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Democrat Jared Polis kicks off gubernatorial campaign at employee-owned Colorado Springs grocery store
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Freshly minted gubernatorial candidate Jared Polis, a Democratic congressman from Boulder, visited an employee-owned grocery store in Colorado Springs on Monday for one of several Front Range stops meant to highlight key campaign themes. Standing in the produce section of a recently opened Save-A-Lot grocery store on North Academy Boulevard, Polis said he wants to…
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U.S. Rep. Jared Polis to join crowded Democratic field for Colorado governor
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U.S. Rep. Jared Polis announced Sunday that he’s running for governor of Colorado in next year’s election, shaking up an already crowded Democratic primary field. Colorado Politics has learned that Polis plans to launch his campaign Monday with stops up and down the Front Range, including Pueblo, Colorado Springs, Denver and Boulder. Polis told Colorado Politics in…
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Oil & gas issues may not make ballot
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Updated: Friday, 08/12/16, 13:39 MDT Two closely watched and controversial state constitutional amendments related to oil and natural gas development in Colorado face the prospect of not making the ballot, after backers submitted just slightly more than the required number of signatures for each measure. The two measures are Initiative 75, which would allow local…
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Buck property rights bill generates same result as 2015
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“This is totally about property rights,” state Rep. Perry Buck, R-Windsor, said about her House Bill 1181. But the bill is also about the right to drill for oil and gas in Colorado’s urban and suburban Front Range or to be financially compensated if you are prevented from drilling. That’s why the one paragraph bill…