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Colorado legislators scramble to find dollars to deal with illegal immigration crisis, and here’s a list of 4th CD candidates | WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
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Today is Feb. 20, 2024, and here’s what you need to know: Colorado’s policymakers are looking for ways to help communities grappling with the costs of accommodating roughly 40,000 immigrants who arrived in Colorado in the past year. The Department of Public Safety is requesting nearly $10 million in supplemental funding for organizations that offer…
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A LOOK BACK | Aspinall rejects GOP’s socialism claims during election season
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Fifty Years Ago This Week: U.S. Rep. Wayne Aspinall, D-CD4, was honored by the Mesa County Jane Jefferson Club in a special “Wayne Aspinall Night” meeting. Speaking to around 85 Mesa County Democratic women, Aspinall said that “Republican charges of increasing socialism in the federal government are unfounded.” Of the entire federal budget, he argued,…
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A LOOK BACK | Hot debate over reapportionment process changes
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Fifty Years Ago This Week: Mike Swift, executive director of Voters Organization to Effect Reapportionment (VOTER) told The Colorado Democrat that he hoped to get seventy thousand signatures on his proposed amendment, which called for a commission to reapportion state legislative seats based on population. VOTER was backed by the League of Women Voters, the…
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Cole Wist, former House Assistant Minority Leader, leaves GOP
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Former state Rep. Cole Wist of Centennial, who spent two years as assistant House Minority Leader in the 2017-18 sessions, announced Tuesday via Twitter that he’s leaving the GOP and becoming an unaffiliated voter. Wist has not been shy about expressing his frustration with the Republican Party, which he accused of abandoning its conservative principles…
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A LOOK BACK | Colorado activist meets with Reagan, Bush
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Forty Years Ago This Week: Arapahoe County Republican activist Freda Poundstone returned from a trip to Washington D.C. for what was a whirlwind trip of political meetings, and topping her agenda had been a meeting with President Ronald Reagan and Vice President George H.W. Bush. Poundstone had been one of just three representatives from the…
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INSIGHTS | Hickenlooper fits the mold of Jimmy Carter
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John Hickenlooper says he hasn’t made up his mind about what he’s going to do next with his life, when he’s no longer Colorado’s governor next January. I believe him. I’ve been covering Hickenlooper since he was a candidate for mayor 15 years ago. I read him like a novel. He’s not a liar, and…
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INSIGHTS | Serving up politics with food’s a tradition
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COLORADO SPRINGS – On a rainy Saturday at the foot of Pikes Peak, hundreds of politically engaged Coloradans gathered for politics slathered in tradition to hear candidates for governor answer questions. We had a Colorado Civic Barbecue on May 19, presented by the El Pomar Foundation’s Forum for Civic Advancement, The Gazette and Colorado Politics.…
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BIDLACK | Does honesty matter anymore in a president?
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Readers of a certain age will recall that in 1976, then California Governor Ronald Reagan did what many in politics thought was both foolish and disloyal – he ran a campaign for president against the sitting Republican, Gerald Ford. It was a bitter battle, with acrimony and insults all around. Many political thinkers believe that…
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‘Barack Obama Highway’ proposal sparks anger at the state Capitol
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Debate over a resolution offered in the Colorado legislature by House Democrats to rename a portion of Interstate 25 through Denver after President Barack Obama turned ugly late Tuesday. It was another nasty episode in a legislative session marked by increased polarization over issues such as guns and race – tied to immigration, civil rights, sanctuary cities…
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GOP has made things better for the small businesses that drive our economy
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Last week was National Small Business Week, an annual recognition of the big role that small businesses play in the country’s economic success. Small businesses drive local and national economic growth, job creation, and innovation, providing livelihoods for one million Coloradans and their families as well as improving the livelihoods of the rest. And this year there is…
