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Common Sense Institute names Kelly Caufield as its new Colorado leader
The Common Sense Institute tapped Kelly Caufield on Friday as executive director of the research organization’s Colorado branch. Denver-based Caufield will take the reins in Colorado as Kristin Strohm, the organization’s president and CEO, focuses on expanding the Common Sense Institute nationwide. Currently, the Common Sense Institute operates in Colorado and Arizona, with plans to…
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Colorado lawmakers take preliminary action on PERA repayment
Despite concerns around gubernatorial opposition to making up a missed 2020 payment to the Public Employees Retirement Association, the House Finance Committee took first action this week on House Bill 1029. That measure would not only make up the $225 million payment due in 2020 that was suspended due to the recession, but also add…
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Obama endorses Polis, other Colorado Democrats for midterm elections
Former President Barack Obama endorsed 13 Colorado Democrats Wednesday, including the gubernatorial ticket of Jared Polis and Dianne Primavera, calling them “leaders as diverse, patriotic, and big-hearted as the America they’re running to represent.” The list includes attorney general nominee Phil Weiser, who worked in the Obama Justice Department, and secretary of state nominee Jena Griswold,…
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Rep. Leslie Herod’s Leadership Fund announces primary endorsements
Most lawmakers with their own political action funds keep it on the down-low. But Rep. Leslie Herod is not most lawmakers. The Denver Democrat and first lesbian African-American woman elected to the Colorado General Assembly rolled out a list of endorsements Tuesday from the Herod Leadership Fund, which works to elect progressive candidates of color,…