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Colorado bill would make minors’ autopsy reports closed records
A bill that easily passed the Colorado Senate and awaits a hearing in the House would prevent the press and other outside watchdogs from figuring out why children died. Senate Bill 223 would automatically seal autopsy reports for minors, except for families, government-sanctioned review boards, organ donation groups and civil or criminal lawyers with a…
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Gardner criticized by pot opponents for legalization-law stance
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A leading opponent of marijuana legalization on Friday criticized U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner of Colorado for his defense of the state’s laws legalizing the sale and use of cannabis. “Let’s put it this way: He’s no profile in courage,” former U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy told Colorado Politics after a press conference in…
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Trail Mix: The road to Colorado’s 2018 election, April 20 edition
Elbows were flying across bruising internal rifts among Colorado Republicans and Democrats April 14 as thousands gathered to nominate candidates at the parties’ state assemblies. In Broomfield, a long-festering dispute between Democrats over education policy erupted during debate over the party’s platform. Delegates voted overwhelmingly to ban the organization Democrats for Education Reform (DFER) –…
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Rep. Mike Coffman leads ‘queen of the hill’ maneuver to get DACA debate on the floor
U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman and a bipartisan cadre of House members have a legislative maneuver to get a bill to help Dreamers to the Senate. The Republican from Aurora announced having the pieces in places to invoke the rare “queen of the hill” rule. He worked with Democrat Pete Aguilar and Republican Jeff Denham of…
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Politics on stage: New play asks audiences not to look away from veterans in trouble
A gospel song plays as a man in scraps of a uniform stands on a Denver stage staring at the audience. He’s wordless but for his cardboard sign: “US vet. Anything helps.” This opening scene of the new play “Honorable Disorder,” which runs through April 29 in Denver, plays on long enough for everyone in the…
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House committee amends pension bill to address $32B shortfall
Democrats made big changes to a bill to fill a $32 billion hole in the state’s pension plan for public employees Monday in a partisan fight that’s likely to play out more before the session adjourns in three weeks. Senate Bill 200 passed the House Finance Committee 10-3 Monday evening after more than four hours…
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Much Trump talk at Colorado’s whittling of governor hopefuls
BROOMFIELD – A former mayor delivered a rousing speech praising President Donald Trump and helped hand a stunning defeat to Colorado’s moderate attorney general in the race to enter the state’s Republican gubernatorial primary Saturday, while Democrats selected two candidates who pledged to push back against the White House. In the Denver suburb of Broomfield,…
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House District 62 Dems nominate Valdez despite dissension
Democratic delegates to a multi-county assembly for House District 62, in the San Luis Valley, are sending just one candidate to the June 26 primary: the incumbent, Rep. Donald Valdez of La Jara – despite questions about whether Valdez actually lives in the district. Valdez is the hands-on favorite to win the general election in November…
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Colorado’s Coffman protests Stapleton’s assembly appearance
DENVER – Colorado gubernatorial hopeful Cynthia Coffman is protesting fellow Republican candidate Walker Stapleton’s decision to compete at the party’s state assembly this weekend. Coffman, currently attorney general, sent a letter Thursday to state party attorney Scott Gessler insisting that Stapleton missed an April 2 party deadline to declare he would seek to qualify for…
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VIDEO: U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner talks of Colorado’s opioid abuse on Senate floor
The heartbreaking stories of Coloradans who know the epidemic of opioid abuse first hand are informing national policy. U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner, a Republican from Yuma, takes what he hears in his home state to drive his passion around the issue, his office says. He spoke about the issue on the Senate floor Tuesday, referencing…