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Colorado lawmakers vote to give themselves a pay raise beginning in 2025
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Colorado House Democrats on Thursday voted to boost the pay of General Assembly lawmakers beginning in the 2025-26 fiscal year, with those living in the Denver metro area getting substantially more in actual dollars and rate increase than policymakers who reside outside. The cost to taxpayers for the higher per diems is just shy of…
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U.S. Supreme Court gerrymandering cases could influence Colorado
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Cases pending before the U.S. Supreme Court could have an impact on a potential Colorado vote on gerrymandering. Supporters of a change in Colorado’s redistricting law want to get the issue on the upcoming ballot in November. On March 28, the Supreme Court heard arguments in the case of Benisek v. Lamone concerning…
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Political protests seem at all time high, but do they work?
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Protests, email and letter writing campaigns targeted at members of Congress and packed town hall meetings have seemingly become the norm since Donald Trump assumed the presidency. Opposition is nothing new to anyone who’s sat in the Oval Office – or in any elected office for that matter – and tried to carry out new…
