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The Hot Sheet, August 29, 2016
VOL. 01 NO. 162 | AUGUST 29, 2016 | COLORADOSTATESMAN.COM/THE-HOT-SHEET | © 2016By TCS Editor and Publisher Jared Wright DENVER – Good morning and HAPPY MONDAY! Too loud? Sorry. The weekend was full of canvassing, door knocking, phone calling, barbecuing and other campaign events across Colorado – including visits from two women in national politics carrying torches on opposite sides…
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Caldara: Independence Institute works to build ‘Freedom Embassy’
More than three decades after its founding, the Independence Institute has grown from a free-market think tank into what Jon Caldara, its president of 17 years, calls Colorado’s “Freedom Embassy,” bringing together the state’s disparate right-leaning organizations – including those representing wings of the movement that aren’t natural allies – into a place where he…
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The Hot Sheet, August 10, 2016
VOL. 01 NO. 149 | AUGUST 10, 2016 | COLORADOSTATESMAN.COM/THE-HOT-SHEET | © 2016By TCS Editor and Publisher Jared Wright DENVER – Good morning and welcome to your main diet staple in Colorado political news … and easy to digest too – well, at least in terms of the format. The topics, maybe not so much. Lots…
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‘Bachelor’ star Ben Higgins confirms he’s exploring House District 4 bid
Denver Republican Benjamin Higgins, star of the most recent season of ABC-TV’s hit show The Bachelor, confirmed Thursday he’s considering a run for office in House District 4. “My priority is giving back to my community and serving my neighbors. Since the conclusion of The Bachelor, I have been exploring how I can best be…
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Maybe next year: Senate Republicans shoot down long-time-coming hospital fee bill
Democratic legislators and Gov. John Hickenlooper placed reclassifying the state’s hospital provider fee as an enterprise fund at the top of their priorities list when the 2016 legislative session opened in January. Yet, despite a major push launched inside and outside the Capitol, the plan failed. In a move that surprised no one who followed…
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The Hot Sheet, February 4, 2016
DENVER – Happy Thursday everybody — time for a throwback. Read the Statesman’s Ernest Luning’s Yesteryear column and reminisce the olden political days with us: Denver Mayor Wellington Webb stands up for the old Mile High Stadium name, tension mounts between members under the Capitol dome over Amendment 23 and prayer, and more. #TBT The old Mile…
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Brown’s bullying holds back Colorado gun-rights
We at the Independence Institute take on bullies. It’s what we do. Bullies like to use the coercive power of government to take away individual choices, like teachers’ unions work to limit educational choice. Nothing exemplifies this more than the current effort by Dudley Brown, of Rocky Mountain Gun Owners, who is using intimidation and threats…