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ProgressNow picks winners and losers from the left’s view
ProgressNow Colorado, the state’s best-known liberal advocacy group, has picked its winners and losers from the four-month legislative session that ended last week. And if you know ProgressNow’s partisan pugilistic tendencies, then it comes as no surprise that Democrats and their agenda looked good, but Republicans got a sock in the election-year kisser. But not entirely.…
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FEEDBACK | Teachers, guns & money — and more
More money into the system – or better pay for the best teachers? The recent opinion piece from Colorado teacher Jill Cullis shed some light on the problems facing Colorado’s schools. Recent increases in funding, with the bulk of those dollars not going to teachers’ salaries, is the real problem. During Teacher Appreciation Week, we should…
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Cover Story: ‘Anybody’s ballgame’ — crowded ballots, wide-open primaries make for a wild governor’s race
DENVER – For the first time in 20 years, Colorado voters in both parties are faced this year with contested primaries for an open seat for governor. While the race to replace term-limited Gov. John Hickenlooper has been underway for more than a year and front-runners have emerged, the June primary ballot likely won’t be…
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Petition misdeeds? Colo. secretary of state weighs in on signature allegations in governor’s race
DENVER – Colorado Secretary of State Wayne Williams said Friday that his office has found no evidence to back up accusations leveled this week by a Republican candidate for governor that a rival’s petition signatures were gathered illegally and should be thrown out. “We have not seen any evidence” proving alleged wrongdoing by petition circulators…
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Groups pushing Colo. redistricting change join up to get on the ballot
DENVER – Fair Districts Colorado and People Not Politicians, two groups that want to reconfigure how the state draws congressional and legislative boundaries, will work together in a bid to get measures on the ballot in November, they said in a joint announcement Tuesday. “This is a victory for compromise and common sense over partisanship and…
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Trail Mix: The road to Colorado’s 2018 election, Feb. 11 edition
I’LL SEE YOUR BERNIE AND RAISE A JOYCE FOSTER … The battle of the bold-faced names is on in the House District 9 Democratic primary, where three-term incumbent state Rep. Paul Rosenthal is facing two candidates seeking to dislodge him from the southeast Denver seat. Less than a week had passed since Bernie Sanders –…
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Mike Coffman donates campaign cash from GOP colleague who settled sexual harassment complaint
A Democrat challenging U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman on Wednesday called on the Aurora Republican to unload $10,000 in campaign contributions from a fellow GOP lawmaker under fire for settling a former aide’s sexual harassment complaint with taxpayer money – but a Coffman spokesman said he’d already donated the funds earlier in the day to a local…
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Republicans crow, Democrats squabble as game of chicken over shutdown ends, for now
Enough Senate Democrats blinked Monday and voted with majority Republicans to fund the federal government for three more weeks – bringing an end to a three-day government shutdown – after receiving a commitment to vote on immigration legislation by early February, leading GOP lawmakers to declare grudging victory as divided Democrats endured stinging criticism from…
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Anti-abortion extremists host protest on day of Women’s March, steal anti-slavery language
If you get lost on your way to the Women’s March this Saturday and find yourself walking past the “March for Abolition,” don’t expect to hear any homage paid to Frederick Douglass, Nat Turner or Harriet Tubman. The so called “Colorado Right To Life” organization has foolishly appropriated language rooted in the anti-slavery movement in…