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Pueblo County takes a lead over the state legislature on paid family leave
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Pueblo County is providing its employees what the Colorado legislature has not providing for other working parents across the state, paid parental leave. The issue is an annual partisan football, and the last two sessions lawmakers couldn’t agree on a few hours of unpaid leave to attend school activities pushed by Democrats. Most legislative Republicans say…
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Westminster Democrat Faith Winter jumps in battleground Senate District 24 race
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State Rep. Faith Winter, a Westminster Democrat, celebrated a birthday on Sunday and took the occasion to announce she’s running in next year’s election for the Senate District 24 seat held by state Sen. Beth Martinez Humenik, a Thornton Republican, in a race that could determine which party controls the chamber. Winter will likely…
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State legislative contests resolve into stalemate
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Democrats add to House majority; Republicans retain Senate majority At the end of a long election season that delivered shocks at every stage, including a dramatic upset win for Donald Trump at the top of the Republican ticket, voters in Colorado shuffled some of the players at the state Capitol but didn’t change the game.…
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? Noonan: The May-Priola Senate race could be the linchpin for both parties
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As it turns out, the 2016 general election in Colorado will probably follow the recent trends of presidential election cycles, with two exceptions that may help Republicans hold the state Senate. The most important numbers to watch are ballot returns. As of time of publication, Democrats have turned in more ballots than Republicans. That’s especially…
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In race to win diverse swing Senate District 25, May, Priola relish long-march door-to-door
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There’s really no other effective way to do it. People tune out TV and radio and mailers are quickly recycled. You have to go door to door, meeting the residents, chatting them up, listening to their concerns, doing what you can to win them over or at least make sure that, when they’re staring down…
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Republicans kill parental leave bill; Democrats look to make Priola pay
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Democratic supporters of a parental leave bill knew they were going to take a hit Tuesday in the Republican-controlled state Senate committee where bills go to die, so they made sure to get in their own political licks earlier in the day. In the afternoon State Affairs Committee hearing, the voting was over in a flash.…
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The Hot Sheet, February 9, 2016
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By TCS Publisher & Editor-in-Chief Jared Wright@_JaredWright_ Tuesday, February 9, 2016 DENVER – Happy New Hampshire Primary Tuesday, everyone! (Is there something else happening today?) Some folks in the Granite State have already voted, including in communities Dixville Notch (nine voters — all employees of the Balsams Grand Resort Hotel), Harts Location and Millsfield. According to New Hampshire…
