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Three legislative candidates succeed in petitioning onto primary ballot
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Three legislative candidates learned Friday that they had gathered enough signatures to qualify for Colorado’s June primary ballot, the secretary of state’s office announced – although one of them only made it by a whisker. The candidates whose petitions were deemed sufficient are Denver Democrats Julie Gonzales, running in Senate District 34, and Ed Britt, running…
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Senate Democratic leader Guzman stepping down from top post
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DENVER – Colorado state Senate Minority Leader Lucia Guzman has stepped down from her post leading the Democrats in her caucus with less than six weeks to go in her final legislative session. Assistant Senate Minority Leader Leroy Garcia was elected in her place by the Democratic caucus Thursday morning shortly before the start of…
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Conversion therapy ban for LGBTQ minors passes Colorado House committee
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DENVER – A Colorado ban on gay conversion therapy for minors is a long way from the legislative finish line, but it cleared its ceremonial first hurdle Tuesday when the Democratic majority voted it out of its first committee. House Bill 1245 passed the House Public Health Care and Human Services Committee on a party-line vote,…
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Rural broadband bill heads to governor
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DENVER – The Senate Tuesday morning agreed to House amendments on Senate Bill 2, the bill to finance the buildout of rural broadband. With that resolved, the bill now heads to Gov. John Hickenlooper and a hoped-for signing. House amendments last week resolved several lingering issues. That included a lawsuit from Viaero Wireless that the…
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Grantham on the Colorado legislature: It’s become a "theater of the absurd"
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DENVER – Senate Republicans Monday morning took just about everyone to task over inappropriate remarks in the House and Senate, beginning in their own chamber. The House wasn’t exempt from their criticisms, either, after a Democratic member of that chamber last Friday threatened to call for the expulsion of another member over a disagreement in…
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Senate Democratic Leader Lucia Guzman takes on Republicans over #MeToo
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Colorado Senate Democrats pushed back hard on the Senate Republicans’ request for Denver District Attorney Beth McCann to get involved in statehouse sexual harassment cases Wednesday afternoon. And they maintained the drumbeat for the expulsion of Sen. Randy Baumgardner, one of three Senate Republicans accused of improper conduct. Last, backed by GOP women, Senate President…
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Democrat Julie Gonzales turns in petitions, wins incumbent Lucia Guzman’s backing in Senate primary
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Senate Democratic Leader Lucia Guzman on Tuesday endorsed immigrant rights advocate Julie Gonzales to take her place representing Denver’s Senate District 34 – the same day Gonzales turned in her nominating petitions, her campaign said. Gonzales, one of four Democrats running in a primary, has a proven ability to “listen to all voices and bring…
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Colorado Senate candidate who ‘glitter-bombed’ Mitt Romney quits Democratic primary, mounts independent bid
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Charging that the Democratic establishment has already picked its nominee, Senate District 32 candidate Peter Smith, who gained national attention when he “glitter-bombed” Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney in Denver six years ago, said this week he’s left the Democratic Party and plans to run for the seat as an independent. Initially issued a citation…
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LGBTQ Coloradans to lobby the Colorado Capitol on Monday
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One Colorado, the state’s largest LGBTQ organization, will be joined by hundreds of allies at the Colorado Capitol Monday. It’s an annual event that starts at 8:30 a.m. with a gathering nearby at the Central Presbyterian Church at 1660 Sherman St. Again this year, the LGBTQ lobby is pushing for a bill to make it easier for…
