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Colorado temporarily suspended state flag program after giving flag to ‘Gays Against Groomers’
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Colorado temporarily suspended a program that allows people to buy a state flag that has been flown over the Capitol after the state government gave a flag to Gays Against Groomers. The program is back up and running after officials made modifications to its website and the form to procure the flag. Gays Against Groomers…
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OUT WEST ROUNDUP | Idaho moves ahead with grizzly hunting season; judge weighs if neo-Nazi ‘troll storm’ is protected
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Idaho State moves ahead with possible grizzly bear hunting season BOISE – Idaho officials have started the process of opening a grizzly bear hunting season this fall that would allow the killing of one male grizzly. The Fish and Game Commission in a 7-0 vote last week directed the Department of Fish and Game to…
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Former U.S. Attorney Henry Solano endorses Amy Padden for AG
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Henry Solano, the district attorney for Las Animas and Huerfano counties, is throwing his endorsement for Colorado attorney general to Democrat Amy Padden. Solano is a former assistant Colorado attorney general and served as the U.S. attorney for Colorado during the Clinton administration. He also served as the solicitor of labor in the Clinton administration.…
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Attacks on free speech aren’t just confined to college campuses
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In the 2017 session of the Colorado General Assembly, I cosponsored legislation to create additional protections for free speech on Colorado university campuses, and the bill passed with unanimous support from both Republicans and Democrats. Yet, what was most amazing was not the bipartisan support but the fact that the bill was necessary in the…
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Tom Tancredo says left has stoked ‘victim groups’ for years before Charlottesville
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Former U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo, one of the country’s highest profile advocate for immigration reform – he ran for the Republican nomination for president in 2008 on the platform – said Sunday it’s the political left that has stoked the flames of “victim groups” for decades to win their support at the ballot box. “It…
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ICYMI: She’s back!, we have hate groups and daylight savings to stay?
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? It’s always interesting – sometimes pretty fun, too – when someone takes is upon themselves to act as a citizen watchdog. One of the more well-known such people in Colorado politics is back in news, as ColoradoPolitics.com tells us about Marilyn Marks and her latest pet issue – of course, related to election integrity. It’s…
