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Former Colorado lawmaker Ken Kester passes away in Arizona
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Former Colorado state lawmaker Ken Kester of Las Animas passed away on Feb. 17 at his home in Arizona. Kester served in the Colorado House from 1998 to 2002 and in the state Senate from 2003 to 2010. Services will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, Feb. 26, at the Las Animas Community Center. Kester…
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Colorado state Rep. Clarice Navarro resigning House seat to take Farm Service Agency post with Trump administration
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Colorado state Rep. Clarice Navarro, a Pueblo Republican, plans to resign her seat on Nov. 12 after being appointed executive director of the Colorado Farm Service Agency by the Trump administration, she announced Friday night on Facebook. “I leave with mixed emotions, but I’m confident I’ll be able to continue my fight for agriculture and…
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YESTERYEAR: Supreme Court affirms Legislature’s gambling acts, Wadham’s wins GOP by acclamation
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Twenty Years Ago This Week in The Colorado Statesman … The Colorado Supreme Court had been mulling over the Legislature’s gambling restrictions on elected officials, passed six years earlier, and they had reached their conclusion. The Supreme Court, in a unanimous decision, declared constitutional a law prohibiting elected, municipal officials of Central City, Black Hawk and Cripple Creek as…
