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CAPITOL M | Feb. 24-March 2: Halfway to Sine Die edition

Mar 2, 2019

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Colorado Politics

Yes, we’re at the halfway mark. Officially, day 60 of the 120-day session is Monday, March 4. Wasn’t that quick? Or, THAT WAS TOO QUICK! Under “things you did not know”… Rep. Matt Soper of Delta has in his family history a lunch, hosted by his ancestors in the early 20th century, with the guest…
Fair Districts Colorado brings in chairman with deep pockets: DaVita’s Kent Thiry

Oct 26, 2017

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Marianne Goodl

Kent Thiry, CEO of the dialysis company DaVita, has been named chairman of a nonpartisan redistricting reform coalition. Fair Districts Colorado, which last week filed three proposals for ballot initiatives on redistricting, announced Wednesday that Thiry would lead the coalition. Thiry is the latest to join the political battleground over redistricting, which draws congressional boundaries every…
Colorado lawmakers Leslie Herod, Dominick Moreno start fellowship at Harvard’s Kennedy School

Jul 11, 2017

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Ernest Luning

State Rep. Leslie Herod of Denver and state Sen. Dominick Moreno of Commerce City, both Democrats, started a three-week executive leadership program for LGBTQ officials on Monday at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The David Bohnett Leaders Fellowship, sponsored by the foundation of the same name and the Victory Institute, is awarded annually…
Adams County Democrat Dominick Moreno tosses hat in crowded 7th Congressional District primary

May 24, 2017

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Ernest Luning

State Sen. Dominick Moreno, a Commerce City Democrat, on Wednesday officially launched his campaign for the 7th Congressional District seat held by U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter, who is running for governor in next year’s election. “My passion is helping people,” Moreno, 32, says in a video announcing his bid. “Right now, our country is headed…
Dominick Moreno discusses hard budget choices, winning election as a youngster and accidentally finding the panic button

Mar 29, 2017

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Ernest Luning

State Sen. Dominick Moreno, a Commerce City Democrat, has been in office longer than many of his fellow lawmakers but is still the youngest member of the state Senate, a distinction he explores in this week’s episode of “Behind the Politics,” a podcast produced by the Senate Democrats. The 32-year-old member of the Joint Budget Committee also talks about…
Contests for legislative leadership taking shape in tumultuous election year

Oct 27, 2016

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Ernest Luning

There’s more than one election looming within the next couple of weeks in Colorado. Two days after voters finish casting ballots on Nov. 8, state lawmakers – including what could be more than a dozen newly elected legislators – are scheduled to gather at the Capitol to elect leadership positions for the 71st General Assembly.…
Noonan: Mulligan legislation has poor success record at Capitol

May 21, 2016

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Paula Noonan

Kelly Brough, president and CEO of the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce, chastised Gov. John Hickenlooper and Capitol leadership at a recent luncheon for a poor record of accomplishment in the 2016 General Assembly. She wants legislators to take another crack at reclassifying the hospital provider fee and reforming construction defects law, two issues that got…
He said, she said, they said: At legislative session halfway mark, gridlock reigns on big issues

Mar 23, 2016

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John Tomasic

The sound and fury about gridlock that has marked news-release language and news-conference presentations over the last two weeks may come to nothing at the Capitol — which isn’t to say it won’t make for effective election-campaign fodder this fall. Colorado lawmakers now well into the second half of this year’s legislative session are expressing…
Democrats jostle for Assistant Majority Leader Moreno’s seat

Mar 7, 2016

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Ernest Luning

The Democrat recruited by Assistant House Majority Leader Dominick Moreno, D-Commerce City, to run for his seat could be facing a crowded primary. State Sen. Jessie Ulibarri, D-Westminster, announced he wouldn’t be seeking a second term Feb. 26, and Moreno simultaneously stated he would run for Ulibarri’s Senate District 21 seat instead of seeking reelection representing House…
The Hot Sheet, March 4, 2016

Mar 4, 2016

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Jared Wright

By TCS Publisher and Editor in Chief Jared Wright _@JaredWright_ Friday, March 4, 2016 DENVER – Good morning, and happy Friday. Did you watch the debate last night? Allow me to put it in a nutshell for you: Cruz: “Donald, please, I know it’s hard not to interrupt. Breathe, breathe, breathe. You can do it, breathe, I know…