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TRAIL MIX | Candidate switcheroos are nothing new in Colorado
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Wouldn’t you know it, less than a week after last week’s Trail Mix column went to press, it was obsolete. In the holiday news lull, it had seemed like a good opportunity to take stock of the candidate line-ups in major Colorado races. While savvy political watchers have been expecting at least a few additional contenders…
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Colorado lawmakers hope winter-driving bill gains traction
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Winter driving this year has been a little trickier, with (thank goodness) more snow this year. But that means that motorists have to be a little more in tune with what’s on their vehicles to get them through winter driving conditions. Three state lawmakers want to tighten up the rules around the equipment on people’s…
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Committee fills vacancy in northwest Colorado’s House District 57
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A month after the Colorado General Assembly opened its session, we now know who all the legislators are. Perry Will of New Castle, an area wildlife manager for the Colorado Division of Parks and Wildlife, was chosen Tuesday by a Colorado House District 57 vacancy committee to replace now-state Sen. Bob Rankin of Carbondale. That’s the…
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Colorado Sen. Kagan to resign; 3rd Senate Democrat to announce exit
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State Sen. Daniel Kagan says he will resign his Arapahoe County seat effective Jan. 11. He is the third Senate Democrat to announce plans to exit in coming weeks. The Cherry Hills Village Democrat said it has been “a great honor to serve the people of Colorado for just short of a decade. An important…
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Sex-harassment panel starts work at Colorado Capitol
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A bipartisan committee of the Colorado legislature began work Monday on policies that could change how sexual harassment complaints are handled at the state Capitol. The committee will hold four more meetings before making recommendations to legislative leaders who could adopt policies or, possibly, recommend legislation lawmakers could consider when the next session begins in…
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Duran, other members picked for Legislature’s workplace harassment panel
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All six members of a summer committee that will review the Colorado General Assembly’s workplace harassment policies have been chosen, with Speaker of the House Crisanta Duran among its members, Colorado Politics has learned. Sens. Bob Gardner of Colorado Springs and Beth Martinez Humenik of Thornton will represent Senate Republicans on the panel, known as…
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Colo. newspaper advocate hails ruling on Trump Twitter blocks
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Wednesday’s federal court ruling saying it’s unconstitutional for President Donald Trump to block his critics on Twitter cheers the head of a trade and advocacy group representing Colorado newspapers. It isn’t so much about politics but about the concept of freedom of speech, Jerry Raehal, CEO of the Colorado Press Association, told Colorado Politics Wednesday.…
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ProgressNow picks winners and losers from the left’s view
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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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2018 Colo. legislature: Winners and losers from the session
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Winners House Assistant Majority Leader Alec Garnett of Denver and Assistant Minority Leader Cole Wist of Centennial: For the second year in a row, these two lawmakers on opposite sides of the aisle took on some of the toughest issues in the session. This year, that included the year’s most controversial bill – the “red flag”…
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Gavel falls on Colo. legislature’s brawls and breakthroughs
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Denver Zoo brought birds and reptiles to show off at the Colorado Capitol Wednesday – fitting for the last day of a four-month legislative session that was at times a wild kingdom of laws, policies and politics, and at others a close encounter with the #MeToo era. Lawmakers finally wrapped up their work in the…
