micki hackenberger
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PHOTOS: Colorado Politics hosts party to celebrate launch of legislative session
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More than 150 politicos of all stripes packed the historic Carriage House at the Governor’s Residence at Boettcher Mansion in Denver Wednesday night for a session-opening shindig thrown by Colorado Politics. Republicans rubbed shoulders with Democrats, toasting the young political news website and the nearly 120-year-old publication it incorporated last year. Vince Bzdek, editor of…
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Did a misinformation campaign kill this year’s liquor licensing cleanup compromise?
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A legislative effort to clean up last year’s hard-fought and widely bipartisan liquor licensing reform compromise died a surprise and dramatic death in the state Senate Monday. According to proponents, Senate Bill 143‘s demise by a narrow 18-17 vote was almost entirely due to misleading information, flat-out lies and a convolution of the process by a…
