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LGBT Coloradans make their case to lawmakers, up close and personal
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One Colorado wants state lawmakers to know that their constituents include LGBT people and that members of the LGBT community vote. Monday was One Colorado lobby day at the Capitol. Almost 300 volunteers from the organization, representing 33 Senate districts and 57 House districts, walked the halls, watched floor debate and met with lawmakers on…
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The Hot Sheet, February 29, 2016
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By TCS Publisher and Editor in Chief Jared Wright _@JaredWright_ Monday, February 29, 2016 DENVER – Good morning and happy Leap Day to you on the eve of Super Tuesday. Here’s to a productive week wherever you might be as we enter this important phase of the election year. “I want to caucus in Iowa. I’ll caucus all over…
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The Hot Sheet, February 26, 2016
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By TCS Publisher and Editor in Chief Jared Wright _@JaredWright_ Friday, February 26, 2016 DENVER – Happy Friday! Easing you into your weekend of … more work, campaigning, selling (seriously give yourself that one day of rest — it’s how we’re built). How ’bout some debate recap! “You may have seen I recently launched a Snapchat…
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Ulibarri not seeking reelection, Moreno running to take his seat
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State Sen. Jessie Ulibarri, a rising star freshman Democrat, announced to his constituents in a letter this morning that he would not seek reelection this year. Ulibarri has accepted a full-time job at national progressive organizing group Wellstone Action, and he has endorsed House Assistant Majority Leader Dominick Moreno, D-Commerce City, to replace him in…
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Big ‘End of Life Options’ debate halted by election year politics
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The strategy behind this year’s end-of-life physician assisted suicide bill was to get as many people as possible talking about it and to keep them talking about it as long as possible. Which is why it came as a shock to many at the Capitol Wednesday that the sponsors of House Bill 1054, Reps. Lois…
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The Hot Sheet, February 24, 2016
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By TCS Publisher and Editor in Chief Jared Wright _@JaredWright_ Wednesday, February 24, 2016 DENVER – Happy Wednesday from all of us here at The Colorado Statesman. Here’s to a smooth initial approach into the weekend. May your landing have very little turbulence. “Winning, winning, winning!” — Donald Trump (and I think also, Charlie Sheen) Now your substrata feed…
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Candidate Carroll, and her tracker, see college lender bill stifled by Senate GOP
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Megan Hanson, a young woman in a purple button-down Oxford shirt, came early to the Senate State Affairs Committee hearing Wednesday afternoon, sat along the wall by the door and set up a small video camera on a tripod. One of the measures being considered by the committee was SB 43, a “Know Before You…
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The Hot Sheet, February 3, 2016
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Wednesday, February 3, 2016 DENVER – Happy Wednesday everybody — when hope (and today, maybe even the sun) springs forth once again. “I’m not an old, experienced hand at politics. But I am now seasoned enough to have learned the hardest thing about any political campaign is how to win without proving that you are unworthy of winning.”…
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Sen. Ulibarri steps up game for abortion advocacy
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It was his experience as an adoptive parent that spurred state Sen. Jessie Ulibarri, D-Westminster, to join a national push to protect abortion services this election year from intense and successful efforts around the country to trim those services back. “I had the ability to choose how our family was made and I think it…
