ethics
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Ethics panel gives green light to state judges participating in PrideFest
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The Colorado Supreme Court’s ethics advisory panel gave its blessing to state judges who would like to attend LGBTQ pride festivals and even march with a legal association in pride parades. A March 25 opinion from the Colorado Judicial Ethics Advisory Board responded to an anonymous judge who regularly attended and marched in pride parades…
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House ethics panel to probe allegations Colorado Rep. Doug Lamborn misused official resources
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The House Committee on Ethics will review allegations that U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn misused official resources for personal purposes following findings by a separate congressional ethics office that the eight-term Colorado Springs Republican may have violated federal laws and House rules. A report released Monday by the Office of Congressional Ethics recommended further review by…
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Colo. ethics panel to move quickly on Hickenlooper ethics complaint
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While the Colorado Independent Ethics Commission has not yet received a response from Gov. John Hickenlooper on the ethics complaint filed against him in October, Commissioner Bill Leone predicted Monday that the panel will move quickly on the complaint. Former Republican Speaker of the House Frank McNulty, along with his newly-formed Public Trust Institute, filed…
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State Sen. Marble sues Colorado ethics commission over decision
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State Sen. Vicki Marble, a Fort Collins Republican, has filed a lawsuit against the Colorado Independent Ethics Commission challenging its decision earlier this year that she had violated the state’s constitutional amendment on ethics. Marble’s lawsuit was filed June 29 in Denver District Court. In the complaint, Marble’s attorney, Marcy Glenn, challenged the ethics commission’s decision to issue a…
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This Week at the Capitol: April 9-13
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Here are the legislative committee hearings of note for the week ahead at the Colorado Capitol. Committee schedules are subject to change. The daily schedule is available on the legislature’s website. Click here and scroll down to committee hearings to listen online. MONDAY Colorado Independent Ethics Commission, 9 a.m., Colorado Judicial Building, Room 1CThe commission is expected…
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Republican Ken Buck reaches across aisle to form bipartisan House Reformers Caucus
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U.S. Reps. Ken Buck, a Windsor Republican, and Kathleen Rice, a Long Island Democrat, on Wednesday launched a bipartisan House caucus devoted to coming up with what organizers call common-sense congressional reforms. The two lawmakers – both former elected district attorneys – are co-chairs of the Congressional Reformers Caucus, which counts 10 Democrats and nine Republicans…
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Diana DeGette on sexual harassment in Congress: ‘People need to name names’
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U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette said she believes it’s important to identify members of Congress who have engaged in sexual misconduct so they can’t continue their behavior, adding that lawmakers should be expelled from Congress when there’s credible evidence of harassment. The Denver Democrat told MSNBC host Chris Hayes on Tuesday that Congress also needs…
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ICYMI: Hemp bill hot water, redistricting outcry in El Paso County, Aurora performing arts center in the works
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? A bill designed to help an Arkansas Valley hemp farmer in a water dispute with the federal government landed state Sen. Don Coram, R-Montrose, in some hot water with at least one constituent. Coram sponsored Senate Bill 117, which recognizes industrial hemp as an approved agricultural product so it can use federal water. It…
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Want to give your councilperson a gift? Denver is still discussing how to handle that
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Denver is “completely out of step” with other major jurisdictions in at least one key ethics code area, City Councilman Kevin Flynn told some of his colleagues in explaining some “tweaks” he is proposing to the city code. At the Tuesday, Dec. 6, Finance and Governance Committee meeting, Flynn noted most jurisdictions have a dollar…
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Wyoming legislative panel dismisses ethics complaint against state senator
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A Wyoming legislative panel has dismissed a complaint that accused a state senator of ethics violations for voting to approve funding for an abandoned mine land reclamation program that has issued contracts to his company. Senate President Phil Nicholas on Friday announced that the panel has dismissed the complaint against Riverton Republican Sen. Eli Bebout. The panel…
