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House Republicans issue new call for Democrats to fund transportation, Duran answers
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With six weeks to go before next legislative session, seven House Republicans are calling out their chamber’s Democratic majority and Gov. John Hickenlooper to spend existing money on transportation in next year’s budget instead of waiting on voters to decide. The group is releasing the statement Thursday morning but it was obtained early by Colorado…
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Rep. Paul Lundeen endorses Tim Geitner for House District 19
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The man representing House District 19 in the legislature is vouching for the man he hopes will represent it in 2019. Republican Rep. Paul Lundeen of Monument endorsed Tim Geitner of Falcon at an event in Monument last week. Lundeen was elected to the House seat in 2014 after four years on the state Board…
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Monument Republican Paul Lundeen announces run for term-limited Kent Lambert’s Senate District 9 seat
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State Rep. Paul Lundeen, a Monument Republican and former chairman of the State Board of Education, declared Wednesday he’s running for the Senate District 9 seat held by state Sen. Kent Lambert with the term-limited GOP incumbent’s endorsement. “We have achieved success in the House rolling back federal intrusion into our local public schools,” Lundeen…
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Lundeen: Colorado roads and bridges are a matter of priority
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The Colorado Springs Gazette recently reported that Colorado is unlikely to receive any new significant transportation funding from Washington. (“Insights: Trump’s deal on transportation is a ‘no deal’ for Colorado.”) The story concluded that federal policy is pushing Colorado toward more toll road – but I am here to say that another alternative exists. Namely,…
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Dave Williams, colleagues return with Senate bill to battle sanctuary politicians, policies
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Republican lawmakers have revived and revamped controversial legislation targeting so-called sanctuary jurisdictions and the politicians who support the policies behind them, although the new bill would only subject elected officials to lawsuits, not criminal prosecution. State Rep. Dave Williams, R-Colorado Springs, vowed in February that he would return with a measure in the GOP-controlled Senate…
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Attorney General Coffman applauds governor signing criminal justice legislation into law
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Attorney General Cynthia Coffman celebrated the signing by Gov. John Hickenlooper Thursday of three bills that are part of her legislative agenda this year. “During the interim, our team sat down with citizens and stakeholders to establish our legislative priorities for the year, and identify how our statutes can be improved to protect Coloradans,” Coffman…
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Lundberg: ‘Absolutely’ it would be ‘messier’ to do away with Joint Budget Committee
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State Sen. Kevin Lundberg doesn’t sound very enchanted with plans House Republicans have recently floated to change the way the Legislature writes the state’s annual budget. The Berthoud Republican, a member of the powerful Joint Budget Committee, suggested in a recent interview with The Colorado Statesman that the six-member panel – three from each chamber…
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Paul Lundeen proposes shorter legislative sessions, biennial budget process
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State Rep. Paul Lundeen, R-Monument, wants to shorten Colorado’s legislative session and overhaul the way lawmakers approve annual budgets by doing away with the Joint Budget Committee and moving to biennial budgets. “Mark Twain said it best,” Lundeen says, setting the tone at the beginning of a brief video posted online by the Independence Institute.…
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Colorado Boy Scouts deliver report to state detailing participation, service to community
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The Capitol was crawling with Scouts last Wednesday as delegates from four local councils around Colorado convened along with parents and friends to present the 2016 Report to the State for the Boy Scouts of America. “This year marks the 107th anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America,” said the Denver Area Council’s Rudy Reynolds,…