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El Paso County district attorney won’t seek charges against former state Sen. Dennis Hisey
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The District Attorney for Colorado Springs, who indicted a Democratic senator on voter fraud tied to residency, has decided not to charge a Republican senator with committing a similar offense. The case involves former state Sen. Dennis Hisey, who was elected to represent Fountain in Senate District 2 in 2018 but ran for a different…
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Colorado Springs legislative candidates talk crime, affordability at community forum
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Less than one month before the election, candidates for Colorado’s Senate District 11 and House District 17 made their case to constituents during a legislative forum Tuesday night. Hosted by Pikes Peak United Way, state Senate candidates Tony Exum, Dennis Hisey and Daryl Kuiper and state House candidates Rachel Stovall and Regina English answered community…
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GOP groups outspending Democratic allies in Colorado Senate races
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The latest campaign finance reports show the “soft money” group dedicated to supporting Republicans running in Colorado Senate races is outspending its Democratic counterpart by nearly a 2-to-1 margin. The Senate Majority Fund’s independent expenditure committee, which backs Senate Republican candidates, and All Together Colorado, the Democrats’ soft side IEC, collectively spent about $6 million on…
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State Sen. Dennis Hisey accused of voting irregularity
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Sen. Dennis Hisey, R-Colorado Springs, has been accused of voting in a district in which he does not live. The Colorado Ethics Institute, founded in 2020 by former Colorado Democratic Party Chair Rick Palacio and former journalist Curtis Hubbard, asked Republican District Attorney Michael Allen of the 4th Judicial District in Colorado Springs to investigate…
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With new state House and Senate maps, let the games begin
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The wait is over. And the scramble has begun. Now that the Colorado Supreme Court has approved new state House and Senate maps, candidates are crafting designs to run for more competitive seats that also appear to shrink the influence of rural communities at the state Capitol. The new maps will reshape Colorado’s political landscape, and,…
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House OKs bill banning firefighting foam that contaminated Colorado aquifer
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A bill that bans the kind of firefighting foam that has contaminated water supplies in southern El Paso County has cleared the Colorado state House and is on its way to the Senate. House Bill 1279 is sponsored by a bipartisan quartet of El Paso County lawmakers, including its House sponsors, Democratic Rep. Tony Exum…
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El Paso County lawmakers sponsor bill to ban firefighting foam
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If the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency won’t act, a bipartisan group of El Paso County legislators will. This week, the foursome introduced House Bill 1279, which would ban the kind of firefighting foam found in water supplies of Fountain, Security and Widefield. The two Republican sponsors are Sen. Dennis Hisey of Fountain and Rep. Lois…
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A rare move: Freshman state senator picked for legislature’s Joint Budget Committee
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Fellow Republicans have unanimously appointed new state Sen. Dennis Hisey, a former El Paso County commissioner, to the Joint Budget Committee. Rarely does a freshman legislator get sent to the JBC, said term-limited Republican Senate President Kevin Grantham, whom Hisey is replacing in Senate District 2. “It’s rather unusual,” Grantham said. “Usually that is a…
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Fremont County Republican Stephanie Luck throws hat in ring for Senate District 2 seat
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Fremont County Republican Stephanie Luck, a conservative attorney and longtime critic of legalized marijuana, announced Friday she’s running for the Senate District 2 seat held by term-limited Senate President Kevin Grantham, R-Cañon City. “I am a builder,” Luck said in a statement. “I am a builder, not of buildings, but of communities. I am passionate…
