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Noonan: Sponsored bills reveal how House members do their job
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Legislators make their mark through their sponsored bills. Sponsored bills show what issues legislators commit to, their bipartisan collegiality, their productivity in bills passed versus bills killed, and their dispositions related to bills that function as messages versus bills intended to become law. Legislators are supposed to sponsor no more than five bills, but only…
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Hickenlooper signs bill creating national cybersecurity center in Colorado Springs
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Gov. John Hickenlooper signed legislation on the steps of the El Pomar Center Friday at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. At a bill signing ceremony crowded with state legislators and other high-ranking officials, he jotted his signature to an act establishing Colorado’s formal push to become a national leader in cybersecurity. House Bill 16-1453…
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Hickenlooper signs Nordberg-Moreno bill to fight anti-Israel boycott
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A bill sponsored by a bipartisan coalition of representatives and senators fighting an international boycott of Israel sailed through the process this session, clearing its last hurdle Friday when Gov. John Hickenlooper signed it into law in the ceremonial chambers of the governor’s state Capitol offices. With nearly half of the 120-day legislative session remaining, this was a quick deal,…
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The Hot Sheet, March 14, 2016
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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…
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Hickenlooper pledges support to anti-BDS bill as Senate gives initial nod
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Gov. John Hickenlooper says he will support House Bill 1284, a proposal with bi-partisan sponsorship in both legislative chambers, when the measure arrives at his desk. The bill would require the state’s public employee pension fund, PERA, to oppose the Boycott, Divest and Sanctions movement which seeks to punish Israel for its alleged poor treatment of Palestinians. The…
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Newbie Rep. Leonard holds floor show in opposition to Israel bill, draws spotlight, questions
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Rep. Tim Leonard, R-Evergreen, the newest member of the Colorado Legislature, made a grand statement Thursday, traveling down to the well of the House for his first time, initiating a dramatic legislative maneuver and holding forth at length, all in opposition to a bill popular with lawmakers on both sides of the aisle that seeks to prevent the…
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The Hot Sheet, February 16, 2016
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By TCS Publisher and Editor in Chief Jared Wright @_JaredWright_ Tuesday, February 16, 2016 DENVER – Good morning, and happy Tuesday! Hoping your President’s Day hangover will be lifted by Noon. Now your substrata feed straight from the politics pipeline: A Colorado Latin@ name surfaces as a possible Obama SCOTUS nominee, but not the one you might think…
