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Out West Roundup: Arizona lawmaker expelled for harassment files $1.3M claim
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Arizona Arizona lawmaker expelled for harassment files $1.3M claim PHOENIX – A former Arizona representative who became the first state lawmaker expelled for sexual misconduct since the #MeToo movement swept the nation filed a $1.3 million claim this week against the House speaker and Gov. Doug Ducey’s chief of staff. The claim filed by former…
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CoPo Best of the Week: #MeToo wave, politics on stage and more
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Good morning. Here’s our recap of some of our best stories of the week from the Colorado Politics staff. Many of our best stories are available only to paid subscribers. Subscribers also get access to our weekly magazine. (Not a subscriber yet? CLICK HERE to join us.) > Colo. Supreme Court will review ballot challenge…
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OUT WEST ROUNDUP | Idaho moves ahead with grizzly hunting season; judge weighs if neo-Nazi ‘troll storm’ is protected
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Idaho State moves ahead with possible grizzly bear hunting season BOISE – Idaho officials have started the process of opening a grizzly bear hunting season this fall that would allow the killing of one male grizzly. The Fish and Game Commission in a 7-0 vote last week directed the Department of Fish and Game to…
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After scandals, Colorado lawmakers study misconduct policy
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DENVER – For four weeks, Colorado’s Democratic senators ended each morning’s floor business with appeals, many of them painfully personal, to debate whether to expel a Republican lawmaker accused of groping a young aide’s buttocks. The expulsion vote failed. That contrasted with the dramatic March 9 expulsion of a suburban Denver representative accused of harassing…
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CIRULI | Is Denver ready for a change?
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Michael Hancock may weather this latest storm, but managing the sex-related controversy, given the present climate surrounding the issue, is proving to be difficult. Key questions are: Will the controversy cost him votes in a third-term run? Could he lose because of it? Will he run? Will the controversy grow sufficiently to cause him to…
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How would probe of harassment allegations against Denver mayor work?
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Will the Denver City Council launch an investigation into inappropriate text messages that Mayor Michael Hancock sent to a female police officer six years ago? We won’t have an answer until later this week at the earliest, Denver City Council President Albus Brooks says. In late February, the two-term Denver mayor admitted to sending inappropriate…
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THE PODIUM | Open court records — to expose sexual harassment from the bench
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I don’t know many women who haven’t experienced harassment, but until recently I hadn’t met any who filed a complaint or spoke publicly. Why is this? Because there’s no upside; most people don’t care. Every workplace has a process to handle complaints, but there is little interest in culture change. Six years ago when I…
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Blurring the Lines: Can Denver Mayor Hancock weather this sexual harassment scandal?
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DENVER – A week after Denver Mayor Michael Hancock apologized for sending suggestive text messages to a member of his security detail in 2012 – she considers them harassing, and he has called them inappropriate – dozens of protesters led by persistent Hancock critics gathered on the steps of city hall to call for the…
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Denver councilman calls for independent probe into allegations against Denver mayor
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“To remove the cloud” forming over the city’s top office, a Denver councilman is calling for an independent investigation into sexual harassment allegations against Mayor Michael Hancock. In a pointed letter sent to the mayor’s office earlier this week and obtained by Westword, Councilman Rafael Espinoza asked the city attorney to commission an independent investigation…
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Insights: Sexual harassment victims and accusers deserve a better process
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“There is a cultural shift happening,” Colorado House Speaker Crisanta Duran of Denver tweeted the day Rep. Steve Lebsock was expelled from the legislature, the second state lawmaker nationally to be swept away by the #MeToo tide. Lebsock quickly left the building. Thanks, Steve, said no one. It was an agonizing seven hours of testimony…
