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ProgressNow indicts Colo. Republicans after Manafort, Cohen news
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Denver’s liberal swashbuckler Ian Silverii spoke of history, and he took no Colorado political prisoners Tuesday after the news broke that two associates of President Trump were at the mercy of the legal system. Paul Manafort, Trump’s one-time chairman, was found guilty of eight felony bank and tax crimes, while the president’s former attorney and…
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COVER STORY | Drawing the line on gerrymandering
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Democratic and Republican leaders in Colorado have at least one thing in common: Neither side trusts each other or the courts to be fairer to Colorado voters than Colorado voters would be to themselves. That’s the idea driving amendments Y and Z on the state’s November ballot to allow independent commissions to draw electoral district…
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Hickenlooper opposes Trump Title X plan aimed at abortion funding
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Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper is urging the Trump administration to scrap its rules aimed at putting more distance between federal dollars and abortions. In May the Trump administration unveiled regulations on health care providers in the federal Title X Family Planning Program. Hickenlooper joins a list of Democratic governors resisting the proposal, characterizing it as…
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Stapleton to ag community: I’ll stand up for you with Trump administration
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State treasurer and Republican gubernatorial candidate Walker Stapleton hosted a roundtable Thursday for representatives of the agriculture community on trade and tariffs – a session that was closed to reporters. The forum, hosted at the Colorado Farm Bureau’s headquarters in Centennial, included Stapleton and three Republican members of the General Assembly: his lieutenant governor running…
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Family of deputy killed in ambush: Red-flag gun bill will save lives
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The family of a Douglas County sheriff’s deputy killed in an ambush in December spoke with Denver radio station 710 KNUS’ Craig Silverman Saturday about the imperiled bill to at least temporarily disarm people who are mentally ill or who are thought to be a threat to themselves or others. The Zackari Parrish III Violence…
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Bennet to Trump administration: Hear from the courts before chewing on Bears Ears
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Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet is telling the Trump administration to tap the brakes on its fast-moving plan to open up portions of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments in Utah for mining and drilling, until the courts have a say. He and 15 other Democratic senators sent a letter to Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke…
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Mike Coffman talks tough about next VA chief
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U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman was pretty hard on the last head of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and he’s not lowering the bar on the proposed replacement, who is mired in questions. Ronny L. Jackson, President Donald Trump’s former doctor, faces a tough road to confirmation over concerns about his qualifications and allegations about his…
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White House trade adviser says on Denver radio: ‘We come in peace’
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DENVER – White House trade director Peter Navarro told Coloradans nervous about a trade war that President Trump is just fighting back, not picking fights by leveling tariffs against Chinese goods. Trade war? “We come in peace,” Navarro said Thursday on “Business for Breakfast” to host Jimmy Sengenberger on Denver’s Money Talk 1690 AM. The…
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Bennet, Tipton talk energy, broadband and healthcare at Club 20 event
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GRAND JUNCTION – U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet and U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton talked Saturday about issues close to Western Colorado’s hearts and wallets. They told the spring meeting of the Club 20 Western Slope coalition what they’re doing in Washington to improve energy development, the high cost of healthcare, the slowness of rural broadband internet service…
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DeGette links EPA chief’s expensive travel to cutting regulations
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DENVER – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette was home in Denver Monday, telling members of the Sierra Club that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency needs to clean up its act and clean up the environment. The Sierra Club, the Environmental Defense Fund, the Natural Resources Defense Council and other environment groups announced Monday they will sue…
