stephen humphrey

Equifax hack inspires Colorado clampdown on credit reports

Feb 8, 2018

—

by

JOEY BUNCH

Colorado lawmakers began laying the bricks of a firewall for consumers who might be victims of identity theft as a result of such breaches as the Equifax hack last year. They started with children and at-risk adults. Most children don’t have credit histories, and often their clean credit is used in “family fraud,” by someone who…
Right will lead the right at CUT awards breakfast featuring — surprise! — Tancredo

Oct 10, 2017

—

by

DAN NJEGOMIR Colorado Politics

Tom Tancredo says he’s taking the public’s temperature, gauging its appetite for yet another gubernatorial run. A more world-weary reading of the former congressman/forever firebrand’s ad hoc stumping around the state is that it’s a case of, “Oh please, no! Really? Me? You want me to run for guv? Again?” Either way, Colorado’s favorite fusion…
Ethics commission could hear free pass case against Rep. Kim Ransom in October

Aug 28, 2017

—

by

JOEY BUNCH

A formal hearing into an ethics complaint filed against Rep. Kim Ransom of Lone Tree isn’t likely to take place before October, based on discussions of the complaint today with the Colorado Independent Ethics Commission. The complaint, filed last year by Lone Tree resident Charles Bucknam, alleges Ransom accepted a gift that exceeds the state’s…
Progressives groups release combined scorecards rating Colorado legislators

Jun 26, 2017

—

by

Ernest Luning

A group of liberal advocacy organizations for the first time released combined legislative scorecards this week, conglomerating assessments of the 100 Colorado lawmakers’ votes last session on key legislation the organizations said they plan to present to voters next year. A Republican who received among the lowest overall scores, however, dismissed the endeavor as a…
Colorado campus free speech bill signed into law (with high marks for bipartisan support)

Apr 5, 2017

—

by

John Tomasic

Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper on Tuesday signed a state campus free speech bill passed with wide bipartisan support in both chambers of the Legislature this year. “Once we limit free speech to a zone, we indicate to our students that free speech does not exist anywhere beyond that zone,” state Sen. Tim Neville, a Littleton…
Wilson discusses ‘ground-up’ education initiative in House GOP’s video update

Feb 18, 2017

—

by

Ernest Luning

Although it starts with a splash of levity, the House Republican caucus’s video update, posted on Friday, quickly moves onto more serious ground. “This is Jim Wilson from Salida, Colorado,” says state Rep. Yuelin Willett, R-Grand Junction, as his serious gaze dissolves into a grin and an imposing figure enters the frame, shooing away the…
Democrats reject GOP efforts to curb abortion, including ‘reversal method’

Feb 10, 2017

—

by

Peter Marcus

Democrats early Friday morning shot down a trio of bills pushed by abortion opponents following an 11-hour marathon hearing that saw an effort to reverse abortions. The bills that were rejected by the House Health, Insurance and Environment Committee on party-line votes included: House Bill 1086, sponsored by Reps. Justin Everett, R-Littleton, and Dan Nordberg, R-Colorado Springs, which…
Religious liberty bill fails; Denver chamber hopes it’s for good

Jan 26, 2017

—

by

JOEY BUNCH

The Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce is tired of debating doomed bills over religious liberty, and, moreover, chamber president and CEO Kelly Brough said arguing over it every year says the wrong thing about Colorado. “The very dangerous and divisive message that comes with this bill is one of lack of respect for others,” she…
Colorado Union of Taxpayers to laud pennywise lawmakers at breakfast Thursday

Jan 17, 2017

—

by

JOEY BUNCH

The Colorado Union of Taxpayers will hand out some awards and talk some statehouse politics at a breakfast Thursday at the Independence Institute in Denver. Tickets, $5 for CUT members and $15 for non-members, are still available online. Republican Senate President Kevin Grantham of Cañon City and House Assistant Minority Leader Cole Wist of Centennial…
Noonan: Sponsored bills reveal how House members do their job

Jun 22, 2016

—

by

Paula Noonan

Legislators make their mark through their sponsored bills. Sponsored bills show what issues legislators commit to, their bipartisan collegiality, their productivity in bills passed versus bills killed, and their dispositions related to bills that function as messages versus bills intended to become law. Legislators are supposed to sponsor no more than five bills, but only…