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‘Historic Eight’ black legislators are working on issues affecting Coloradans of color
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As the legislative session started Wednesday you could feel the excitement and anxiety in both chambers. Priorities were laid out for the next 119 days, including working to improve Colorado’s roads, addressing a projected shortfall in state employees’ pension system, expanding rural broadband accessibility, tackling energy, solving the state’s opioid crisis and ensuring men and…
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Democratic secretary of state candidate Jena Griswold lands backing from unions, elected officials
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Jena Griswold, a Democratic candidate for Colorado secretary of state, announced Monday she’s won the endorsements of two local unions and more than a dozen current and former elected Democrats, including state lawmakers, city council members and county officials. “Colorado needs a secretary of state who will protect all eligible voters’ right to vote and…
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Rep. Leslie Herod says it’s time for Democrats to hear black voices
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When Roy Moore lost the U.S. Senate race in Alabama this month, dogged by accusation of preying teenaged girls as a man in his 30s, it was black women who fought him hardest. Ninety-eight percent of black women voted for Democrat Doug Jones to ensure a close but improbable win in the most reddest of…
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EMILY’s List targets Colorado Republicans Mike Coffman, Scott Tipton in 2018 election
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EMILY’s List, a national group that recruits and helps fund Democratic women candidates, put two Colorado Republicans “on notice” Thursday, naming U.S. Reps. Mike Coffman and Scott Tipton to its list of top GOP targets in next year’s election. The group charged that Coffman and Tipton have poor records on issues important to women –…
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Getting to yes, just saying no: Lawmakers Everett, Hansen and Kennedy talk session votes
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By one measure, state Rep. Justin Everett, a House Republican serving his third term in the Colorado General Assembly, and state Reps. Chris Hansen and Chris Kennedy, a pair of Democrats in their first terms, stand as far apart as any lawmakers at the Capitol, based on the votes they cast in the just-completed 2017…
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A PERA for the masses? It’s now pending in the Colorado legislature
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Instead of alms for the needy, some Colorado lawmakers want to give them a shot at a retirement plan – through a new fund that would be set up by the state. House Bill 1290, recently introduced in the House by state Reps. Brittany Pettersen, D- Lakewood, and Janet Buckner, D-Aurora, sets up the “Colorado Secure Savings Plan” and establishes a…
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House votes unanimously to add John Buckner’s name to organ donor awareness fund
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Her tears, she said, were tears of joy. “This gives me so much joy. You don’t have any idea. Now I have peace,” said state Rep. Janet Buckner Wednesday morning from the well of the House of Representatives. “In church, we say ‘a peace that passes all understanding,’” the Aurora Democrat added and then thanked…