phil covarrubias
-
PRIMARY 2018: Colorado’s winners and losers
—
by
Winners Jared Polis and Walker Stapleton: Presumed frontrunners from the beginning lived up to their billing, turning back the largest field of primary challengers in either party since at least World War II. And they both played to their bases, the hard left and hard right. Both survived runs at their integrity in negative ads,…
-
PRIMARY PREVIEW: 5 Republican races to watch for the Colo. legislature
—
by
There are 18 contested races for Colorado legislative seats in the June primary. These are CoPo’s picks for the top five Republican races to watch. (And check back with ColoradoPolitics.com at lunchtime for the top races for Democrats.) Senate district 2: Clear Creek, El Paso, Fremont, Park and Teller counties. Why this race matters: The…
-
Bill aimed at drug abuse has tough time against Colorado doctors’ orders
—
by
Legislators talk a lot about fighting the drug abuse epidemic, but the fate of a bill aimed at helping by connecting doctors writing prescriptions directly to pharmacies is going to down to the wire House Bill 1279 is supported by the Colorado Retail Council, which includes pharmacies who say it’s a common-sense measure to reduce the…
-
Three legislative candidates succeed in petitioning onto primary ballot
—
by
Three legislative candidates learned Friday that they had gathered enough signatures to qualify for Colorado’s June primary ballot, the secretary of state’s office announced – although one of them only made it by a whisker. The candidates whose petitions were deemed sufficient are Denver Democrats Julie Gonzales, running in Senate District 34, and Ed Britt, running…
-
Meet a Colo. lawmaker who’s conservative. Republican. And a union member.
—
by
Republican state Rep. Phil Covarrubias represents a district that encompasses Brighton, Lochbuie and eastern Adams County south to Deer Trail. It’s a good mix, he says, of rich and poor, blue-collar workers, and rural farmers and ranchers. It’s the blue-collar workers who may be closest to Covarrubias’ heart because that’s where he comes from. The…
-
Colorado lawmakers to seek resolution asking Congress to end Daylight Saving Time ritual
—
by
There isn’t enough coffee in the world to deal with that second Monday in March, after almost every person in the country does the spring switch to Daylight Saving Time (DST). This year marks 100 years since the nation began that annual, hated-by-some change to spring forward, and lose an hour of sleep. One study…
-
Rep. Daneya Esgar, Sen. Leroy Garcia want VA hospital in southern Colorado
—
by
Sen. Leroy Garcia and Rep. Daneya Esgar, along with Rep. Phil Covarrubias, plan to introduce a resolution for the General Assembly to ask Congress to locate a Veterans Affairs Hospital in Pueblo, but Colorado Springs is OK, too. Peter Roper of the Pueblo Chieftain was the first to report on the proposal over the weekend.…
-
Getting to yes, just saying no: Lawmakers Everett, Hansen and Kennedy talk session votes
—
by
By one measure, state Rep. Justin Everett, a House Republican serving his third term in the Colorado General Assembly, and state Reps. Chris Hansen and Chris Kennedy, a pair of Democrats in their first terms, stand as far apart as any lawmakers at the Capitol, based on the votes they cast in the just-completed 2017…
-
‘First real floor fight’ of session erupts over ‘sanctuary’ Ralph Carr bill
—
by
A bill that would protect state officials from participating in any unconstitutional federal programs aimed at monitoring or confining Coloradans sparked what the House Democratic caucus communications office called the “first real floor fight” of the legislative session. The Ralph Carr Freedom Defense Act, sponsored by Rep. Joe Salazar, a Thornton Democrat, was drafted in…
-
#Coleg week 10: Concerning the Sand Creek Massacre, a sanctuary state, pot for PTSD, corporal punishment, campus free speech
—
by
This week we take up where the thud-like introduction of the transportation-funding House Bill 1242 left off. Conservatives remain unimpressed. Sponsors House Speaker Crisanta Duran and Senate President Kevin Gratham will work to make their trial balloon seem less like the Hindenburg, to borrow a phrase from Littleton Republican Sen. Tim Neville. Supporters of the…
