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Colo. Supreme Court rules Doug Lamborn didn’t make primary ballot
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In a stunning decision, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled Monday that Republican U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn didn’t gather enough valid petition signatures to qualify for the June primary ballot in his bid for a seventh term. Lamborn, however, plans to “immediately” file a federal lawsuit challenging the Colorado law that could keep him off the…
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THE PODIUM | Open court records — to expose sexual harassment from the bench
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I don’t know many women who haven’t experienced harassment, but until recently I hadn’t met any who filed a complaint or spoke publicly. Why is this? Because there’s no upside; most people don’t care. Every workplace has a process to handle complaints, but there is little interest in culture change. Six years ago when I…
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Lawsuit aims at Colorado voters’ decision to raise bar on amendments
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A Denver judge says proponents behind two recent ballot proposals can go forward with their lawsuit to overturn Colorado’s Amendment 71. U.S. District Judge William Martinez denied the state’s motion to dismiss the case. The lawsuit is a long way from decided, however, and plaintiffs don’t expect it to affect this year’s ballot, unless some…
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State ethics commission challenged over open records position, again
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The state’s Independent Ethics Commission has decided to write its own rules about how and whether it is subject to the state’s open records law, and that’s drawing pushback from the Colorado Press Association, the Colorado Broadcasters Association, the Secretary of State’s Office and other open records advocates. The commission, in court challenges to its…
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Kefalas confident privacy issues can be resolved in bill to modernize public records access
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State Sen. John Kefalas says he hopes that an amendment he plans to introduce in committee Wednesday will take care of the bulk of the privacy concerns raised over legislation he’s sponsoring that would require government agencies to produce public records in searchable digital formats. “I happen to be a person of faith,” the Fort…
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If not now, when? Presidential election reform proposal killed in Colorado, again
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Colorado Senate Republicans on Wednesday voted down a proposal to join the National Popular Vote Agreement, which would require Colorado to deliver all of its electoral college votes to the presidential candidate who wins the popular vote tallied from all 50 states. Ten states and the District of Columbia have already signed on to the…
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Kefalas on database open records bill: ‘We’re ready to engage’
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State Sen. John Kefalas has been working for years to open state databases to the public through the Colorado Open Records Act. His latest bill on the topic was scheduled for a hearing Monday, but news came hours before the hearing was set to begin that Kefalas would have to wait another week to start…
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Heavily anticipated hearing on state open records bill delayed
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A Senate committee hearing on a much-anticipated state open records bill was postponed Monday, taking the bill sponsor and witnesses lined up to testify by surprise. Senate Bill 40 was set to be heard in the Republican-controlled State Affairs committee this afternoon. News of the delay was announced on the floor of the Senate this…
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Growth limit proposal survives protests
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A proposed initiative to limit growth survived two protests before the Colorado Secretary of State‘s Initiative Title Setting Review Board, although some wording changes were made to clarify and address some of the concerns. The Wednesday, Jan. 4, hearing concerned what is being called Initiative 4 for the 2018 general election ballot, a measure proposed by…
