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Rep. Dave Williams’ latest bill on sanctuary cities fails in House committee
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Despite support from the White House for the idea, Republican Rep. Dave Williams’ second attempt to put elected officials on the hook for creating sanctuary policies fell by the wayside Wednesday. To no surprise, the Democratic-controlled House State, Veterans and Military Affairs Committee dispatched Williams’ House Bill 1178 on a party-line 6-3 vote. The same…
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Tom Tancredo on sanctuary cities: Texas sheriff ‘has right idea’
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“This Texas Sheriff has the right idea,” one of Colorado’s Republican gubernatorial candidates, Tom Tancredo, said in a tweet Monday. “What will it take to get Denver, Boulder and other sanctuary cities in ….” Tancredo then posted an opinion piece from The Hill titled “Texas sanctuary city crackdown should go nationwide.” “Sanctuary policies create…
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Governor orders flags lowered in Colorado Friday to honor firefighter Mike Freeman
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Gov. John Hickenlooper ordered flags lowered to half-staff on all public buildings statewide on Friday in memory of South Metro Firefighter Engineer Mike Freeman, who died peacefully at his home Sunday after battling cancer. Flags should be lowered from sunrise to sunset, the governor’s office said. Freeman began his firefighting career in 1974 with the…
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Governor orders flags lowered Monday until noon in observance of Memorial Day
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Gov. John Hickenlooper has ordered flags lowered to half-staff on all public buildings statewide on Monday in recognition of Memorial Day. Flags should be lowered from sunrise until noon, the governor’s office said. In an official proclamation, President Donald Trump declared Memorial Day as a day of prayer for permanent peace, asking Americans to unite…
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Governor orders flags lowered Monday in observance of Peace Officers Memorial Day
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Gov. John Hickenlooper ordered flags lowered to half-staff on all public buildings statewide on Monday in recognition of Peace Officers Memorial Day, the start of the national observance of Police Week. Flags should be lowered from sunrise to sunset, the governor’s office said. In an official proclamation, President Donald Trump declared Peace Officers Memorial Day…
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Colorado gubernatorial candidates react to Comey firing along partisan lines
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Reaction among Colorado gubernatorial candidates to President Trump’s termination of FBI Director James Comey on Tuesday split along partisan lines, with Democrats expressing outrage and calling for an independent investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election, while Republicans either declined to weigh in or said it was time to look ahead. “Clearly (Donald Trump)…
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Colorado leaders unite in defense of the recreational marijuana industry
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With U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions hinting that the Trump administration might intensify the enforcement of federal marijuana laws, Colorado leaders from both sides of the aisle have come to the defense of the state’s legal marijuana industry in an uncommon show of solidarity in what many consider to be divisive political times of unmatched…
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Lawmakers, industry leaders denounce White House marijuana enforcement signals
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Word that the White House could begin cracking down on the marijuana trade in states that have legalized the drug drew swift rebuke Thursday from Democratic lawmakers in Colorado, the first state to cultivate a recreational pot industry. “Whether it is building a wall or stripping protections for trans students, President Trump has already shown…