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Latino community advocates: Colorado redistricting plan needs big changes
The Colorado House and Senate district map being toured around the state for public input doesn’t provide adequate voting power to the state’s Hispanic and Latino communities, according to the Colorado Latino Leadership Advocacy & Research Organization. The prominent statewide advocacy organization proposed a total overhaul of the proposed legislative district maps, with a special…
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Redistricting commissions’ maps ripped in Arvada
Colorado’s independent redistricting commissioners got an earful Tuesday night in Arvada – from the biggest crowd yet at a public input hearing – about the preliminary draft maps unveiled in June. It was the first public input hearing in a metro area, after the first three, held over the weekend in rural, eastern parts of the state. The…
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ANALYSIS | Proposed legislative draft maps from Colorado redistricting commission show Dems lose ground in House
Early analysis of the preliminary draft of maps for the state Senate and House show that there will be plenty of competition, mostly between incumbents, and often within the same party. What was released by Colorado’s legislative redistricting commission on Tuesday is only a “starting point” map, like the preliminary draft congressional map released last…
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Congressional deal means Space Force cleared for launch
A rare congressional compromise, backed by the White House and set for a vote this week, will give birth to a new military service for space, with Colorado airmen forming the core cadre of the new Space Force. Details on the new service were sparse Monday, but insiders say it will fall under the Department…
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What the first 10 bills in each chamber tell us about the 2019 Colorado General Assembly
More than 100 bills were introduced on Friday, the opening day of the 2019 Colorado General Assembly session. Some of the first 10 in each chamber begin to tell the tale of Democrats’ priorities – and which Republicans are likely to join in on those discussions. If there’s one area where bipartisanship seems most likely, it’s…
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4 ex-Colorado senators sign letter calling on Senate to defend democracy
Four Coloradans are among 44 former U.S. senators who signed a letter in The Washington Post saying the Senate must stand in “defense of our democracy” as the nation enters “a dangerous period.” “As former members of the U.S. Senate, Democrats and Republicans, it is our shared view that we are entering a dangerous period,…
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CAPITOL M | What’s happening while you’re waiting for the 2019 session
The Colorado state Capitol at sunset as seen from a drone. (iStock/Getty Images)(Photo by nick1803, iStock/Getty Images) With Colorado’s 2019 legislative session just weeks away – it starts on Friday, Jan. 4 – the state Capitol is starting to buzz with new lawmakers and the old hands coming back to grab committee assignments, laptops and other such…
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Colorado lawmakers defer new misconduct policy to 2019
DENVER – Colorado lawmakers passed 432 bills during their just-concluded 2018 session. But despite the tumult over a spate of sexual misconduct cases, they decided to let next year’s leaders adopt updates to a harassment policy that could provide stricter ground rules for deterring bad behavior, punishing it and letting voters know about it. Leaders…
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Mitt Romney: Can the insider play the insurgent in Senate race?
WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah – Mitt Romney threatening to shut down the government is probably not what Republicans in Washington were expecting from one of the leading establishment figures of their party over the past two decades. The 71-year-old, former presidential nominee is vowing to do whatever it takes to end profligate federal spending and…
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Senate gives preliminary OK to 2018-19 state budget
DENVER – The Colorado Senate gave preliminary approval Wednesday to House Bill 1322, the Long Appropriations Bill, working through 78 84 85 118 (oh heck, I give up!) amendments proposed to the $28.9 billion state budget into late Wednesday night. By evening’s end, the Senate managed to blow an even bigger hole in the state budget ($73 million…