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State Rep. Leslie Herod joins race for Denver mayor
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Colorado Rep. Leslie Herod is joining the race to be Denver mayor, adding a major name to an already crowded field of candidates. Herod announced her candidacy Thursday, seeking to replace term-limited Mayor Michael Hancock when his third term ends in 2023. At least 10 other candidates have filed paperwork to run, including longtime Denver…
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House panel rejects what some called an Amendment 2 repeat
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DENVER – A bill many feared would take Colorado back to its 1992 reputation as the “hate state” failed in a state House of Representatives committee Tuesday night on a party-line vote. House Bill 1206 would have allowed those with “sincerely-held religious beliefs” to discriminate against LGBTQ individuals, according to witnesses who testified on the…
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Women make the world go ’round — in politics and beyond
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Women are the framework in which our nation is built. We have the power to shift the trajectory of economics and culture, and seemingly anything our hands touch prospers. We’ve always been at the helm of what makes this world go ’round. From the delivery room, to the boardroom we make it happen. Beyonce said…
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National forfeiture foe says ‘Colorado now has the best laws in the nation’
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Washington, D.C.-based civil-liberties watchdog Institute for Justice joined in the applause for Gov. John Hickenlooper’s decision Friday to sign into law a much-debated rollback of state and local law enforcement’s civil-forfeiture powers. The new law includes a number of checks on those powers including a provision that drew dogged opposition from Colorado’s law-enforcement agencies: State and local…
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Colorado bill would make law enforcement account for what it takes
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One of the more controversial tools that law enforcement agencies have acquired in the era of the war on drugs — seizing cash and property they believe to be associated with a crime — will have to better account for itself under bipartisan legislation now on its way to Gov. John Hickenlooper for his signature. House…
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How will that bill affect seniors? Minorities … ? Democrats aim to find out
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The almighty “fiscal note” is a legislative fixture known to just about everybody under the dome. It’s sometimes dreaded, as well. Prepared by the legislature’s nonpartisan policy staff, it is an assessment of the impact every bill has on the state’s budget, and a hefty fiscal note can doom legislation deemed too expensive. Now, ruling Democrats in the House are proposing…
