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Froelich: Colorado’s ‘strong sisters,’ then and now
In 1917, Colorado state Rep. Agnes Riddle famously challenged her colleagues over a red light district: “Why shut the gates of hell on the women of the red light district, and leave the men who put them there free to roam around in respectable society? But I myself will vote for your bill if you’ll…
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The Hot Sheet, February 12, 2016
By TCS Publisher & Editor-in-Chief Jared Wright @_JaredWright_ Friday, February 12, 2016 DENVER – Well, you made it to Friday. Ahead for you are two days of not having to wander underneath the Gold Dome. Congrats. If you’re working campaigns … my condolences. “It’s always difficult to keep Fridays confined within themselves … they tend to spill over …” —…
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Baca: My president and my pope
During the 2012 presidential campaign, I served as a national co-chair of Catholics for Obama. Little did I suspect that three years later I would be at the White House watching my president welcome my pope. What an amazing gift. This was the second time I had been invited to the White House to welcome…