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Otero County Republican Judy Reyher engulfed in controversy after contested House District 47 vacancy appointment
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The aftershocks were still coming days after a Republican vacancy committee picked a replacement for former state Rep. Clarice Navarro, the Pueblo Republican who resigned to take a position with the Trump administration in early November. Judy Reyher, a Swink resident and former Otero County GOP chair, won the appointment to Navarro’s seat on a…
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‘Compromise’ or ‘casserole’? Rural-sustainability bill does a lot; here’s an in-depth look
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As we mentioned in passing just a day ago when Gov. John Hickenlooper signed the wide-ranging Senate Bill 267 into law, “Sustainability of Rural Colorado” (the measure’s title) can mean a whole bunch of things. It’s all very complicated. In other words, Tuesday’s signing was about more than Hick and Senate President Kevin Grantham shooting hoops…
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Hick inks big bill — with time to spare for a jump shot — at a rural Colorado school
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Technically speaking, the news out of tiny Fowler, east of Pueblo, today was that Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper stopped there to sign into law what was probably the 2017 session’s signature legislation, Senate Bill 267. That’s the hard-won, bipartisan effort that more or less aligned the planets to address the “sustainability of rural Colorado.” As a practical matter, that…
