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INSIGHTS | Colorado takes the R-word out of the books and makes it history
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Editor’s note: Joey Bunch is away, so this week we revisit his Insights column of March 30, 2018. We don’t use that word in Colorado anymore. Not in our laws and not in the government offices that serve all the people. No one deserves to be put down by public servants. No one. It was two…
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Capitol M: Week ending July 13, 2018
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Although the General Assembly is not in session, there’s enough going on outside of the legislative races, and inside it, too, to take another walk among the Mmmmmms. Good luck…to Democratic Sen. Dominick Moreno of Commerce City, who was recently appointed to the Adams 14 school board. Now Capitol M did a little checking on…
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ENDORSEMENT WATCH | Colorado candidates notch support as primary looms
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Politicians and organizations are bestowing last-minute endorsements as candidate scramble to motivate voters in the days before the June 26 primary. Here are some of the Colorado candidate endorsements announced in recent days, including some going to candidates who aren’t in contested primaries and have already won their party’s nomination: ? Former U.S. Sen. Tim…
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PRIMARY PREVIEW: 5 Republican races to watch for the Colo. legislature
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There are 18 contested races for Colorado legislative seats in the June primary. These are CoPo’s picks for the top five Republican races to watch. (And check back with ColoradoPolitics.com at lunchtime for the top races for Democrats.) Senate district 2: Clear Creek, El Paso, Fremont, Park and Teller counties. Why this race matters: The…
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INSIGHTS: Red flag bill shows need for a white flag in partisan litmus tests
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Close to midnight on one of the final days of the legislative session, Colorado House of Representatives Republicans met in a caucus to discuss removing one of their rising stars, Cole Wist, from his leadership position as assistant minority leader. His offense was sponsoring a bill to disarm people authorities deem to be a threat…
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Capitol M: Sine Die (#ohthankgoodnessitsover) edition
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A lighter side, usually, of what goes on at #coleg, also known as the Colorado General Assembly, in the last three days of the 2018 session. Talk about jumping the gun…Too soon? House Bill 1436, the red flag bill that generated a ton of controversy in the last 10 days of the 2018 session, came to…
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Political gamesmanship keeps ‘red flag’ gun bill from demise
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The Colorado House of Representatives on Friday evening passed, largely along party lines, the “Zackari Parrish III Violence Protection Act,” aka the red flag bill, which would allow law enforcement or family members to seek a court order that would allow law enforcement to temporarily remove firearms from a person deemed a threat to themselves…
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INSIGHTS: Colorado takes the R-word out of the books and makes it history
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We don’t use that word in Colorado anymore. Not in our laws and not in the government offices that serve all the people. No one deserves to be put down by public servants. No one. It was two Republicans who led the way on Senate Bill 96 to erase the R-word from the books and instead…
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Grand Junction Regional Center survives budget hit
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The continuing effort to close the Grand Junction campus* of the Grand Junction Regional Center, home to its last 22 residents, hit the House floor Wednesday morning. Rep. Lois Landgraf, a Fountain Republican, offered an amendment to a supplemental budget bill that she said would escalate the closing of the campus and require those remaining…
