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36,000 expected in Denver Women’s March; 2,000 Coloradans head to D.C.
The latest numbers on the Facebook page of the Women’s March in Denver this Saturday now show 36,000 people have signed up so far – up about 5,000 since our report just two days ago. And that’s without the estimated 2,000 Coloradans who have opted instead to go to the Women’s March in Washington, D.C. – the event that inspired the…
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Women’s March on Denver expects turnout of 30k+
If you’re downtown on Saturday, it will be hard to miss: tens of thousands of people are expected to turn out for the “Women’s March on Denver,” which starts at 9 a.m. at Civic Center Park. Jessica Rogers is one of three Denver women organizing the event. A contract librarian and book conservator by day, Rogers…
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Colorado transgender journalist Eden Lane steps onto the national stage
Eden Lane is a familiar face in Colorado, but she is quickly becoming a national voice for transgender people as a journalist. And that reputation is about to get bigger when she debuts in a lead role in an American Repertory Theater production on the Harvard campus this week. Lane is referred to as the…
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One take w/Peter & Joey: Bipartisanship is in the air, but for how long?
ColoradoPolitics.com’s Joey Bunch, Peter Marcus and Mary MacCarthy (she’s the one on your side of the camera) met at Denver’s Union Station to talk transportation, health care and pretty much anything else that’s going to eat up the state’s budget. How to pay for them? How else? Bipartisanship! That was the word on just about every lawmaker’s lips…
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VIDEO: State Rep. Leslie Herod has strong thoughts on possible Obamacare repeal
ColoradoPolitics.com caught up with the newly elected representative for House District 8, Leslie Herod (D), after the governor’s State of the State address yesterday. She’s a newcomer on the House floor but no newcomer to the Capitol and has strong thoughts on the possible repeal of Obamacare.
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VIDEO: House speaker, Senate prez react to Hick’s State of the State speech
Right after today’s State of the State speech, ColoradoPolitics.com’s Joey Bunch grabbed – politely, of course – Democratic House Speaker Crisanta Duran and Republican Senate President Kevin Grantham for their first thoughts on the governor’s address. Listen in.
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VIDEO: Behind the scenes at #coleg with Colorado Politics’s Joey Bunch
Colorado Politics went behind the scenes at the kickoff of the 2017 legislative session today to get some members on video. Joey Bunch caught up with Democratic Rep. Mike Foote and Republican Rep. Jim Wilson for thoughts on their leaders’ speeches and their hopes for the coming months.
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One take w/Peter & Joey: comb-over tsunamis and other facts of legislative life
ColoradoPolitics.com’s Peter Marcus and Joey Bunch brace for the 2017 session, but not before Joey critiques Peter’s attire. Oh, and then there are all those dense and dry issues. Not “the sexy issues,” Peter says; it’s about “the money and the budget” and how there’s not enough money for the budget. You get the idea. All…
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VIDEO: Transportation a top priority for legislature, but what to do about it?
When the Colorado Legislature convenes Wednesday, no priority is higher than transportation, leaders, lobbyists and motorists agree. They also agree the state’s top priorities are widening Interstate 25 north of Monument to Castle Rock and north of Denver to Fort Collins, as well as the I-70 corridor from Denver to the high country. Watch our…
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Pantsuit Nation’s flock fights on, spawns spinoffs in Colorado
The future of the national Pantsuit Nation group is up in the air these days – after its founder, Libby Chamberlain, announced she had signed a book deal, sparking a major backlash. But here in Colorado, members of the secret Facebook group that was formed in the days before the presidential election are trying to…