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Hands-free driving, seat belt bills squeezed in Colorado Senate committee
Republicans on a Senate committee put the brakes on Sen. Lois Court’s bill to make Colorado the 16th state with hands-free driving this week. Another failed bill before a Republican majority would have made failing to wear a seatbelt a primary offense that alone could get a driver pulled over. Senate Bill 49 on hands-free driving…
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Senators debate fairness in bill to give Colorado squatters 24 hours to get out
A bill sponsored by a quartet of Colorado Springs lawmakers would make it easier and faster for homeowners to get rid of squatters, which is a big problem for deployed military members. Senate Bill 15 is fighting scammers who stay in the home for free while the owner spends weeks in the legal process getting them…
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Lamborn primary challenger Bill Rhea calls on Trump to resign over vulgar immigration remarks
Bill Rhea, one of three Republicans challenging six-term incumbent U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn in a primary, on Tuesday called on President Donald Trump to resign in the wake of an ongoing furor ignited by Trump’s use of the term “shithole” to describe African countries during an Oval Office discussion about U.S. immigration policy. “I am…
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U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn launches bid for reelection, weighs petitioning onto primary ballot
Calling himself a “proven and reliable conservative” and a friend of the Trump administration, U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn made it official Tuesday: the Colorado Springs Republican is running for a seventh term representing the 5th Congressional District. Lamborn, who is facing three primary challengers, is considering whether to petition for a spot on the June…
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Counting down the Colorado politicos to watch in 2018
10. House Speaker Crisanta Duran, D-DenverThe state’s first Latina speaker has a galaxy of political opportunities ahead of her, locally or nationally. She is term-limited in the House after this session. She hasn’t decided yet what she’ll do next,. Meanwhile, she must earn her reputation as a leader this session with a House caucus divided…
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Colorado Springs City Councilman Tom Strand abandons primary challenge to U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn
Colorado Springs City Councilman Tom Strand is ending his bid to unseat incumbent Republican Congressman Doug Lamborn before it began. “The pieces for ’18 just didn’t roll together. … It seemed like I was trying to put a square peg in a round hole to make this happen,” Strand said Friday of his decision not…
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Republican Patrick McIntire launches bid in Senate District 11
Republican Patrick McIntire this week launched his campaign for the Senate District 11 seat held Democrat Mike Merrifield, who isn’t running for a second term in next year’s election. “It is only when our form of government is reclaimed from special interests and blind partisans, that the trust that has been lost between our community and…
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Kickballing Colorado legislators raise $15k for hurricane victims
Don’t say Colorado legislators didn’t do anything good during their two-day special session this month, though two attempts to fix a costly mistake in a new law went nowhere. Some of them raised almost $15,000 for hurricane victims dueling on the kickball field on a cold, rainy Monday night in the first Bipartisan Charity…