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In Salida, hiring of city administrator accused of domestic abuse sparks intense #MeToo debate
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Salida Mayor P.T. Wood barely maintained decorum in the City Council chambers the night he tried to convince concerned residents that their recently hired city administrator had not abused his wife. The council was scheduled to talk about a number of mundane municipal issues that October night: a hangar lease, street closures, permit requests. But…
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Colorado state Sen. Jack Tate won’t seek another term
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Two years ahead of the election, state Sen. Jack Tate, a Republican from Centennial, said he won’t run again in 2020 for another term in the Legislature. “Coming from a long career in business, I never intended for this to be a replacement career,” he said Thursday in a statement to Colorado Politics. “It was…
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Denver rally in January gets new spelling: Womxn’s March
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The January march and rally in downtown Denver has a date and a new name, well, spelling. Organizers for the third annual event are now spelling it the Womxn’s March “to include all women, all backgrounds and intersectionality.” The date is Jan. 19. The time for events to begin in Civic Center park hasn’t yet…
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BIDLACK | Questions abound, answers elude as Kavanaugh is confirmed
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I usually begin these missives with at least a pathetic attempt at a bit of humor, but not today. No, this column needs to be serious throughout because there is nothing funny about what our nation has just gone through regarding the Supreme Court. While I most certainly have my own perspective (I believe Dr.…
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Sex-harassment panel starts work at Colorado Capitol
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A bipartisan committee of the Colorado legislature began work Monday on policies that could change how sexual harassment complaints are handled at the state Capitol. The committee will hold four more meetings before making recommendations to legislative leaders who could adopt policies or, possibly, recommend legislation lawmakers could consider when the next session begins in…
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OUT WEST ROUNDUP: 1st lawmaker expelled since #MeToo is running again in Arizona
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Arizona 1st lawmaker expelled since #MeToo seeking office in Arizona PHOENIX – A former Arizona lawmaker who became the first kicked out of a state Legislature since the #MeToo movement began because of a lengthy pattern of sexual misconduct is running for office again. Don Shooter, a Republican expelled from the Arizona House in February,…
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Colorado lawmakers defer new misconduct policy to 2019
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DENVER – Colorado lawmakers passed 432 bills during their just-concluded 2018 session. But despite the tumult over a spate of sexual misconduct cases, they decided to let next year’s leaders adopt updates to a harassment policy that could provide stricter ground rules for deterring bad behavior, punishing it and letting voters know about it. Leaders…
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2018 Colo. legislature: Winners and losers from the session
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Winners House Assistant Majority Leader Alec Garnett of Denver and Assistant Minority Leader Cole Wist of Centennial: For the second year in a row, these two lawmakers on opposite sides of the aisle took on some of the toughest issues in the session. This year, that included the year’s most controversial bill – the “red flag”…
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2 years after alleged harassment, Rep. Winter is going back to Stoney’s
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Colorado state Rep. Faith Winter, D-Westminster, says she is returning tonight to the scene where she says she was sexually harassed by a fellow lawmaker last year – the legislature’s annual after-party at Stoney’s bar in Denver. On the last day of any legislative session, you’re bound to hear people in the halls of Colorado’s…
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New details from 2nd report on alleged Baumgardner harassment
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The second investigation into allegations against Colorado state Sen. Randy Baumgardner found he “engages in an unsettling pattern of inappropriate and offensive behavior toward women,” including sexual harassment toward a woman half his age that she called “creepy,” and created a hostile work environment for a non-partisan female Senate employee and other Senate staffers. KUNC’s…
