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Hudson: ‘Democrats are beating Republicans’ … Emoji – Emoji – Emoji

Jun 13, 2017

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Roger Hudson

I rarely step out in front of my clients and pull focus from them, but I believe I have an important message to share with my political friends – one that many Republicans may not like hearing. Democrats are beating us Republicans. Hold on, before Republicans reach for the pitchforks and torches or before Colorado…
Hickenlooper discusses state of the Democratic Party on Slate Political Gabfest appearance

Jun 9, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Gov. John Hickenlooper talks about the future of the Democratic Party, coping with face-blindness and why he believes attack ads make it difficult to move on after hard-fought elections in this week’s episode of the Slate Political Gabfest podcast, which posted online Thursday night. The two-term Democrat also talks about whether he’s running for president,…
Micek: Griffin’s stunt the latest slide into incivility

Jun 2, 2017

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John Micek

An anonymous reader of the newspaper I work for had a lot on his mind: “If that was your hero Obama’s bloody head, I do believe there would have been a small novella condemning every right-winger … by now,” he or she, operating under cover of an online pseudonym, chided me. My faceless friend, as…
YESTERYEAR: Legislator’s party flip infuriates local union

Jun 1, 2017

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Rachael Wright, Special to Colorado Politics

Thirty Years Ago this Week in the Colorado Statesman … State Rep. Faye Fleming, D-Thornton, switched her party affiliation from Democratic to Republican Feb. 14, 1987, only six weeks after she took office. One of her campaign contributors, United Steel Workers Local 8031, threatened to sue her for misrepresentation. The influential union also took to the…
Perlmutter criticizes Dodd-Frank rewrite now slated for House vote

May 22, 2017

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Adam McCoy, special to Colorado Politics

A Republican-led effort to rewrite the rules of the massive, post financial crisis measure Dodd-Frank is slated for a full House vote in June, despite Democrat’s effort – among them U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter – to derail the legislation in committee. At odds are Perlmutter’s contention that the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection…
Firestone tragedy unlikely to shake up Capitol oil and gas politics

May 9, 2017

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John Tomasic

A lot has changed in the wake of the oil and gas industry-linked explosion at the end of April in Firestone that killed two. Anadarko Petroleum shut down 3,000 wells. Matt Lepore, Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission director, spoke about conducting “an ongoing conversation about new safety measures” of one kind or another. Gov.…
Smith: Kogovsek’s death leaves a tremendous void

May 9, 2017

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Morgan Smith

It is an enormous shock to read of the death of Ray Kogovsek, a superb public servant and a tireless supporter of his home town, Pueblo. I had the opportunity to serve in the Colorado House of Representatives for six of the years in which he served in the state Senate and it was always…
YESTERYEAR: Legislature hits low with frivolous lobbyist ethics complaints

Apr 27, 2017

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Rachael Wright

Twenty Years Ago This Week in The Colorado Statesman … In a continuation of the battle for welfare reform, Gov. Roy Romer outlined his reason for vetoing House Bill 97-1166. “I am vetoing this bill because of one provision. That provision creates an irrational two-tiered system of welfare cash assistance benefits for our fellow citizens…
Lawmakers battle oil and gas drilling setback bill from well-dug trenches

Apr 19, 2017

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John Tomasic

In Colorado, the rule is that oil and gas wells can be sited 1,000 feet from a school building. A bill that aimed to update that rule to measure the setback instead from the school property line drew crowds to the Capitol this month to testify in support of it and major drilling industry figures…
Noonan: Bipartisanship may set a new high bar with rural sustainability bill

Apr 19, 2017

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Paula Noonan

Gov. John Hickenlooper takes first place, with his signature, as currently the most bipartisan politician in Colorado. He has signed 137 bills in the 2017 General Assembly. Of those, 111 are bipartisan, 15 are Dem-only sponsored and 11 are GOP-only sponsored. He has clearly set a basis that he prefers both chambers to work collaboratively.…