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YESTERYEAR: Astronaut turned would-be Colorado congressman memorialized
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Twenty Years Ago this Week in The Colorado Statesman … A statue of Jack Swigert, Apollo 13 astronaut, was unveiled in Washington D.C., memorializing the fallen Coloradan in Statuary Hall. Swigert died from cancer in 1982 just days before he was to be sworn in as Colorado’s first elected Congressman from the newly created 6th…
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? Climate change debate heats up race to decide majority on CU Board of Regents
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The pivotal at-large race to determine control of the University of Colorado Board of Regents could hinge on concerns about climate change and free speech. Former Democratic state Rep. Alice Madden injected climate change into the race early on with jabs at the board’s 5-4 Republican majority. The board voted last year against changing the…
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The Hot Sheet, August 1, 2016
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VOL. 01 NO. 142 | AUGUST 01, 2016 | COLORADOSTATESMAN.COM/THE-HOT-SHEET | © 2016By TCS Editor and Publisher Jared Wright DENVER – Good morning and welcome back to real life … if you ever, in fact, left it for the weekend. Some of us don’t take such leisures. Today is Colorado Day, the anniversary of President…
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Rep. McCann rolls to victory in big money Denver DA primary
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The big money contest to be the next Denver District Attorney has become a two-person race after Rep. Beth McCann won the Democratic primary Tuesday night, defeating Michael Carrigan and Kenneth Boyd in convincing fashion. McCann received more than 50 percent of the vote right off the bat when Denver Elections Commission released the first…
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Denver DA candidates debate how to reform office ahead of Dem primary
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The three Democratic candidates in the June 28 primary for the Denver District Attorney Offices traded ideas and barbs during a freeform debate in northeast Denver Tuesday night. The debate, put on by community organizer Jeff Fard, better known as brother jeff (CQ), brought Michael Carrigan, Kenneth Boyd and recently term limited Rep. Beth McCann together in…
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Hancock honored as ‘heart and soul’ of Denver at Mizel Institute dinner (PHOTOS)
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More than 2,000 civic, philanthropic and political leaders filled a converted Air Force hanger on Wednesday night to honor Denver Mayor Michael B. Hancock, the 2016 recipient of the Mizel Institute’s annual Community Enrichment Award. The institute’s annual dinner, dubbed “spring political prom” by one wag on Twitter, returned to the Wings Over the Rockies…
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The Hot Sheet, February 19, 2016
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By TCS Publisher and Editor in Chief Jared Wright _@JaredWright_ Friday, February 19, 2016 DENVER – Good morning from all of us here at The Colorado Statesman, and a very Happy Friday to you and yours. Here’s to a smooth glide into the weekend. “The day cold and fair with a high easterly wind: we were visited…
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The Hot Sheet, February 17, 2016
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By TCS Publisher and Editor in Chief Jared Wright _@JaredWright_ Wednesday, February 17, 2016 DENVER – Happy Wednesday, and good luck to you for the rest of your week. We are a mere three days away from the Nevada Caucuses, when we will be given a taste of how these presidential candidates perform in a Western state. We…
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The Hot Sheet, February 3, 2016
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Wednesday, February 3, 2016 DENVER – Happy Wednesday everybody — when hope (and today, maybe even the sun) springs forth once again. “I’m not an old, experienced hand at politics. But I am now seasoned enough to have learned the hardest thing about any political campaign is how to win without proving that you are unworthy of winning.”…
