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Colorado state Rep. Jon Becker announces he won’t seek re-election
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Colorado state Rep. Jon Becker, a Fort Morgan Republican, told Colorado Politics that he will forego a bid for his fourth and final term in the Colorado House, just three weeks after deciding to mount a re-election campaign. He intends instead to run for the board of county commissioners for Morgan County, a seat he…
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Rural broadband clears first committee, but rocky road may be ahead
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The point of getting better (or in some cases, any) broadband service to rural Coloradans isn’t about downloading movies from Netflix or checking a Facebook status. It’s about the high school student who stays at school until 8 p.m. because it’s the only place where internet service is fast enough to do homework. The Senate…
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Fix to last year’s omnibus rural Colorado bill leaves decision to special districts
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Late Tuesday the state Senate rolled out the bill that will fix last year’s unintentional error in the omnibus bill for rural Colorado. Senate Bill 18-088 has 22 Senate co-sponsors, which ought to be more than enough to get it across the finish line in that chamber, except for one small detail. The bill doesn’t…
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Colorado lawmakers hope for 2018 solution on broadband for rural communities
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The grand bargain of the 2018 Colorado General Assembly might just be in finally finding a way to pay for putting high-speed broadband service into rural communities across Colorado. That’s the hope, at least, for the sponsors of Senate Bill 2, brought to you by some of the same folks who carried last year’s grand…
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Lebsock releases manifesto day before start of Colorado legislative session
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UPDATED: 4 p.m., with comments from Rep. Matt Gray on his resolution. In his continuing efforts to keep from getting kicked out of the Colorado House, Rep. Steve Lebsock of Thornton Tuesday released a 28-page manifesto that he sent to the entire House of Representatives. The manifesto is dated Dec. 14 and “is in regards…
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Democratic secretary of state candidate Jena Griswold lands backing from unions, elected officials
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Jena Griswold, a Democratic candidate for Colorado secretary of state, announced Monday she’s won the endorsements of two local unions and more than a dozen current and former elected Democrats, including state lawmakers, city council members and county officials. “Colorado needs a secretary of state who will protect all eligible voters’ right to vote and…
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State Rep. Steve Lebsock releases detailed response to sexual harassment complaints
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Hours after releasing a lie detector test he says debunk claims he sexually harassed a fellow lawmaker, state Rep. Steve Lebsock of Thornton made public his detailed response to a formal complaint filed last month by state Rep. Faith Winter, but the Westminster Democrat dismissed the polygraph as a stunt and said Lebsock’s statements don’t…
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State Rep. Steve Lebsock says polygraph proves he’s innocent of sexual harassment allegations
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A defiant state Rep. Steve Lebsock released a lie detector test Thursday he said proves he’s innocent of accusations he sexually harassed a fellow lawmaker and declared he’s willing to take additional polygraphs to disprove all other allegations against him. Lebsock also charged the allegations of sexual misconduct, which first surfaced in early November, are…
