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Q&A with Paul Lundeen | Senate Minority Leader seeks ‘honest, tangible relief’ for Coloradans
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As this year’s legislative session approaches, Senate Minority Leader Paul Lundeen looked back at 2023, insisting that Democratic leadership failed Coloradans and warning what could happen if the folks across the political aisle secure a supermajority advantage following the 2024 elections. The District 9 Republican also outlined his top priorities for the session that begins…
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Foote, Ginal chosen to replace Colorado state Sens. Jones, Kefalas
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Colorado state Rep. Mike Foote of Lafayette was chosen Saturday to replace state Sen. Matt Jones of Louisville by a Democratic Senate District 17 vacancy committee. On Sunday, state Rep. Joann Ginal of Fort Collins was chosen by a Democratic Senate District 14 vacancy committee to fill out the last two years of the term…
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2 more candidates enter Senate District 26 race in Denver suburbs
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Colorado Democratic state Rep. Jeff Bridges of Greenwood Village is no longer alone in his bid to succeed outgoing state Sen. Daniel Kagan. Kagan announced Dec. 5 he would step down from his Senate District 26 seat on Jan. 11, one week into the 2019 legislative session. The district includes areas of Denver’s south and southeast…
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Senate Transportation Committee, as expected, kills first special session bill
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The first day of the General Assembly’s special session held no surprises for anyone who listened to Senate Republicans early Monday morning: as expected, a bill to fix a drafting error in a measure from the 2017 regular session, went down on a party-line 3-2 vote. In a vote less than an hour later, the…
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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…
