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Colorado Springs CD5 candidate Stephany Rose Spaulding highlighted in Washington Post
Stephany Rose Spaulding had a chance to speak for black women’s struggles and power via the Washington Post Monday, as the paper reported from the first Power Rising conference in Atlanta. The three-day event attracted more than 1,000 women to connect and bond on issues of empowerment and their experiences. The paper turned first to…
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Tyler Stevens of Green Mountain Falls joins GOP primary against Doug Lamborn
The 5th Congressional District primary against incumbent Rep. Doug Lamborn keeps getting more crowded, as Green Mountain Falls businessman and civic leader Tyler Stevens joins the mix. Stevens is the latest on the list of challengers made up of state Sen. Owen Hill, El Paso County Commissioner Darryl Glenn and retired Texas judge Bill Rhea.…
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‘Idaho stop’ bill for bicycles wins Senate approval, on to House
A multi-year effort to get Colorado to adopt what’s known as the “Idaho stop” or the rolling stop won final approval in the state Senate Wednesday. Senate Bill 144 would establish a set of standards for local communities that want to grant cyclists the ability, under certain circumstances, to treat a stop sign as a…
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Trail Mix: The road to Colorado’s 2018 election, Feb. 18 edition
THEY GRABBED A CLIPBOARD … It looks like a lot of Coloradans took the advice of a certain soon-to-be-former president. In his farewell address, delivered just over a week before leaving office, President Barack Obama said an oft-quoted line – “If you’re disappointed by your elected officials, grab a clipboard, get some signatures, and run…
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Republican congressional candidate Darryl Glenn first to submit nominating petitions
Republican congressional candidate Darryl Glenn this week became the first candidate in Colorado to submit petitions signatures for the June primary ballot, ahead of the three other Republicans petitioning in the 5th Congressional District and dozens of other candidates circulating petitions to qualify for the primary. “We like to lead from the front,” Glenn, an…
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Lamborn challenger Owen Hill blasts GOP incumbent’s position on pot enforcement
State Sen. Owen Hill, a Colorado Springs Republican challenging U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn in a primary, on Monday called on the federal government to keep its hands off Colorado’s legalized marijuana industry and tore into Lamborn for welcoming a recent shift in policy that could lead to a federal crackdown. “Doug Lamborn is coming out in…
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State Sen. Owen Hill, Colorado Springs CrossFit athletes honor fallen soldier with custom workout
Nearly 200 friends, family members and fellow CrossFit athletes gathered Saturday morning at the CrossFit SoCo gym in Colorado Springs to honor Chief Warrant Officer Kevin Burke with a grueling “hero” workout created in his memory. Burke, 28, and another soldier, 1st Lt. Clayton R. Cullen, 25, were killed in a helicopter crash on Jan. 20…
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Rep. Doug Lamborn reaps praise for military handiwork in the budget
The U.S. Senate couldn’t pass a budget Thursday night, but Rep. Doug Lamborn was tooting his own horn for the amount of military spending he got into the House version. And he got an attaboy from House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry of Texas, according to a press release from Lamborn’s office. “I commend…
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Colorado state lawmakers honor fallen El Paso County Deputy Sheriff Micah Flick
The eight members of the Colorado House who represent El Paso County held a moment of silence Tuesday morning to honor the memory of El Paso County Deputy Sheriff Micah Flick. Flick, an 11-year veteran of the El Paso County Sheriff’s Department, was killed in the line of duty Tuesday afternoon during a stolen car…
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Coffman challenger Jason Crow leads state congressional candidates in quarterly fundraising
The battle for Colorado’s 6th Congressional District is shaping up to be an expensive one. Democrat Jason Crow, one of Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman’s challengers for the swing seat, raised more in campaign contributions than any other congressional candidate in the state for the quarter that ended the year – and Coffman came in…