lobbying
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Election office rejects lobbying allegations in Colorado House district race
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The Colorado Secretary of State’s Office has dismissed a complaint alleging that attorney Iris Halpern engaged in illegal lobbying at the state Capitol. Halpern is challenging Rep. Sean Camacho, D-Denver, in the June 30 primary for the House District 6 seat. Camacho is vying for his second term. “The Division does not have reasonable grounds…
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Colorado bill dealing with administration lobbyists garners support but faces potential veto from Polis
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A bill that would require lobbyists who work for the state government to abide by the same rules that govern their peers representing for-profit companies and organizations is winning support in both chambers of the Colorado legislature. Gov. Jared Polis, however, opposes Senate Bill 147, and sources have told Colorado Politics it’s the No. 1…
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A LOOK BACK | Congressional candidate calls government growth ‘unavoidable’
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Fifty-Five Years Ago This Week: Speaking to concerned farmers, ranchers and campaign supporters in the City of Limon, Conrad McBride, Democratic candidate for Colorado’s 2nd Congressional District, said that there was “an obvious price squeeze between static farm prices and inflated land prices today,” and added that – short of perfect cooperation – would require…
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Colorado appeals court says Joe Salazar’s lawsuit against Public Trust Institute can move forward
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The Colorado Court of Appeals has ruled that a lawsuit by a former legislator alleging malicious prosecution by the Public Trust Institute and its former director can move forward. The ruling came with a first-ever determination that an administrative proceeding, which could form the basis for a malicious prosecution claim, must be “quasi-judicial.” In this…
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Judge dismisses redistricting lobbying complaint against Republican operatives
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Months after the state finished its congressional and legislative redistricting, a complaint alleging illegal redistricting lobbying by a group of local Republican operatives has been dismissed, with an administrative law judge concluding the complaint did not have merit. The complaint alleged that members of Colorado Neighborhood Coalition lobbied redistricting commissioners without proper disclosure. One employee…
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Q&A with Sen. Chris Holbert | Looking forward to life after the legislature and Florida
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Sen. Chris Holbert, who served four years in the House before jumping to the Senate, hits term limits this year and will end his legislative career at the conclusion of the 2022 session. He might still be around the state Capitol, as he’s considering a return to trade association management, which he worked in before…
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Redistricting testimony triggers high-profile lobbying disclosure, questions over reporting requirements
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Colorado’s independent redistricting commissioners are in the middle of a statewide tour, listening as members of the public give their opinions on what they want the next decade’s congressional and legislative maps to look like. But that isn’t entirely what’s been going on. In at least one example at the commissions’ public input hearing Tuesday…
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Conservative website calls out Democrat Jason Crow for law firm’s lobbying history on behalf of gun interests
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The conservative Washington Free Beacon on Monday pointed out that Democratic congressional candidate Jason Crow works at a high-powered law firm that has lobbied and done legal work for gun interests at the same time he’s attacked the “gun lobby” and been calling on U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman to return campaign contributions from the National…