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Getting to yes, just saying no: Lawmakers Everett, Hansen and Kennedy talk session votes
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By one measure, state Rep. Justin Everett, a House Republican serving his third term in the Colorado General Assembly, and state Reps. Chris Hansen and Chris Kennedy, a pair of Democrats in their first terms, stand as far apart as any lawmakers at the Capitol, based on the votes they cast in the just-completed 2017…
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Construction defect reform stalls amid affordable housing fixes (updated)
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After months of speculation about what the Legislature would do to address concerns about construction defects, the answer is in: nothing. The closest lawmakers could get to anything resembling a bipartisan bill dealing with the contentious issue was the creation of a study group. But even that proposal was killed in a House committee. House…
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The Hot Sheet, April 12, 2016
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VOL. 01 NO. 63 | APRIL 12, 2016 | COLORADOSTATESMAN.COM/THE-HOT-SHEET | © 2016 SAVE THE DATE: The Colorado Statesman cordially invites you to an “End-of-Session Bash,” Thursday, May 12, 4:30 – 6:30 pm at The University Club, 1673 Sherman St., Denver. More information coming soon. Someone passing this email along to you? Subscribe to get your own copy daily in your inbox for Free!…
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First draft: House debate on state budget ‘long bill’
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House Dems with Republican support pass state budget The House passed the state budget Friday morning. The $27 billion spending bill written over the course of months by the bipartisan Joint Budget Committee survived House debate mostly intact. House Bill 1405 passed on a 39-26 vote. Five Republicans — Reps. J. Paul Brown, R-Ignacio, Don…
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Battle to ‘defund’ Clean Power Plan launches House budget debate
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The first skirmish in the war over the state’s budget Thursday centered on coal and clean air and featured the “defund” politics conservatives have embraced in the Obama era. Rep. Bob Rankin, R-Carbondale, a member of the Joint Budget Committee, proposed two amendments that would cut funding for the state’s Department of Public Health and…
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Hickenlooper pledges support to anti-BDS bill as Senate gives initial nod
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Gov. John Hickenlooper says he will support House Bill 1284, a proposal with bi-partisan sponsorship in both legislative chambers, when the measure arrives at his desk. The bill would require the state’s public employee pension fund, PERA, to oppose the Boycott, Divest and Sanctions movement which seeks to punish Israel for its alleged poor treatment of Palestinians. The…
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The Hot Sheet, February 23, 2016
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By TCS Publisher and Editor in Chief Jared Wright _@JaredWright_ Tuesday, February 23, 2016 DENVER – Good morning, and welcome to The Hot Sheet, Colorado’s premier daily political newsletter. We are now exactly one week away from Super Tuesday (what?! you say … yep, February – the short-straw month, remember?), and today the Republican presidential candidates will square off in…
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The Hot Sheet, February 15, 2016
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By TCS Publisher & Editor-in-Chief Jared Wright @_JaredWright_ Monday, February 15, 2016 DENVER – Happy President’s Day 2016, a time to celebrate our nation’s leaders, both past and present, and an occasion to become inspired for the future. As President John F. Kennedy once said, “Life is never easy. There is work to be done and obligations to be met — obligations to…
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Rep. Klingenschmitt takes another religious stand
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It was his last scheduled appearance before the House State Affairs kill committee, and fiery internet preacher Rep. Gordon Klingenschmitt, R-Colorado Springs, was relishing the moment. Everyone in the room knew his religious freedom bill, HB 1123, was going to be voted down by the committee’s majority Democrats. The committee’s banter around the bill was…
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Cooke still point man in legislative battle against Clean Power Plan
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The network of electric providers, conservative think tanks and local government officials working to head off implementation of the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan has a point man at the Colorado Legislature, and he is not missing a beat. Two weeks into the 2016 legislative session, Sen. John Cooke, a Republican from the heart of…
