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With much grumbling, Senate votes overwhelmingly for state budget
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Democrats and Republicans in the Senate want you to know they don’t love this year’s $27 billion budget, but they voted for it in a landslide. “The bottom line is, I’m going to vote yes on this budget because of the great work of the Joint Budget Committee members (who drafted it). I’m proud of…
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Senate debates state budget: Opens with battle over Clean Power Plan
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Neville, Woods team up to target contraception, immunization, bike path spending (5:30 p.m.) Sens. Tim Neville, R-Littleton, and Laura Woods, R-Arvada, are staunch social conservatives. Neville is running in a crowded Republican primary for the U.S. Senate. Woods holds one of the key swing seats that will determine which party controls the Senate in the…
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Bill to slow Clean Power Plan implementation advances in state Senate
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State Senate Republicans advanced a bill Monday that would suspend all work underway in Colorado to implement the Obama Administration’s Clean Power Plan until after the U.S. Supreme Court lifts a stay put in place in February. Senate Bill 157, sponsored by state Sens. John Cooke, R-Greeley, and Jerry Sonnenberg, R-Sterling, would also extend legislative…
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The Hot Sheet, March 25, 2016
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VOL. 01 NO. 51 | MARCH 25, 2016 | COLORADOSTATESMAN.COM/THE-HOT-SHEET | © 2016 By TCS Publisher and Editor in Chief Jared Wright _@JaredWright_ DENVER — Happy Good Friday, and a very Happy Birthday to my wife, who puts up with the early morning or late night writing of The Hot Sheet on a daily basis. “I have…
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The Hot Sheet, March 14, 2016
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By TCS Publisher and Editor in Chief Jared Wright _@JaredWright_ Monday, March 14, 2016 DENVER — Coming off of our first busy weekend of county assemblies and conventions — with many more to come — here’s something new this week for all you Hot Sheet fanatics: an actual Hot Sheet. Enjoy it here in the browser, on…
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LGBT Coloradans make their case to lawmakers, up close and personal
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One Colorado wants state lawmakers to know that their constituents include LGBT people and that members of the LGBT community vote. Monday was One Colorado lobby day at the Capitol. Almost 300 volunteers from the organization, representing 33 Senate districts and 57 House districts, walked the halls, watched floor debate and met with lawmakers on…
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The Hot Sheet, February 29, 2016
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By TCS Publisher and Editor in Chief Jared Wright _@JaredWright_ Monday, February 29, 2016 DENVER – Good morning and happy Leap Day to you on the eve of Super Tuesday. Here’s to a productive week wherever you might be as we enter this important phase of the election year. “I want to caucus in Iowa. I’ll caucus all over…
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Big ‘End of Life Options’ debate halted by election year politics
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The strategy behind this year’s end-of-life physician assisted suicide bill was to get as many people as possible talking about it and to keep them talking about it as long as possible. Which is why it came as a shock to many at the Capitol Wednesday that the sponsors of House Bill 1054, Reps. Lois…
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The Hot Sheet, February 17, 2016
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By TCS Publisher and Editor in Chief Jared Wright _@JaredWright_ Wednesday, February 17, 2016 DENVER – Happy Wednesday, and good luck to you for the rest of your week. We are a mere three days away from the Nevada Caucuses, when we will be given a taste of how these presidential candidates perform in a Western state. We…