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Conservative attack dog growls at Polis for mingling with single-payer advocates
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A prominent Colorado conservative stepped up the attack Wednesday on Democratic gubernatorial nominee Jared Polis over the five-term congressman’s support for universal health care, saying his appearance at a recent conference demonstrates “how radical he is.” Kelly Maher, executive director of Compass Colorado, beat a familiar drumbeat in a press release, attempting to tie Polis…
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HUDSON | Is the California boogeyman really so scary for Colorado?
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“All the leaves are brown and the sky is grayI’ve been for a walk on a winter’s dayI’d be safe and warm if I was in L.A.California Dreamin’ on such a winter’s day” It’s been more than half a century since the Mamas and Papas vaulted to the top of the music charts with their…
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Fix Our Damn Roads to sue the Greeley Stampede
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The Greeley Stampede rodeo and fair has lassoed some legal trouble over free speech. The leader of ballot initiative Fix Our Damn Roads, Jon Caldara, president of the conservative Independence Institute in Denver, said the Stampede prevented signature gatherers from asking people going in and leaving the event if they wanted to sign the petition. Caldara…
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Colorado Springs Mayor Suthers endorses Fix Our Damn Roads
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Colorado’s former attorney general and Colorado Springs’ current mayor favors using existing tax money over new taxes to fix Colorado’s roads. Jon Caldara announced Friday that John Suthers had endorsed the proposed ballot measure to force the state legislature to put $3.5 billion into transportation improvements, including widening Interstate 25 and Interstate 70 to address…
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The secret to Colorado’s economic success? The Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights
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The latest Census Bureau data released earlier this year shows that Colorado’s population has grown by nearly two-thirds since 1992, one of the fastest increases in the country. If you are part of the more than 2 million new residents who have arrived over this time, there are a few things you should know: Avoid I-70 on…
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INSIGHTS: Potholes line road ahead on transportation
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This isn’t going to end well. I only need math – addition, subtraction and simple division – to understand the political equation of Colorado’s desperate need to fund transportation and the long odds to do it. The Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce and a collection of allies across the state are asking registered voters to…
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FEEDBACK | Polis’ plans for our tax dollars
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Federal tax cuts are a win-win for Colorado Colorado’s 2nd Congressional District Democratic U.S. Rep. Jared Polis is attempting to pull the rug out from under hardworking Coloradans by repealing the recent federal tax reform. His “Students Over Special Interests Act” supposedly would use the money from the tax cut to cancel federal student loan debt. Yet,…
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Denver chamber-led coalition will seek sales tax for roads
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A Denver-led coalition hopes to ask voters in November for a 0.62 percent statewide sales tax to pay for transportation. Members of the coalition made the decision in a closed-door meeting at the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce Friday morning. Now the groups supporting the tax must collect 98,492 signatures from registered voters statewide by Aug.…
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2018 Colo. legislature: What’s next on the issues that drove the session?
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The biggest issues of the 120-day Colorado legislative session are far from done just because they’ve been voted on. Transportation is still a snowball rolling downhill toward November, and the dollars that will eventually be steered into roads, bridges and transit are hardly settled. Lawmakers created a $32 billion solution to the state’s public-pension plan,…
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FEEDBACK | Teachers, guns & money — and more
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More money into the system – or better pay for the best teachers? The recent opinion piece from Colorado teacher Jill Cullis shed some light on the problems facing Colorado’s schools. Recent increases in funding, with the bulk of those dollars not going to teachers’ salaries, is the real problem. During Teacher Appreciation Week, we should…
