenlooper to ask feds to speed up highway projects

Jan 27, 2017

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Ernest Luning

A group of Republican legislators from El Paso County want Gov. John Hickenlooper to petition the federal government to hasten the approval process for transportation projects after President Donald Trump issued an executive order encouraging it. Noting that the governor declared “When it comes to transportation infrastructure projects, time is money” in his State of…
El Paso County’s Jeff Hays to launch bid for state Republican chairman

Jan 9, 2017

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Ernest Luning

El Paso County Republican Party Chairman Jeff Hays likes to talk football and politics, but chances are that even the most detailed political discussion will soon start sounding like football. “Everything in my life is a football analogy,” he said with a chuckle in a recent interview with The Colorado Statesman, and he wasn’t kidding.…
The Hot Sheet – More on millennials (bc – it’s all about them, right?), Senate Dems create environmental czar, Science vs cash, State employees get a free ride and MORE …

Dec 6, 2016

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Colorado Politics

VOL. 01 NO. 199 | DECEMBER 6, 2016 | COLORADOSTATESMAN.COM/THE-HOT-SHEET | © 2016 DENVER – Don’t tell Santa but we’re feeling a little naughty – and dare I say a bit snarky – this morning. Blame it on the weather, the holidays or perhaps all the political craziness happening all around us. So, read on at your own…
Politicos share Israeli insights

Nov 9, 2016

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Mike McKibbin

Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper told a crowd of around 1,200 people at the Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum Tuesday night, Nov. 1, that he signed a bill opposed to what is known as the BDS Movement because “it is not the Colorado way.” The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement (also known as…
Contests for legislative leadership taking shape in tumultuous election year

Oct 27, 2016

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Ernest Luning

There’s more than one election looming within the next couple of weeks in Colorado. Two days after voters finish casting ballots on Nov. 8, state lawmakers – including what could be more than a dozen newly elected legislators – are scheduled to gather at the Capitol to elect leadership positions for the 71st General Assembly.…
Colorado GOP legislators get behind Trump

Oct 13, 2016

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Mike McKibbin

With many Republican leaders – including some in Colorado – recently withdrawing their support or renouncing GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump after the release of a 2005 video recording of Trump bragging of what some consider sexual abuse of women, the Trump campaign in Colorado on Thursday, Oct. 13, touted newfound support of several Colorado…
DelGrosso: Theme of session is ‘missed opportunities’

Jun 23, 2016

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Brian DelGrosso

From the start of the session, House Republicans identified increasing funding for education and transportation and addressing Colorado’s affordable housing shortage as our top priorities. Unfortunately, our Democrat colleagues did not share our same priorities and instead focused on passing a partisan agenda that penalized, over-regulated, even publicly shamed Colorado’s job creators. Democrats rejected our…