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Adams County vacancy committee to choose Lebsock’s replacement March 23
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A vacancy committee from the Adams County Republican Party will meet March 23 to select a replacement for expelled Colorado state Rep. Steve Lebsock, according to state GOP spokesman Daniel Cole. The most likely replacement may be the person who’s already filed to run for the seat, Republican Casey Cole of Thornton, a real estate…
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Colorado Republicans cancel contract with Best Western over nonexistent NRA snub
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The Colorado Republican Party had arranged to hold a fundraising dinner and a slew of district assemblies at the Best Western hotel in Longmont on the eve of the party’s state assembly in Boulder next month. But after party officials got wind that the hotel chain had ended its affiliation with the National Rifle Association…
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I-25 toll lane opponents question if Colorado transportation officials are listening
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El Paso County residents at Saturday’s meeting on the Interstate 25 “Gap” widening project questioned if they are being heard by the state officials who will decide whether expansion includes a toll lane. “There’s a credibility problem here that the nonelected (Colorado Department of Transportation) officials who can’t be bothered to make this meeting,” said…
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Rep. Mike Coffman’s VA bill applauded by Down syndrome advocates
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U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman, R-Aurora, is picking up advocates for Down Syndrome research in support of his bill to help veterans. Last week Coffman and Republican Reps. Pete Sessions of Texas and Cathy McMorris Rodgers of Washington introduced H.R. 5191, the Medical Improvement of Neurodegenerative Diseases (MIND) Act. If they can pass it, the bill…
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Out West Roundup: Nebraska could end licensing requirement for horse massage
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Nebraska A little tight? Nebraska could end horse massage licensing LINCOLN – There are plenty of options for people looking for a massage in Nebraska, but if you’re a horse, you’re out of luck. Nebraska doesn’t have a single licensed equine massage therapist, and lawmakers who recently chipped away at regulations governing various other professions…
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House Democrats advance healthcare, jobs bills for rural Colorado
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House Democrats were pleased with themselves Thursday when they advanced a pair of partisan bills aimed at helping rural Colorado. Both were the work of Rep. Dylan Roberts, D-Eagle, who was appointed last October to fill the vacancy left when Democrat Diane Mitsch Bush of Steamboat Springs left the legislature to run for U.S. House.…
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Colorado nominee to lead U.S. Geological Survey pledges scientific integrity
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Senators at a confirmation hearing Tuesday for geologist and astronaut James Reilly of Colorado Springs sought assurances he would not allow political manipulation to interfere with good science if he is chosen to lead the U.S. Geological Survey. “It has been my experience that good science is absolutely critical to the development of good policy,”…
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Rep. Dave Williams heads to the White House to talk immigration
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State Rep. Dave Williams, R-Colorado Springs, is scheduled to be at the White House Thursday to talk immigration with President Trump’s Domestic Policy Council. Williams has been a proponent of ending so-called sanctuary cities in Colorado, sponsoring unsuccessful legislation last year to allow public officials to be arrested if local policies on undocumented immigrants permit…
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Denver’s Global Down Syndrome Foundation pulled into abortion debate
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As the criminalization of aborting fetuses likely to be born with Down syndrome gains momentum in Utah and other states, it was just a matter of time until the Global Down Syndrome Foundation was called in. The research organization is a world leader on the Down syndrome, so it was natural for The Washington Post…
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Bill to toughen law on false shooting reports barrels toward the House
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For some sick reason, some pranksters think it’s funny to call in false reports to summon a SWAT team. But Sen. John Cooke of Greeley has a bill with momentum that could make them think twice. The former Weld County sheriff’s Senate Bill 68 would increase the crime from a misdemeanor to a felony. The…