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DJ Summers dives into the costlier state of Colorado | The OpEdge Podcast
Common Sense Institute’s Director of Communications & Research Operations DJ Summers dives deep with The OpEdge Podcast host and investigative columnist Jimmy Sengenberger regarding Colorado’s drop in the institute’s Free Enterprise Competitive Index. Summers shares shrewd insights regarding Colorado’s curious, one-of-a-kind case study of economics, demographics and culture of the past 15 years, when a…
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Dick Wadhams charts Colorado’s rocky political shifts | The OpEdge Podcast
In the latest episode of The OpEdge — The Gazette’s new opinion podcast — veteran campaign winner, political analyst and Gazette columnist Dick Wadhams dissects the electoral shifts of Colorado politics with OpEdge host and investigative columnist Jimmy Sengenberger. Wadhams charts the curious cases of Colorado’s Democratic and Republican Parties, the surge of unaffiliated voters and…
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Federal judge dismisses National Guard member’s First Amendment lawsuit
A federal judge on Friday dismissed a lawsuit from a member of the Colorado National Guard who alleged leadership unconstitutionally punished him for derogatory remarks made on a podcast. In a March 14 order, U.S. District Court Chief Judge Philip A. Brimmer expressed some confusion about how plaintiff David Morrill was alleging his First Amendment…
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DENVER ELECTION 2019: Bartels, Ciruli, Brown on what to watch for Tuesday (PODCAST)
As campaigns go, this spring’s Denver municipal election has not lacked for interesting stories and intriguing topics. Start with a mayoral campaign in which Mayor Michael Hancock is facing some serious competition in his bid for a third term. Add several competitive city council races that have drawn an unusually large field of candidates. Factor…