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Lamborn challenger Owen Hill drops petitions, plans to seek ballot through GOP assembly
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State Sen. Owen Hill, one of four Republicans challenging U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn, has dropped plans to circulate petitions and will put all his chips on the 5th Congressional District assembly to make the June primary ballot, the Colorado Springs lawmaker told Colorado Politics. A campaign spokesman for Lamborn, who turned in petitions to the…
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Out West Roundup: Nebraska could end licensing requirement for horse massage
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Nebraska A little tight? Nebraska could end horse massage licensing LINCOLN – There are plenty of options for people looking for a massage in Nebraska, but if you’re a horse, you’re out of luck. Nebraska doesn’t have a single licensed equine massage therapist, and lawmakers who recently chipped away at regulations governing various other professions…
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House Democrats advance healthcare, jobs bills for rural Colorado
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House Democrats were pleased with themselves Thursday when they advanced a pair of partisan bills aimed at helping rural Colorado. Both were the work of Rep. Dylan Roberts, D-Eagle, who was appointed last October to fill the vacancy left when Democrat Diane Mitsch Bush of Steamboat Springs left the legislature to run for U.S. House.…
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Congress members from Colorado ‘disappointed’ with Trump’s tariffs
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Colorado’s congressional delegation includes some of the prominent Republicans pushing back on President Trump’s announcement Thursday afternoon to place tariffs of 25 percent tariff on steel and 10 percent on aluminum imports. Plenty of pundits and lawmakers fear the tariffs could set off a trade war with the European Union that could prove destructive to…
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Republican Walker Stapleton considering assembly bid in addition to petitioning on primary ballot
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Colorado State Treasurer Walker Stapleton, a front-runner for the Republican nomination for governor, has turned in petitions to qualify for the June primary but is considering also going through the assembly process – a move that could land him top-line designation on the ballot and potentially knock out the only other statewide elected official in…
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Rep. Dave Williams talks to the White House about Colorado’s sanctuary cities
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Rep. Dave Williams led a delegation of Colorado Republican lawmakers to the White House Thursday to talk about so-called sanctuary cities and what to do about them. Williams, a freshman lawmaker from Colorado Springs, has elevated the welcoming treatment Denver, Aurora and Boulder have extended to undocumented immigrants into the national positions favored by President…
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Senate votes to let Coloradans carry concealed guns without a permit
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The Colorado Senate gave a narrow passage to “constitutional carry” – carrying a concealed weapon without a permit – Thursday morning, one of the last gun bills filed so far this session. The Republican legislation likely faces the same outcome other gun bills have received in the Democratic -led House: certain defeat. Senate Bill 97…
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Senate Democratic Leader Lucia Guzman takes on Republicans over #MeToo
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Colorado Senate Democrats pushed back hard on the Senate Republicans’ request for Denver District Attorney Beth McCann to get involved in statehouse sexual harassment cases Wednesday afternoon. And they maintained the drumbeat for the expulsion of Sen. Randy Baumgardner, one of three Senate Republicans accused of improper conduct. Last, backed by GOP women, Senate President…
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Democrat Cary Kennedy wins gubernatorial preference poll at Colorado caucuses
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Democratic gubernatorial candidate Cary Kennedy scored a win at Colorado’s precinct caucuses Tuesday night, receiving exactly 50 percent of the vote in a preference poll conducted to kick off a multi-step process to qualify for the June primary ballot. The former state treasurer prevailed over U.S. Rep. Jared Polis, who scored 32.5 percent of the…
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Colorado set to become first state to let homeowners store energy in batteries
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A bill aimed at giving Colorado homeowners the right install electric storage batteries – a first in the nation -received final passage Monday with strong bipartisan support and is one its way to the governor. Sponsored by Sens. Stephen Fenberg, D-Boulder, and Kevin Priola, R-Henderson, the “Allow Electric Utility Customers Install Energy Storage Equipment” bill…
