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Colorado tilts left in local elections in the year of Trump
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Well past dark on Tuesday, Dan Thomas dropped off his ballot before the polls closed at the Denver Elections Office just across Civic Center park from his office. “It was on my desk,” he said of his ballot. “I saw it walking out, and I don’t want a black mark that says I’m a bad…
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Colorado Cattlemen’s trust gets national recognition in its hometown
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The national Land Trust Alliance presented is award of excellence to the Colorado Cattlemen’s Agricultural Land Trust Thursday night during the trust’s national convention in Denver. “I am thrilled to accept this honor on behalf of CCALT, our landowners and supporters,” executive director Erik Glenn said in a statement for Colorado Politics. “Ranching heritage and…
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Seaplanes still trying to land in Colorado via the statehouse
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Seaplane advocates tried again to make inroads with the legislature to land the floating aircraft on the public waters in Colorado Thursday. The state and national seaplane pilots associations made their case to a fairly reptive interim Water Resources Review Committee, a panel of lawmakers that reviews possible legislation for the session that starts in…
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Helping young farmers will be sweat equity for Colorado lawmakers
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A half dozen legislators from the House and Senate heard hours of testimony Thursday about the challenges that endanger the next generation of Colorado farmers. The Young and Beginning Farmers Interim Study Committee heard about more problems than they could ever solve. The best that lawmakers could offer was possible legislation to create a digital information…
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Democrat Andy Kerr names Shad Murib to manage 7th Congressional District campaign
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State Sen. Andy Kerr, a Lakewood Democrat, announced Thursday that Shad Murib, the former chief of staff of the Colorado Senate Democrats, will be managing his campaign in the 7th Congressional District. Kerr is one of four Democrats running in the suburban district represented by six-term U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter, an Arvada Democrat. Perlmutter declined…
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Principles of Liberty Colorado organization releases legislative scorecard, honors ‘rock stars’
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State Rep. Justin Everett, a Littleton Republican, ranked highest among Colorado lawmakers in the annual Principles of Liberty scorecard, the conservative organization announced Saturday at the Western Conservative Summit in Denver. Known as “Justin Neverett” and “Dr. No” for his propensity for voting “no” on legislation, Everett was one of nine legislators, all Republicans, to…
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Pueblo County takes a lead over the state legislature on paid family leave
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Pueblo County is providing its employees what the Colorado legislature has not providing for other working parents across the state, paid parental leave. The issue is an annual partisan football, and the last two sessions lawmakers couldn’t agree on a few hours of unpaid leave to attend school activities pushed by Democrats. Most legislative Republicans say…
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Democrats Jessie Danielson, Monica Duran set sights on Jeffco statehouse seats
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House Speaker Pro Tem Jessie Danielson announced on Wednesday she’s running in next year’s election for the Senate District 20 seat held by term-limited state Sen. Cheri Jahn, a fellow Wheat Ridge Democrat, and Wheat Ridge City Councilwoman Monica Duran, also a Democrat, said on Friday she’s launching a bid for Danielson’s House District 24…