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Lawmakers ask Aurora to shelve plans to euthanize suspected wolf hybrid Capone
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Four state lawmakers on Thursday asked the Aurora animal shelter to turn over records involving a suspected wolf hybrid named Capone and put any plans to euthanize the animal on hold. “As members of the Colorado Legislature, we are concerned about the impoundment of Tracy Abbato’s family pet, Capone,” state Sen. Tim Neville, R-Littleton, and…
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Primavera will co-chair Women’s Legislative Caucus
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Former state Rep. Dianne Primavera, D-Broomfield, has replaced former state Sen. Suzanne Williams, D-Aurora, as co-chair of the Colorado Women’s Legislative Caucus. Williams stepped down from the position she held for several years along with former state Rep. Amy Stephens, R-Monument, now a principal with Dentons, who continues in her role as a co-chair. The…
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Legislators not surprised aid in dying on ballot
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In February 2016, state Rep. Lois Court, a sponsor of legislation that would have allowed terminally ill Coloradans to obtain a prescription drug to bring about their deaths, told her fellow lawmakers, “Make no mistake, the voice of the people of this state will be held. You will hear from your constituents one way or the other.” She…
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House Dems seek to stop up soot-spewing ‘coal rollers’
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House Democrats are targeting Colorado “coal rollers” — drivers who modify emissions controls on their diesel cars or trucks in order to intentionally spew black smoke and soot. “This is harassment and it is blinding to bicyclists,” said Rep. Joann Ginal, D-Fort Collins. “We heard testimony on that. It’s harassment to pedestrians, to people running…
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The Hot Sheet, February 25, 2016
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By TCS Publisher and Editor in Chief Jared Wright _@JaredWright_ Thursday, February 25, 2016 DENVER – Good morning from all of us here at The Colorado Statesman. Here’s to a productive Thursday for you. “Don’t be in such a hurry to condemn a person because he doesn’t do what you do, or think as you think. There was…
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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 16, 2016
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By TCS Publisher and Editor in Chief Jared Wright @_JaredWright_ Tuesday, February 16, 2016 DENVER – Good morning, and happy Tuesday! Hoping your President’s Day hangover will be lifted by Noon. Now your substrata feed straight from the politics pipeline: A Colorado Latin@ name surfaces as a possible Obama SCOTUS nominee, but not the one you might think…
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Friday House Notes: Roe v. Wade anniversary; Broncos-based bipartisanship
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Abortion decision recognition Democratic members of the House took time Friday morning in the chamber to recognize the 43rd anniversary of the Roe v. Wade U.S. Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion. Speakers, including Reps. KC Becker, D-Boulder, Angela Williams, D-Denver, Joann Ginal, D-Fort Collins, Lois Court, D-Denver, Rhonda Fields, D-Aurora, and Max Tyler, D-Lakewood,…
