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  • Coalition says bills make open records, well, more open

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    JOEY BUNCH

    The public could find it easier to get public records in Colorado if a handful of legislators, both Republicans and Democrats, get what they want in the next legislative session. My friend Jeffrey A. Roberts previews several possible reforms to Colorado’s Open Records Act in the legislative session that begins Wednesday on the Colorado Freedom…

  • Highlight reel: Colorado’s wild and woolly 2016 election season

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    Adam McCoy, special to Colorado Politics

    Symbolic of the divisiveness of our politics, many Coloradans will look back at the 2016 election with violent contempt, reflecting on a political year that saw the rise of President-elect Donald Trump, while others will reminisce with sublime glee over a cycle where voters bucked the political establishment. In a year full of tectonic shifts…

  • Williams readies constitutional amendment

    Williams readies constitutional amendment

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    Mike McKibbin

    A constitutional amendment that would reduce the lengthy and repetitive language regarding judicial retention questions on election ballots is on Colorado Secretary of State Wayne Williams‘ wish list for the upcoming state legislative session. Williams and his staff outlined his legislative plans to the Bipartisan Election Advisory Committee Thursday, Dec. 15. The committee includes county clerks,…

  • Colorado Bar Assn. lobbyist Jeremy Schupbach: ‘In many cases, the law is my client’

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    Ernest Luning

    Although he tracks nearly every bill in front of the Legislature, lobbyist Jeremy Schupbach often won’t weigh in on contentious policy questions or what he describes as “thorny” issues at the state Capitol. But when it comes to commas, he’s often all over it. Schupbach has what he calls his favorite job in the whole…

  • The 2016 Colorado Election Quiz

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    Ernest Luning

    As the 2016 election season draws to a close, we thought there would be no better way to reward readers who have paid close attention to the campaigns than offer a quiz about the seemingly endless ordeal. From the sharp reversals and near-daily bombshells of the presidential contest to the stunning upsets and jaw-dropping tangents…

  • Contests for legislative leadership taking shape in tumultuous election year

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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.…

  • Presidential primary concerns aired

    Presidential primary concerns aired

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    Mike McKibbin

    The people who would have to do the behind-the-scenes work to make a presidential primary election happen in Colorado four years from now have several concerns and questions about the issue voters will decide this fall. At the Tuesday, Sept. 13, meeting of the Colorado Secretary of State’s Bipartisan Election Advisory Committee, elected state officials,…

  • Nicolais: Stigmatizing Dan Pabon

    Nicolais: Stigmatizing Dan Pabon

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    Mario Nicolais

    State Rep. Dan Pabon made a mistake. Nobody knows that better than Dan Pabon. After police video of his St. Patrick’s Day DUI arrest surfaced, Pabon again finds himself in an unwanted spotlight. Pabon appears on the tape pleading with an officer to avoid an arrest. As so often happens, one mistake led to another.…

  • The Hot Sheet, July 25, 2016

    The Hot Sheet, July 25, 2016

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    Jared Wright

    VOL. 01 NO. 137 | JULY 25, 2016 | COLORADOSTATESMAN.COM/THE-HOT-SHEET | © 2016By TCS CEO and Editor-In-Chief Jared Wright   DENVER – Happy Monday, and here’s to a great start to your Democratic National Convention week if you are one of those lucky 78 delegates or an alternate … or a consultant or just a visitor getting to…

  • The Hot Sheet, July 22, 2016

    The Hot Sheet, July 22, 2016

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    Jared Wright

    VOL. 01 NO. 136 | JULY 22, 2016 | COLORADOSTATESMAN.COM/THE-HOT-SHEET | © 2016By TCS CEO and Editor-In-Chief Jared Wright   DENVER – Happy post Republican National Convention, er, Donald Trump Law and Order … Day. To those traveling back from Cleveland, stay safe. And keep the law and order while you’re at it. Read on for your daily briefing…

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