rep. faith winter
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IN RESPONSE: Rep. Lebsock is being unfairly tried in the press
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Rep. Steve Lebsock should not resign based on allegations. If he were to be found guilty after an independent investigation, he should most definitely resign. I worked for Rep. Lebsock from December 2014 until November 2017. My resignation had nothing to do with the allegations made against him. During the time I worked for him,…
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Goal! Adding accountability to state climate plan passes first test
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…and credit for that headline goes to the House Democrats’ deputy communications director, Katy Fleury; we couldn’t think of a more apt one. The touted legislation, introduced only last week by the chamber’s ruling party, comes at an opportune time even if is unlikely to make it through the General Assembly. It seeks to establish measurable goals for…
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House Dems advance paid-leave bill — toward certain doom in GOP Senate
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When the Senate GOP’s kill committee shot down a House Democratic bill last month mandating unpaid leave for workers in the private sector, they probably didn’t think they’d get another bite at the apple. You know, a chance to reconsider their opposition to such policies? As it turns out, they are being given just such an opportunity — another leave…
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House Ds launch another leave bill; Senate Rs ready another grave for it
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If you thought legislative Republicans didn’t like mandating unpaid leave for private-sector workers — they shot down that plan last month — just imagine what they think of a proposal for paid leave that requires workers statewide to cover the tab. Actually, you don’t have to imagine; the House minority GOP issued a press release Tuesday rebuking the Democratic majority after it approved a paid-leave…
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Democrats take aim at stubborn state pay inequity with raft of new bills
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Democratic lawmakers and supporters Thursday unveiled a suite of legislation aimed at closing the gender gap in salaries in Colorado on the seventh anniversary of the federal Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. Speakers pitched the bills as long overdue, saying the state had been trapped in a discriminatory past that was hobbling the economy and…
