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El Paso County joins lawsuit against Colorado ‘sanctuary laws’
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El Paso County leaders on Tuesday approved a resolution that adds legal teeth to what had been a largely symbolic local fight against state laws they say prioritize the rights of undocumented immigrants at the expense of community safety. In a unanimous decision, the Board of El Paso County Commissioners gave the go-ahead to join…
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Campaign finance complaint against Colorado Springs nonprofit moves to administrative court
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A campaign finance violations case levied against a Colorado Springs nonprofit will go before Colorado’s administrative courts after the deputy secretary of state this month denied a motion to dismiss the complaint. Civic nonprofit Colorado Springs Forward “violated (the state’s) constitutional provision against corporate donations directly to candidates” when it made prohibited campaign donations last…
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Griswold recommends dismissing campaign finance complaints against El Paso County commissioners
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El Paso County Commissioners Cami Bremer and Holly Williams may be in the clear in a campaign finance violations case, but the nonprofit that donated to them is facing greater scrutiny. In two separate motions made June 10, the Colorado Secretary of State’s Office asked Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Beall to dismiss complaints alleging…
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Secretary of State’s Office asks El Paso County commission candidates to rectify campaign finance violations
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The Secretary of State’s Office is asking El Paso County Commissioners Cami Bremer and Holly Williams to rectify alleged campaign finance violations over donations they received from a nonprofit. Colorado Springs Forward, a civic nonprofit, donated $5,000 to each of the commissioners running for reelection in September, which was prohibited under state law, letters from…
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CRONIN & LOEVY | Even after blue wave, Colorado retains its purple hue
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Team Blue “ran the table” in last Tuesday’s Colorado state elections. It’s been “four score and two” years since Democrats won all four statewide elected positions in the state back in 1936 – governor, treasurer, attorney general, and secretary of state – and won majorities in both houses of the state legislature. What accounts for…
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Politicians try their hand at April Fool’s gags
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DENVER – State Rep. Leslie Herod of Denver and her partner in pranks Rep. Jovan Melton of Aurora were a day late but not a doughnut short Monday, catching lawmakers and statehouse staff off-guard for their April Fool’s trap. They loaded doughnuts with mayo and shared the mistreats the day after national observance for practical…
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Trail Mix: The road to Colorado’s 2018 election, April 1 edition
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FAMILIAR TERRITORY? … U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn learned this week that he successfully petitioned his way onto the Republican primary ballot and will be facing at least two GOP challengers in his bid for a seventh term representing the 5th Congressional District. It’s a familiar situation for Lamborn, who was first elected in 2006, to…
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BARTELS: Wayne Williams’ new title — Grandpa
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Colorado Secretary of State Wayne Williams this month added another title to his name: Grandpa. Mikaya Rose Williams was born March 11, weighing in at 7 pounds 14 ounces and measuring 20 inches. Her parents, Gregory Alaric and Cassidy Williams, could not be more excited. The secretary and his wife, Holly, traveled to Utah last week…
