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PHOTOS: Hundreds rally on Capitol steps in support of Trump

Mar 5, 2017

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COLLEEN SLEVIN The Associated Press

Several hundred people rallied in support of President Donald Trump outside the state Capitol in Denver on Saturday, listening to speakers including former U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo and sometimes facing off with a much smaller group of anti-Trump demonstrators. Speaking on the West Steps facing the mountains, Tancredo drew cheers from the crowd when he…
Denver’s soul food scholar examines White House chefs

Feb 20, 2017

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JOEY BUNCH

Denver native Adrian Miller started thinking about a book on White House chefs in 2009, the day he gave a speech in Michigan for the Southern Foodways Alliance on the same day President Obama was inaugurated. The idea became the book “The President’s Kitchen Cabinet, The Story of African Americans Who Fed Our First Families, From the…
As severance taxes dry up, so do school gardens

Jan 2, 2017

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JOEY BUNCH

Growing relationships and young minds in school gardens could die on the vine without more green stuff, if that green stuff is money. The Montezuma School to Farm Project in southwest Colorado is facing hardships, just months after its students were planting cauliflower, broccoli, peas and other vegetables in the White House kitchen garden. The students,…
Obama says Hanukkah a reminder of the blessing of freedom

Dec 16, 2016

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Associated Press

President Barack Obama says Hanukkah is a reminder that freedom is the most meaningful of all the blessings enjoyed in the U.S. Obama held a pair of Hanukkah receptions at the White House on Wednesday with Jewish leaders and rabbis. Obama says the Hanukkah story shows that the story of the Jewish people is one…
The Hot Sheet – Your teacher might not be a citizen, Hick in 2020?, Colorado doctors are conflicted, what’s up with Darryl Glenn and … MORE

Nov 29, 2016

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Colorado Politics

VOL. 01 NO. 194 | NOVEMBER 29, 2016 | COLORADOSTATESMAN.COM/THE-HOT-SHEET | © 2016 DENVER – As surely all of us (those who are not living entirely off the grid) have been reminded recently … Just 26 shopping days until Christmas! Mercy already. Black Friday, Cyber Monday, Giving Tuesday Big Spending Every Other Day … Hold on…
Cheers, jeers at Colorado GOP election night party

Nov 9, 2016

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Mike McKibbin

In an odd situation reminiscent of the 2016 election cycle, U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman won re-election in Colorado’s 6th Congressional District and on the same night was scorned by Donald Trump’s supporters in attendance at the election night party where he delivered his victory speech. Coffman took the stage at the Colorado Republican Party’s election…
Poll: Clinton leading Trump by 10 points in Colorado

Aug 18, 2016

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Ernest Luning

Hillary Clinton holds a 10-point lead over Donald Trump among likely Colorado voters, according to a Quinnipiac University Swing State Poll released Wednesday. When the two major-party nominees are tested against a pair of prominent third-party party candidates, Clinton’s lead in Colorado slips to 8 points. It’s the sixth consecutive poll that shows Clinton comfortably…
Baca: Reflection on the 2016 Democratic National Convention

Aug 10, 2016

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Colorado Politics

The 2016 Democratic National Convention was the most exciting, inspiring, spiritual convention that I have ever attended – and I have attended every DNC Convention since 1964. Exciting because every notable Democratic leader in the country was there either on stage or in the hall. Inspiring because it highlighted a Muslim American family who shared…
Duran: Day one at the DNC full of energy, excitement, and yes, unity

Jul 26, 2016

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Crisanta Duran

Day one of the Democratic National Convention was marked by energy and excitement. The streets of Philadelphia were paved with progressives and the energy was palpable – a promising sign for the future of our party. I started my day at the Colorado Delegation Breakfast, where our state’s Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton supporters came…
The Hot Sheet, July 26, 2016

Jul 26, 2016

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Jared Wright

VOL. 01 NO. 138 | JULY 26, 2016 | COLORADOSTATESMAN.COM/THE-HOT-SHEET | © 2016By TCS CEO and Editor-In-Chief Jared Wright DENVER – Well, none of us can say we didn’t see the rough and tumble conventions for both parties coming from miles away right? Happy Day # 2 of the Democratic National Convention … and All or Nothing Day (more encouragement for…