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CAPITOL M | Jan. 20-26: More chile chatter; memorabilia rescued

Jan 26, 2019

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Colorado Politics

Rep. Hugh McKean gets his comeuppance. Photo courtesy of Rep. Daneya Esgar, supplier of the t-shirt. Chiles, round two: The superiority of the Pueblo Chile has been confirmed, at least in state Rep. Hugh McKean’s mind. Capitol M fans may recall that the Republican from Loveland really wound up Democratic Rep. Daneya Esgar of Pueblo…
Pueblo Chile plate heads to Colorado governor hot off loss to New Mexico

Apr 12, 2017

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Joey Bunch

Every legislative session, at least one bill gets an outsized amount of attention. This year, it’s the Pueblo Chile specialty license plate. On Tuesday the state Senate passed House Bill 1012 to the governor to be signed into law. Maybe it was the heat of competition. Legislators in Colorado and New Mexico were racing to…
The heat is on: Lawmakers trying to win the chile race with New Mexico

Mar 1, 2017

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JOEY BUNCH

Heat is building under the campaign to let Coloradans put something delicious on your license plate and honor southern Colorado chile growers. Lawmakers in Colorado and New Mexico are running legislation to create their respective chiles – the Pueblo Chile for Colorado and the Hatch chile from New Mexico. The fight is about more than license plates.…
Want Pueblo Chile on your plate? Call your legislator today

Feb 3, 2017

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JOEY BUNCH

If things go as they usually do on these things, you can soon ride with pride with the Pueblo Chile. House Bill 1012 would create a special license plate to honor the pepper that’s the pride of Pueblo. The bill passed its first hurdle Thursday, when the House Transportation and Energy Committee gave it an…
Heat of the moment: Rep. Clarice Navarro taking Pueblo Chile to D.C. party

Jan 13, 2017

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JOEY BUNCH

They might serve caviar at some parties or red-meat politics at another. But that’s not Clarice Navarro’s party. The state representative from Pueblo, an ally and adviser to Donald Trump, is making sure the Pueblo Chile is on the menu. Navarro is on the host committee for the Latino Inaugural 2017 Gala in Washington, D.C., next…

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CAPITOL M | Jan. 20-26: More chile chatter; memorabilia rescued

Pueblo Chile plate heads to Colorado governor hot off loss to New Mexico

The heat is on: Lawmakers trying to win the chile race with New Mexico

Want Pueblo Chile on your plate? Call your legislator today

Heat of the moment: Rep. Clarice Navarro taking Pueblo Chile to D.C. party