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Initiative 97: Oil and gas combatants argue over rules
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The two sides around Colorado’s oil and gas fracas took different tacks this week as an Aug. 6 deadline looms to get on the November ballot. The industry noted that only about half the money to support Initiative 97 appears have been raised in Colorado. (Never mind that most of the industry is based outside Colorado.)…
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Hickenlooper opposes Trump Title X plan aimed at abortion funding
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Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper is urging the Trump administration to scrap its rules aimed at putting more distance between federal dollars and abortions. In May the Trump administration unveiled regulations on health care providers in the federal Title X Family Planning Program. Hickenlooper joins a list of Democratic governors resisting the proposal, characterizing it as…
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One Colorado says religious liberty task force will codify LGBTQ bias
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U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions aims to harm others using a proposed religious liberty task force, says One Colorado, the state’s largest advocacy organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer Coloradans. “A dangerous movement, undetected by many, is now challenging and eroding our great tradition of religious freedom,” Sessions said a Department of Justice…
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Michael Fields leaves Americans for Prosperity to lead Colorado Rising Action
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Michael Fields is leaving Americans for Prosperity to head up a conservative organization that aims to press Colorado liberals on the issues. Colorado Rising Action announced Fields as its executive director Monday. The organization is a state-based offshoot of America Rising Squared, which is an offshoot of America Rising, a group known for tracking candidates…
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Former CIA agent reviews Aaron Harber’s interview with Robert Mueller
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Colorado Politics told you a couple of weeks ago about Colorado TV talker Aaron Harber’s retrospective of his interviews with Robert Mueller, before the former CIA director became the special prosecutor looking into President Trump’s affairs, Russian or otherwise. Kent Harrington, a former senior CIA analyst who served as national intelligence officer for East Asia…
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INSIGHTS | Colorado beat the Russians at its election games
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When Wayne Williams took office in 2015, secretaries of state didn’t talk much about hackers or, if at all, Russians. Now those topics dominate discussions among the sharpest minds and deepest worriers about the security of our elections. Colorado became a tough nut to crack for election meddlers even before the current concerns about the…
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Study cites costs of oil and gas measure; Ken Salazar calls it unconstitutional
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A study by a business coalition released July 27 crunched the costs of putting 2,500-foot setbacks between homes and oil and gas operations in Colorado. “If passed, this initiative will have a devastating impact on our economy,” Earl Wright, chairman of the Common Sense Policy Roundtable Board of Directors, said of Initiative 97, whose backers…
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Rising political star Amber McReynolds leaving Denver elections post
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A potential candidate being sized up by insiders to run for Denver city clerk next year, then possibly higher office has her own plans. Amber McReynolds, Denver’s ubiquitous director of elections, is leaving Aug. 18 to become executive director of the National Vote at Home Institute and Coalition. McReynolds has worked in the Denver city…
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Coffman wins inaugural award for bipartisanship in Congress
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Colorado’s Rep. Mike Coffman was one of two U.S. House members to receive the inaugural Spirit of America Award from Ohio’s University of Mount Union. He was cited for seeking bipartisan solutions in health care, veterans affairs, immigration reform and border security matters. The Republican from Aurora was joined by Rep. Jim Himes, a Democrat…
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Drama over oil and gas ballot measure: Claims of stolen petitions, harassment
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UPDATE, 7/27: Sponsors of a proposal to limit oil and gas drilling in Colorado say they’ve recovered thousands of voter petitions supporting the measure that were taken out of state by an Oregon signature gathering firm. CLICK HERE for more. Proponents of a ballot measure to keep drilling operations 2,500 feet from homes and businesses…
