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So, seven members of Congress walk into a luncheon with a bunch of business bigwigs and … … Well, we’ll be able to finish that joke after we find out if all the “invited panelists” – Colorado’s seven members of the U.S. House of Representatives – actually show up for the Colorado Association of Commerce and…

In Aurora’s schools, there’s no escaping the politics of immigration

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Chalkbeat Coloado’s Yesenia Robles captures the no-win frustration of trying to assuage anxiety as well as anger over the immigration tug-of-war in an urban Colorado school district, Aurora Public Schools. Denver’s eastern neighbor is easily one of the most ethnically diverse communities in the state and has one of the highest concentrations of immigrants. And like other…

Q&A w/Andy McElhany: A former legislative leader surveys the landscape

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Colorado Springs Republican Andy McElhany spent 14 years in Colorado’s General Assembly, from 1994 to 2008. He served in both chambers and as a member of the minority as well as the majority, ending his tenure in elected office as state Senate minority leader. His lengthy legislative record ranged from a bill repealing the “marriage penalty tax” to legislation…

Unpaid school library fines in Colorado? "No transcripts for you!" is now a thing of the past

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Believe it or not, plenty of Colorado K-12 students owe fines for overdue library books, damaged or missing textbooks, and the like. If you are a parent, you already know this. Especially for some households of modest means, forking it over can amount to more than just an incidental expense. And even if paying the fines isn’t that…

Legislature’s Lundberg, i2i’s Caldara to headline gathering of tax-CUT-ters

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The fiscally conservative Colorado Union of Taxpayers – whose “CUT ratings” of lawmakers’ voting records over the years could make or break the conservative credentials claimed by many GOP officeholders – doesn’t have quite the profile it did in the days of its late co-founder and all-around activist behind the scenes, Vern Bickel. Arguably, it doesn’t have…

Colorado inmate Lima-Marin’s release now on hold; immigration authorities want him

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Rene Lima-Marin’s circuitous saga has now become mind-boggling. He’s the Cuban-born, U.S.-raised man who served 10 years in a Colorado prison for armed robbery; was paroled by mistake; straightened out his life while free; was sent back to prison anyway when the mistake was discovered, and, just earlier this week, was granted freedom again, this time by a judge who…

Colorado’s Cory Gardner touts pick for No. 2 at Interior whom greens fear and loathe

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Call it a tale of two sound bites. Colorado Republican U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner’s office sent a press release to the news media this afternoon announcing the junior senator’s scheduled introduction Thursday of Coloradan David Bernhardt at his confirmation hearing for deputy secretary of the interior. It’s a formality and a show of same-state pride and support for…

Maybe Hick does his best thinking while he’s picking on a banjo?

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Colorado Peak Politics, that reliable antagonist of all things Democratic, notes Gov. John Hickenlooper was strumming a banjo on stage at Denver’s Paramount Theater with the Old Crow Medicine Show last weekend – the same weekend he said he would be pondering whether to call the legislature back for a special session. Peak even links to the…

Obamacare replacement draws more fire, said to imperil rural Coloradans

May 16, 2017

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A new report from an Obamacare-friendly think tank in the nation’s capital concludes that a pending congressional replacement for the nation’s endlessly debated health-care law could leave many Coloradans – especially in rural communities – without health coverage. A press release today touting the findings by the left-leaning Center on Budget and Policy Priorities in Washington, D.C., pointedly notes, “Senators Cory Gardner and Michael…

Colorado Municipal League: ‘No damage was done’ in 2017 session’s final hours

May 16, 2017

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