rep. polly lawrence
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THE PODIUM | Open court records — to expose sexual harassment from the bench
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I don’t know many women who haven’t experienced harassment, but until recently I hadn’t met any who filed a complaint or spoke publicly. Why is this? Because there’s no upside; most people don’t care. Every workplace has a process to handle complaints, but there is little interest in culture change. Six years ago when I…
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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…
