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Trooper Cody Donahue honored, ahead of bill to extend insurance to families of fallen officers
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The Colorado Senate honored the family of the late Trooper Cody Donahue Monday after passing the Move Over for Cody Law last session. This year, lawmakers will consider a bill to help sustain insurance for the families of fallen officers. While law enforcement officers are in mind, Senate Bill 148 also would extend insurance coverage for…
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In video, GOP state treasurer candidate Kevin Lundberg says caucusing can change the world
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Colorado’s precinct caucuses are just over a month away, and Republican Kevin Lundberg, a veteran state lawmaker and one of six GOP candidates for state treasurer, is urging voters to attend the neighborhood meetings in a lengthy campaign video that features historians, state and party officials and students. “The Colorado caucus is a beautiful thing,”…
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Trail Mix: The road to Colorado’s 2018 election, Feb. 4 edition
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THE HITS KEEP COMING: Remember the difficulty some state-level campaigns had filing their quarterly campaign finance reports last month, including a couple whose initial reports listed some of their major contributors’ donations twice? It turns out neither the candidates nor their compliance agents were to blame. Election officials at the Colorado secretary of state’s office…
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Colorado lawmakers look to protect personal information under 3 new bills
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Finding out your identity and your personal information are under attack is a nightmare. And it’s one that Republican state Rep. Cole Wist of Centennial has experienced – twice. A couple of years ago, Wist found out someone was trying to file false tax returns using his Social Security number, and false returns using his…
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Republican state treasurer candidate Polly Lawrence plans to petition onto primary ballot
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Republican Polly Lawrence, a candidate for Colorado’s state treasurer, plans to petition onto the June primary ballot rather than pursue the nomination through the caucus and assembly process, her campaign said. “She’s going to take it straight to the people,” her campaign manager, Sara Boyd, told Colorado Politics. “She’s absolutely committed to the people in…
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Legislative session gets going under the Gold Dome with talk of compromise
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Republicans will introduce a bill to lock $300 million a year into the state budget, and then refer a ballot measure to Colorado voters in November to allow the state to borrow money against it for transportation, Senate President Kevin Grantham said on the opening day of the legislative session Wednesday. That would get the…
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GOP state treasurer candidate Brian Watson hauls in more than $200,000 for quarter, plans to petition on ballot
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Republican state treasurer candidate Brian Watson plans to report raising roughly $215,000 for the quarter just ended, his first in the race – almost precisely the amount reported so far by all the other candidates running in both parties’ crowded primaries – and plans to petition his way onto the June primary ballot, Colorado Politics…
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African Leadership Group, top Colorado politicians honor immigrants
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The African Leadership Group, a 15-year-old Aurora-based organization, welcomed local politicians and honored its volunteer of the year and other members at a gala last weekend at Noonan’s Event Center. Pascal Koki, an immigrant from the Ivory Coast, works two jobs, including a night shift, on top of being a full-time student and mother of…
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Polly Lawrence hints at double-dealing in state contracts in campaign ad
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State Rep. Polly Lawrence has an effective digital campaign called #FocusOnTheFactsWithPolly, other than it being a 25-character hashtag, as part of her campaign for state treasurer. Last Thursday she released a video on her Facebook page that hits hard at state employees who might be more focused on their next job than getting the best…
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Charles Scheibe, Colorado’s chief financial officer, enters Democratic primary for state treasurer
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Saying his 11 years as Colorado’s chief financial officer have prepared him better than the politicians who are running, Democrat Charles Scheibe on Tuesday entered a crowded field for state treasurer that includes five state lawmakers, a county treasurer, an elected prosecutor and a former legislative candidate. “As a taxpayer, who would you rather have…
