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Black Democratic Caucus convenes in the ‘Harlem of the West’
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The Black Democratic Legislative Caucus of Colorado held its annual opening reception this week. Also celebrated as the Historic Eight, this delegation is made up of six House and two Senate members working collectively to create and track legislation focused on Coloradans of color. The intimate event took place at the Blair Caldwell African American…
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‘Historic Eight’ black legislators are working on issues affecting Coloradans of color
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As the legislative session started Wednesday you could feel the excitement and anxiety in both chambers. Priorities were laid out for the next 119 days, including working to improve Colorado’s roads, addressing a projected shortfall in state employees’ pension system, expanding rural broadband accessibility, tackling energy, solving the state’s opioid crisis and ensuring men and…
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Rep. Leslie Herod says it’s time for Democrats to hear black voices
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When Roy Moore lost the U.S. Senate race in Alabama this month, dogged by accusation of preying teenaged girls as a man in his 30s, it was black women who fought him hardest. Ninety-eight percent of black women voted for Democrat Doug Jones to ensure a close but improbable win in the most reddest of…
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#Coleg Zoo Day: Write your own captions
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Some real animals descended on the Capitol on Tuesday — real-life animals. It was Denver Zoo Day at the Legislature, so zookeepers and their wards made the rounds, joining the state’s political animals in their natural habitat. Zoo staffers later sent out photos — and the captions write themselves. There are “talking-point parrots,” “porcupine prickly…
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Lawmakers work together to free stalking victims from rental agreements
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Victims of stalking in Colorado will very likely soon be able to legally break their rental agreements – a proactive change in state law supported by sexual assault and victims’ rights groups and proposed in a bipartisan bill that is speeding its way through the Legislature. The state Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday voted unanimously…
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#Coleg week 10: Concerning the Sand Creek Massacre, a sanctuary state, pot for PTSD, corporal punishment, campus free speech
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This week we take up where the thud-like introduction of the transportation-funding House Bill 1242 left off. Conservatives remain unimpressed. Sponsors House Speaker Crisanta Duran and Senate President Kevin Gratham will work to make their trial balloon seem less like the Hindenburg, to borrow a phrase from Littleton Republican Sen. Tim Neville. Supporters of the…
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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…
