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Vice President Harris to give Air Force Academy commencement speech
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The Air Force Academy announced Tuesday that Vice President Kamala Harris will give the keynote speech at graduation on May 30. As vice president, Harris is part of the regular rotation of speakers for the academy, which graduates about 1,000 cadets each year. This is her first time speaking to the Air Force Academy graduating…
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Hundreds in Denver rally to support Ukraine on 2nd anniversary of Russian invasion
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Hundreds of Ukraine supporters gathered at a rally at the Colorado state Capitol in Denver on Saturday to mark the second anniversary of Russia’s invasion of the U.S. ally. “Today, we are asking members of U.S. Congress to step up and vote for help to Ukraine,” said Marina Dubrova, president of Ukrainians of Colorado, which…
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Colorado’s Jason Crow stresses urgency of Ukraine aid, slams Trump for NATO comments | TRAIL MIX
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Fresh from a trip to Ukraine as part of a bipartisan congressional delegation, U.S. Rep. Jason Crow, an Aurora Democrat, warned this week that the situation “couldn’t be more dire,” as the U.S. ally runs low on military hardware after nearly two years of fighting against Russian invaders. In an interview with Colorado Politics, Crow,…
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Colorado House speaker turns away Israeli families, proposal requiring pet registration is likely dead | WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
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Today is Feb. 6, 2024, and here’s what you need to know: A delegation of Israeli officials and representatives of six families of hostages and victims of the Oct. 7 Hamas attack was turned away Monday by House Speaker Julie McCluskie. That wasn’t how it was supposed to happen, according to Rep. Ron Weinberg, R-Loveland,…
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Garnett’s gambit: House speaker fights for legacy-defining fentanyl bill in final year as legislator
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When House Speaker Alec Garnett sat down with Colorado Politics in January to reflect on his last year in office, he said he always prefers taking on “one tough one than a bunch of consensus-driven ideas.” “I always tell Emily that I’m going to focus on one big thing,” said Garnett, one of the youngest to…
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With new state House and Senate maps, let the games begin
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The wait is over. And the scramble has begun. Now that the Colorado Supreme Court has approved new state House and Senate maps, candidates are crafting designs to run for more competitive seats that also appear to shrink the influence of rural communities at the state Capitol. The new maps will reshape Colorado’s political landscape, and,…
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Newly revealed interactions added to redistricting lobbying complaint
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A complaint filed against a group of Republican political consultants and lobbyists, accusing them of failing to file proper redistricting lobbying disclosure, grew larger Monday, when the complainant added new interactions between the complaint targets and Colorado’s redistricting commissioners. The complaint, initially filed with the Colorado Secretary of State in August, accused Republican political consultant…
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Redistricting lobbying laws violated, new complaint alleges
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A complaint filed today with the Colorado Secretary of State accuses a group of secretly-funded political operatives of illegally lobbying the state’s redistricting commissioners. The complaint, filed by former Democratic state lawmaker Stanley Matsunaka, accuses former Colorado House Speaker Frank McNulty and former Colorado House and Senate member Greg Brophy, both Republicans, of lobbying the state’s…
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Redistricting commissions’ maps ripped in Arvada
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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…
