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Guest Column: EPA mandates on carbon emissions should be challenged
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On Aug. 3 the Obama administration declared war on the Colorado economy. In the name of saving the planet from “climate change,” Coloradans will be required to pay sharply higher utility bills while restructuring our power generation plants to implement the costly – and likely unlawful – federal mandates for lower carbon emissions. Under this…
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Colorado at legal epicenter for business issues
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Three down and one to go.It was probably just coincidental, but in the past two years, Colorado has become a focal point of legal decisions on business issues with national implications. Three of the four cases giving our state this — from businesses’ perspectives — unwanted attention have been settled, with the biggest case still…
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Delegation firm on finishing Aurora hospital, holding VA accountable
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Like most Coloradans, the Congressional delegation was shocked and appalled in March when the Department of Veterans Affairs first informed us the VA replacement medical center in Aurora would cost a staggering $1.73 billion. The delegation had worked together to support an $800 million facility and helped authorize funds accordingly. These cost overruns and the…
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Delegation firm on finishing Aurora hospital, holding Dept. of Veterans Affairs accountable
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Like most Coloradans, the Congressional delegation was shocked and appalled in March when the Department of Veterans Affairs first informed us the VA replacement medical center in Aurora would cost a staggering $1.73 billion. The delegation had worked together to support an $800 million facility and helped authorize funds accordingly. These cost overruns and the…
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Tancredo: Keep military out of immigration debate
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Rep. Mike Coffman advocates opening U.S. military service to young illegal aliens who have qualified for President Obama’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals amnesty (“deferred action” means deferred deportation). Under the Obama DACA program, those young men and women are given a two-year legal status and a work permit, but they do not have permanent…
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Coffman: Let them serve
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Let me tell you the story of a constituent of mine named Humberto. His parents brought him to the United States at the age of 2, moving to Colorado when Humberto was 6. A few years ago, Humberto graduated from Aurora Central High School, the high school I attended before leaving after my junior year…
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Tancredo: Fifty shades of death in Colorado
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Maybe political correctness can’t kill you, but in progressive Boulder County it is protecting a baby killer from prosecution for murder. On March 18, Michelle Wilkins, a woman 34 weeks pregnant, was lured to a private home in Longmont to purchase baby clothes. Wilkins was attacked, her abdomen cut open and her healthy unborn baby,…
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Williams: Bill package moving to improve public trust
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Last fall, the West Steps of the Capitol were the scene of almost daily demonstrations by students and others motivated by what they saw as racial bias in deadly police encounters with minorities. Those demonstrations were mainly motivated by incidents in other states. But they resonated here in Colorado because our state, unfortunately, has had…
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Suthers sits atop Colorado Springs mayoral race
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COLORADO SPRINGS – The burning question surrounding the Colorado Springs mayoral race isn’t whether John Suthers will win. It’s whether he can garner the votes needed to avoid a post-election run-off. Even Suthers agrees that’s probably not going to happen. Given a packed field of six contenders plus a write-in candidate, it’s unlikely anyone will…
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Murder and rethinking juvenile sentencing: An interview with Rep. Dan Kagan
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State Representative Daniel Kagan, D-Cherry Hills Village, has introduced a bill to set a new range of sentences for juveniles convicted of first degree murder. Under current Colorado law, juveniles convicted of first degree murder face a sentence of life in prison with the possibility of parole after 40 years. In an interview with Catherine…
