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Lamar constituents hear about TABOR and hemp at Crowder, Lewis town hall

Aug 21, 2017

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JOEY BUNCH

Sen. Larry Crowder and Kimmi Lewis were all aboard on hemp last session and had no qualms about selling out the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights, because the price was right. The Lamar Ledger this weekend provided a thorough accounting of a town hall meeting with the two southern Colorado Republicans last Thursday night at Lamar…
With Esgar on board, House Dems pass bitter-pill measure to slash hospital funds, advance budget debate

Apr 25, 2017

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John Tomasic

Democratic leaders dodged a bullet Tuesday afternoon and passed with one vote to spare a crucial “orbital” budget bill that nevertheless threatens to blow a gaping hole in state hospital budgets and shutter healthcare facilities in already woefully underserved rural districts. Senate Bill 256 passed on 33-31 vote. Four Democrats joined the Republican caucus to…
Leslie Herod gets an earful from fellow lawmakers about best ways to resolve conflicts

Apr 6, 2017

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Ernest Luning

State Rep. Leslie Herod, a Denver Democrat, got plenty of advice when she recently asked several House members from both sides of the aisle to discuss their favorite ways to resolve conflicts at the Capitol. One legislator even cites reggae legend Bob Marley. Noting that lawmakers recently passed a bipartisan resolution to join Gov. John…
Colorado Democrats to elevate top three finalists to vice chair position after unresolved election

Mar 28, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Colorado Democrats plan to name all three finalists to the party’s vice chair position left unfilled earlier this month when none of the candidates surpassed a majority of the vote after multiple rounds of balloting, The Colorado Statesman has learned. As things stand, former Arapahoe County Democratic Party Chair Pat Shaver will become 2nd vice…
#Coleg primary elections wrap up: Nail-biters, knockdowns, shakeups

Jun 29, 2016

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John Tomasic

A gray sky spit hail at last-minute Colorado voters, cars stacked bumper to bumper on Front Range roads, and primary elections ballots piled up at county clerks’s offices around the state, remaking in a preliminary way the shape of the Legislature to come. In the year of Donald Trump, state Republicans lost two hard-line headline-makers…

donald valdez

Lamar constituents hear about TABOR and hemp at Crowder, Lewis town hall

With Esgar on board, House Dems pass bitter-pill measure to slash hospital funds, advance budget debate

Leslie Herod gets an earful from fellow lawmakers about best ways to resolve conflicts

Colorado Democrats to elevate top three finalists to vice chair position after unresolved election

#Coleg primary elections wrap up: Nail-biters, knockdowns, shakeups