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OUT WEST ROUNDUP | Kobach considering 2020 US Senate bid in Kansas

Jan 24, 2019

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KANSAS Kobach considering US Senate bid in 2020 TOPEKA, Kansas – Kris Kobach, a vocal ally of President Donald Trump and an advocate of tough immigration laws, has confirmed he is considering a run for the U.S. Senate in 2020 after losing the Kansas governor’s race. Kobach, the former Kansas secretary of state, joins a…
OUT WEST ROUNDUP | Utah legalizes medical pot, expands Medicaid

Nov 14, 2018

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Associated Press

UTAH State legalizes medical pot, expands Medicaid SALT LAKE CITY – Voters in conservative Utah have decided to join the growing number of states legalizing medical marijuana and expanding Medicaid to cover tens of thousands more low-income residents, two issues that had long stalled out with conservative state lawmakers. Utah will be on the list…
OUT WEST ROUNDUP | Former Kansas Republican governor endorses Democrat

Sep 19, 2018

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Former Republican governor endorses Democrat over GOP nominee KANSAS CITY – Republicans in Kansas further splintered this week as the last moderate member of the party to hold the governor’s office endorsed a Democrat for governor over Kris Kobach, the GOP nominee. In a statement, former Kansas Gov. Bill Graves said he planned to support…
OUT WEST ROUNDUP | Aging lookout towers still key during fire season across the West

Aug 3, 2018

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Associated Press

Idaho Aging lookout towers still key during fire season across the West BOISE, Idaho – Fire-lookout towers perched atop remote, craggy peaks across the U.S. West may seem like quaint reminders of an era before satellites, smartphones and jet-propelled air tankers. Indeed, some of the structures are more than 100 years old. But with their…
OUT WEST ROUNDUP | Wyoming sees 1st sanctioned bare-knuckle bouts in more than a century

Jun 15, 2018

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Wyoming Bare-knuckle fights wow Wyoming crowd CHEYENNE – A capacity crowd stood and roared its approval as Tony Lopez and Joey Beltran wearily wailed away on each other last week at Cheyenne Ice and Events Center. In the ninth fight of the first sanctioned bare-knuckle boxing card since 1889, Lopez and Beltran delivered the kind…
OUT WEST ROUNDUP: 1st lawmaker expelled since #MeToo is running again in Arizona

Jun 8, 2018

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Associated Press

Arizona 1st lawmaker expelled since #MeToo seeking office in Arizona PHOENIX – A former Arizona lawmaker who became the first kicked out of a state Legislature since the #MeToo movement began because of a lengthy pattern of sexual misconduct is running for office again. Don Shooter, a Republican expelled from the Arizona House in February,…
OUT WEST ROUNDUP | Utah lawmaker wants to raise state’s legal marriage age to 18

May 25, 2018

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Utah Utah lawmaker wants to raise state’s legal marriage age to 18 SALT LAKE CITY – A push against underage marriage in the U.S. is coming to Utah, where a lawmaker wants to raise the legal age to 18 to prevent girls from being pressured into the unions associated with higher poverty and lower education…
Out West Roundup: Utah ski resorts giddy over Olympic bid, worried by DUI law

Nov 24, 2017

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Associated Press

Utah Utah ski resorts giddy over Olympic bid, worried by DUI law SALT LAKE CITY – Utah ski officials kick off the new season energized by the growing possibility of another Winter Olympics bid and buoyed by two straight seasons of record visitation. But there’s also some concern that publicity surrounding the state’s strict new…
Michael Bennet, fellow Democrats call for investigation into Trump voter fraud commission

Oct 19, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Citing concerns about its “partisan motives and actions,” U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet of Colorado and two of his fellow Democrats on Wednesday called for an independent investigation into the commission on election fraud established by President Trump. In a letter to the Government Accountability Office, Bennet and U.S. Sens. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota and Cory…
Michael Bennet, Cory Booker call for audit of White House commission on election fraud

Sep 18, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Democratic Senators Michael Bennet of Colorado and Cory Booker of New Jersey introduced legislation Friday to require a government audit of the White House commission on election fraud, calling the controversial panel a “sham” and charging it was wasting taxpayer money. “There is simply no evidence of widespread voter fraud in the United States,” Bennet said…