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Coloradans lead Governing’s list of top public officials
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When Governing magazine looked around the country for the best public officials, it found several in Colorado. The list of 10 honorees includes former Denver elections director Amber McReynolds, state prisons chief Rick Raemisch and state legislator Faith Winter. “Each of these public servants has laid out a bold vision for improving the lives of…
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Perlmutter denies offering accused lawmaker Lebsock a job
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The Colorado Republican Party on Wednesday called on Democratic U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter to explain whether he offered former state Rep. Steve Lebsock a job to avoid a scandal for the Democratic Party. The offer was alleged to be an incentive for Lebsock to resign, months before he was voted out of the legislature over sexual…
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Sex-harassment panel starts work at Colorado Capitol
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A bipartisan committee of the Colorado legislature began work Monday on policies that could change how sexual harassment complaints are handled at the state Capitol. The committee will hold four more meetings before making recommendations to legislative leaders who could adopt policies or, possibly, recommend legislation lawmakers could consider when the next session begins in…
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Duran, other members picked for Legislature’s workplace harassment panel
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All six members of a summer committee that will review the Colorado General Assembly’s workplace harassment policies have been chosen, with Speaker of the House Crisanta Duran among its members, Colorado Politics has learned. Sens. Bob Gardner of Colorado Springs and Beth Martinez Humenik of Thornton will represent Senate Republicans on the panel, known as…
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Lebsock, former aide circulated petitions for Dem candidate in House race
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Former Colorado state Rep. Steve Lebsock, in one of his final acts as a Democrat before being ousted from the legislature, helped a fellow Democrat with her eye on his former House seat collect signatures to get onto the ballot. Lebsock was booted from the General Assembly on March 2 for allegedly sexually harassing, then retaliating…
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ProgressNow picks winners and losers from the left’s view
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ProgressNow Colorado, the state’s best-known liberal advocacy group, has picked its winners and losers from the four-month legislative session that ended last week. And if you know ProgressNow’s partisan pugilistic tendencies, then it comes as no surprise that Democrats and their agenda looked good, but Republicans got a sock in the election-year kisser. But not entirely.…
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2018 Colo. legislature: Winners and losers from the session
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Winners House Assistant Majority Leader Alec Garnett of Denver and Assistant Minority Leader Cole Wist of Centennial: For the second year in a row, these two lawmakers on opposite sides of the aisle took on some of the toughest issues in the session. This year, that included the year’s most controversial bill – the “red flag”…
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Debate on red flag bill heats up late night in Colorado House
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Colorado’s House gave preliminary approval Wednesday night to the most controversial gun legislation of the 2018 session: the so-called “red flag” bill, House Bill 1436. The bill would allow law enforcement and/or family members of an at-risk person to obtain a temporary “extreme risk protective order” that would then allow a law enforcement officer to…
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Three sexual harassment accusers at the Colorado Capitol to be honored by pro-choice group
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Three of the women who accused former state Rep. Steve Lebsock of sexual harassment, leading to his expulsion from the legislature, will received awards from NARAL Pro-Choice Colorado, the organization said Friday. Cassie Tanner, Holly Tarry and Rep Faith Winter, D-Westminster, will receive “Nevertheless, We Persist” awards at the organization’s annual gala on May 12.…
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Candidates for legislature, state board of education qualify for ballot by petition
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Three legislative candidates and one candidate for the State Board of Education have successfully petitioned onto the June primary ballot, the Colorado Secretary of State’s office announced Thursday – although one of them just made it, with only a dozen signatures to spare. To get on the ballot for those offices by petition, candidates must…
