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Title Board advances proposed constitutional amendment to raise threshold for judicial retention
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The Title Board on Wednesday advanced a proposed constitutional amendment that would require at least 55% of voters to support a judge’s retention, rather than the simple majority that is needed currently. However, the change, if enacted, may have limited impact. Of the judges and justices who were retained in 2020 and 2022, none received less…
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Title Board advances proposed constitutional amendment to raise threshold for judicial retention
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The Title Board on Wednesday advanced a proposed constitutional amendment that would require at least 55% of voters to support a judge’s retention, rather than the simple majority that is needed currently. However, the change, if enacted, may have limited impact. Of the judges and justices who were retained in 2020 and 2022, none received less…
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Title Board advances proposed constitutional amendment to raise threshold for judicial retention
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The Title Board on Wednesday advanced a proposed constitutional amendment that would require at least 55% of voters to support a judge’s retention, rather than the simple majority that is needed currently. However, the change, if enacted, may have limited impact. Of the judges and justices who were retained in 2020 and 2022, none received less…
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Who’s got the juice? | 2022 IN REVIEW
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The political turmoil and transformation of 2022 revealed the movers and shakers of Colorado’s political realm. Colorado Politics identified 10 of the individuals and groups who had the biggest wins and made the most impact on state politics this year: Gov. Jared Polis Polis was reelected for his second term as governor in November, winning…
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Big money pours in for ballot measures on housing, liquor and magic mushrooms
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Get ready for lots of campaign ads on housing, liquor and “magic mushrooms” in the next 90 days because that’s where the big money will likely be spent in the November election. As of Monday, two ballot measures have qualified for the general election and another four are under signature review by the Secretary of…
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PERSPECTIVE: A fight to lead our cities: Councils and mayors battle for control
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Denver City Council members increasingly exude hostility toward a longstanding system that authorizes an elected “strong mayor” – now Democratic Mayor Michael Hancock – to run the city’s day-to-day operations. The council serves in a traditional legislative role, never hiring or firing key staff members or telling them how to do their jobs. The push…
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HUDSON | Blame our underfunded highways on want of money, not waste
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It has been apparent for more than a decade that Colorado needs to spend more money on its roads. If you have had the occasion to travel across our borders recently, it is apparent that even blood red states like Utah, Nebraska, Kansas and Wyoming have figured out how to finance this central responsibility of…
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Fix Our Damn Roads: No-new-taxes plan makes the Colorado ballot
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The first of two potential questions on paying for transportation qualified for Colorado’s November ballot Wednesday. Called Fix Our Damn Roads, it’s the one that doesn’t include a tax hike. The Secretary of State’s Office is still counting petitions for another question, which asks voters for a 0.62 percent boost in the state sales tax,…
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Transportation measures’ backers park petitions at secretary of state’s office
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Supporters of two transportation measures proposed for Colorado’s November ballot jockeyed for first position at the Secretary of State’s Office when it opened at 7 a.m. Monday to turn in petitions. One measure, Initiative 153, would raise the state sales tax by about 6 cents on a $10 purchase, effective Jan. 1, to finance bonds for…
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HUDSON | Is the California boogeyman really so scary for Colorado?
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“All the leaves are brown and the sky is grayI’ve been for a walk on a winter’s dayI’d be safe and warm if I was in L.A.California Dreamin’ on such a winter’s day” It’s been more than half a century since the Mamas and Papas vaulted to the top of the music charts with their…
