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Here are the legislative committee hearings of note for the week ahead at the Colorado Capitol. Committee schedules are subject to change. The daily schedule is available on the legislature’s website. Click here and scroll down to committee hearings to listen online. Some of the hottest bills of the session (civil rights, PERA reform) are up this week.…

Colorado political consulting firms take home Reed Awards for campaign work

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Ernest Luning

Three Colorado political consulting firms recently took home Reed Awards honoring their work producing campaign material last year. The awards, sponsored by Campaigns & Elections magazine and named for the political journal’s founder, Stanley Foster Reed, were handed out at a conference on Feb. 27 in Charleston, South Carolina. They recognized work in a multitude…

Trail Mix: The road to Colorado’s 2018 election, March 11 edition

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Ernest Luning

A STATEWIDE WIN’S A STATEWIDE WIN … State Treasurer Walker Stapleton, a leading Republican candidate for governor, was making the rounds at precinct caucuses Tuesday night at Lakewood High School, pitching his candidacy to Jeffco Republicans, who were convening in scattered classrooms. At one of his first stops, Stapleton delivered a rapid-fire introduction to the…

Bell Policy Center asks Colorado lawmakers to ‘stop digging’ for tax cuts, transportation

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Two left-leaning policy think tanks in Denver are calling out the Colorado legislature to put people over roads in transportation and tax-cut bills. “Colorado is one of the strongest state economies in the country, it’s in a ‘hole’ when it comes to funding the public supports that help many Colorado families and communities thrive,” states…

Capitol M: Week ending March 9

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Marianne Goodl

A weekly look at the lighter side, or something, of what goes on at the state Capitol. He did what?…Gov. John Hickenlooper didn’t participate in a caucus on Tuesday night. The governor explained he was double-booked and failed to remember that Caucus Night was on the horizon. But he also said that since voters…

Dignitaries unveil plaque depicting crest of USS Colorado nuclear attack submarine at state Capitol

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Ernest Luning

Gov. John Hickenlooper unveiled a bronze rendition of the crest of the USS Colorado in a ceremony Friday afternoon at the state Capitol, where the plaque will hang permanently as a reminder that the advanced nuclear attack submarine bears the state’s name. “We have every expectation that the new USS Colorado will faithfully continue representing this…

Rep. Mike Coffman’s VA bill applauded by Down syndrome advocates

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U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman, R-Aurora, is picking up advocates for Down Syndrome research in support of his bill to help veterans. Last week Coffman and Republican Reps. Pete Sessions of Texas and Cathy McMorris Rodgers of Washington introduced H.R. 5191, the Medical Improvement of Neurodegenerative Diseases (MIND) Act. If they can pass it, the bill…

Rep. Larry Liston’s economic news creates squabble with Pueblo

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Friday morning Colorado Springs Rep. Larry Liston sauntered to the speaker’s well in the House. Under the gold dome, he put some good news on the official record – at least good news to the right side of the chamber. “I just can’t help myself,” said the Republican lawmaker with an aw-shucks shrug, lifting his palms…

Colorado Republicans agree to fill Rep. Steve Lebsock’s House seat

Mar 9, 2018

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