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Senate Democrats wants audit of Stapleton-run Payback program
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Monday it was House Democrats calling on Republican gubernatorial candidate Walker Stapleton to answer for the tardiness they perceived in his work as state treasurer. Now three Senate Democrats are asking the Legislative Audit Committee to take a closer look at the “Great Colorado Payback,” run by the treasurer’s office. The program urges people to…
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New Hampshire-bound Hickenlooper: Running for president ‘would be really fun’
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For Gov. John Hickenlooper’s 12th appearance on “The Aaron Harber Show,” he talked about his two terms leading Colorado and what’s going through his unsettled mind about running for president. “I think running for it would be really fun,” Hickenlooper says on the episode that airs Sunday on KCDO-TV Channel 3 at 11 a.m. and 8…
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Perlmutter denies offering accused lawmaker Lebsock a job
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The Colorado Republican Party on Wednesday called on Democratic U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter to explain whether he offered former state Rep. Steve Lebsock a job to avoid a scandal for the Democratic Party. The offer was alleged to be an incentive for Lebsock to resign, months before he was voted out of the legislature over sexual…
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Walker Stapleton comments on an ancestor’s ties to the KKK following NY Times story
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A lot of people have ancestors who said or did things that make their descendants cringe. But there’s an extra burden if your name is Walker Stapleton, a candidate for governor and scion of a proud family with a last name written large in Denver’s history. The New York Times wrote an article Tuesday that…
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Colorado Democrats officially back limits on fracking this year
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Most Democratic candidates this year could be talking down fracking. That’s not a surprise, especially now that it’s official. The Colorado Democratic Party’s State Executive and Central Committee met July 14 at Elizabeth High School in Elbert County to tend to business, including supporting Initiative 97 to require fracking operations to be at least 2,500-foot…
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Hickenlooper says moderation is best path for Democrats
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Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper was in the New York Times Sunday talking about how out-of-power Democrats could take advantage of the national mood. They do it by being moderate, he said. (And that describes Hickenlooper, too.) If Democrats do pick up seats in red states, they’re certain to face hostile Republicans they’ll have to negotiate…
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Outdoor Retailer show in Denver brings out the politics
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When the massive Outdoor Retailer market moved to Colorado from Utah last year in a fight over public lands, the die was cast to mold together the business and the politics of getting outside. The ticketed summer show for retailers and vendors opened at the Colorado Convention Center Monday. At the top of the political…
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INSIGHTS | Left won’t take Gardner at his word on support for parks
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Environmentalists are hitting U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner where it hurts him most: On Colorado’s great outdoors. Part of the charm and, I’d argue, success of the Republican farm boy from small-town Yuma is his affability, and the inability of the left to get his goat. But his camp has fought back against the suggestion that…
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Lamborn takes another shot at Preble’s meadow jumping mouse
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After efforts failed this year to remove the Preble’s meadow jumping most from the federal threatened species list, U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn is trying to make federal money that protects it extinct. The Republican from Colorado Springs got an amendment into the proposed Interior Department budget this week to prohibit using its budget to enforce…
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Farm Bureau offers dollars to victims of Spring Creek Fire
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The state’s largest advocacy organization for farmers and ranchers is sending assistance to two south Colorado counties hard-hit by wildfires. The Colorado Farm Bureau Foundation said Thursday it’s donating $20,000 to go directly to individuals affected by the Spring Creek Fire, which has burned more than 108,000 acres in Huerfano and Costilla counties. That money…
