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Challenge begins to take shape for Denver Rep. Charlie Brown | A LOOK BACK
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Forty Years Ago This Week: Following what he said were in-depth conversations with staffers at both the Colorado Republican Party and Denver GOP headquarters, Gil Stockton said he was seriously considering entering the House District 11 race to unseat Rep. Charles Brown, Jr., D-Denver. “I’ve talked to a lot of people and I will probably…
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Governor orders flags lowered in Colorado Friday to honor firefighter Mike Freeman
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Gov. John Hickenlooper ordered flags lowered to half-staff on all public buildings statewide on Friday in memory of South Metro Firefighter Engineer Mike Freeman, who died peacefully at his home Sunday after battling cancer. Flags should be lowered from sunrise to sunset, the governor’s office said. Freeman began his firefighting career in 1974 with the…
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Governor orders flags lowered Monday until noon in observance of Memorial Day
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Gov. John Hickenlooper has ordered flags lowered to half-staff on all public buildings statewide on Monday in recognition of Memorial Day. Flags should be lowered from sunrise until noon, the governor’s office said. In an official proclamation, President Donald Trump declared Memorial Day as a day of prayer for permanent peace, asking Americans to unite…
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Gallagher: Remembering Ray Kogovsek
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I am so glad I was able to make Sen. Ray Kogovsek’s funeral Mass at St. Mary Help of Christians Slovenian Catholic Church in Pueblo May 5. It was Friday morning in his hometown and in the parish he grew up in. And a hometown occasion it was – a warm spring day with flowers bursting forth in the small…
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Governor orders flags lowered Monday in observance of Peace Officers Memorial Day
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Gov. John Hickenlooper ordered flags lowered to half-staff on all public buildings statewide on Monday in recognition of Peace Officers Memorial Day, the start of the national observance of Police Week. Flags should be lowered from sunrise to sunset, the governor’s office said. In an official proclamation, President Donald Trump declared Peace Officers Memorial Day…
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Smith: Kogovsek’s death leaves a tremendous void
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It is an enormous shock to read of the death of Ray Kogovsek, a superb public servant and a tireless supporter of his home town, Pueblo. I had the opportunity to serve in the Colorado House of Representatives for six of the years in which he served in the state Senate and it was always…
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You’re a congressman? How nice. Let’s put the lilies over there ….
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For many of us, funerals aren’t only about grieving, loss and remembrance but also about celebrating lives lived and, sometimes, even sharing a few laughs. Our thanks to Democratic insider Alan Salazar (nowadays, Denver Mayor Michael Hancock’s chief of staff) for sharing just such a mix of emotions from the funeral of Pueblo political Titan Ray…
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Governor orders flags lowered Thursday to honor former U.S. Rep. Ray Kogovsek
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Gov. John Hickenlooper has ordered flags lowered to half-staff on all public buildings statewide on Thursday to honor Pueblo native Ray Kogovsek, a former state lawmaker and congressman, who died Sunday night. Flags should be lowered from sunrise to sunset, the governor’s office said. Kogovsek, 75, a Democrat, served a decade in the Colorado Legislature — he…
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Pueblo political mainstay Ray Kogovsek passes on — and evokes a torrent of tributes
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The death Sunday of onetime 3rd Congressional District U.S. Rep. Ray Kogovsek — a legend in southern Colorado politics, a linchpin in the state Democratic Party and a friend to countless Coloradans — has prompted an outpouring of praise and memories from fellow Puebloans as well as the state’s political establishment. The Pueblo Chieftain’s Peter Roper…
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YESTERYEAR: Lamm threatens veto if GOP draws extremely favorable congressional maps
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Thirty-five Years Ago this week in The Colorado Statesman … House Majority Leader Ron Strahle’s congressional redistricting plan was already drawing veto threats from Gov. Dick Lamm, who swore he would never accept a Republican-drawn map that guaranteed the GOP five safe seats with just one seat a Democrat might win. Instead, Lamm proposed aiming…
