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Aguilar: ColoradoCare: Real progress, right now
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ProgressNow, a nonprofit that claims to support progressive issues, came out against ColoradoCare/Amendment 69. With this decision, the organization abandoned the people of Colorado and joined forces with status quo establishment politicians and profit- driven private insurers who make it their business to deny care to those who need it most. ProgressNow abandoned legendary progressive…
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BARTELS: County Clerks Association honors four lawmakers
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The Colorado County Clerks Association today recognized three lawmakers who sponsored a bill to make it easier for clerks to maintain or upgrade equipment used to record documents. The effort to pass the bill actually began two to three years ago, CCCA director Pam Anderson told clerks at their summer conference, which began Monday. A lot…
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Noonan: Republican senators lay off contentious bills to hold the chamber
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Nine state senators are up for re-election and nine Senate seats are up for grabs in November. Seven of those seats have fewer than 9,000 votes separating the parties in registration numbers, while two seats have under 800. The Senate is 18-17 to the Republicans, all of which explains why the Senate was a more…
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Silverii: Congress should follow Colorado’s lead on gun safety
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The shocking violence committed against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Americans in Florida, on June 12 has horrified us all. The attack on the Pulse nightclub in Orlando has brought together the combined threats of terrorism, gun violence and hate our nation faces today. Here in Colorado, our state’s painful history of mass murder has…
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Hullinghorst: Without fanfare, divided chambers achieved a great deal
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Some have argued this was a do-nothing legislative session. While some of the bigger, flashier items did not get through both chambers, with less fanfare, we did in fact achieve a great deal. Our bipartisan workforce development package included a paradigm-shifting program to get industries more involved in classroom education, a program to incentivize school…
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Democrats blanket house district with mailers hitting Nelson
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Democrats and an independent expenditure committee rained down mailers on House District 42 in Aurora on Wednesday in an attempt to steer voters away from embattled candidate Eric Nelson in the June 28 Democratic primary. “Eric Nelson is a liar,” reads one side of an oversized, glossy postcard sent by the House Majority Project, an…
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State House candidate Nelson won’t quit Aurora school board, vows to ‘do this job’
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The Aurora Public Schools Board member and House District 42 candidate at the center of allegations he has invented much of his resume – including numerous academic degrees and an illustrious military career – refused to step down from the school board Tuesday night after all but one of his fellow board members asked for…
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Aurora school board president to ask for Nelson’s resignation
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The president of the Aurora Public Schools Board says she plans to ask embattled board member Eric Nelson to resign his position immediately on Tuesday night at the board’s regular meeting in the wake of allegations that Nelson has fabricated academic degrees, among other deceptions. Nelson is also running in next week’s Democratic primary for…
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Nelson defiant as calls mount to end campaign, quit school board
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Aurora Public Schools Board member Eric Nelson politely refused on Saturday to withdraw from a Democratic primary race even as Democrats increased pressure on the candidate to “admit to himself that the charade is over.” Following a conversation with Colorado Democratic Party Chairman Rick Palacio on Friday, Nelson said he would consider a request that…
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State House candidate represented himself as Air Force officer on social media, seeking jobs
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The Aurora Public Schools Board director and state legislative candidate under scrutiny for his criminal background and numerous misrepresentations to voters and employers has also represented himself as a retired Air Force officer at public events, on social media, on his resumé and in at least one press release, despite having only served eight weeks…
