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A LOOK BACK | Newspaper publishers come to Aspinall’s defense
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Sixty Years Ago This Week: When Republican U.S. Rep. Peter Dominick, CD-2, and Colorado Republican Party Chair Jean Tool cast shade on the voting record of Democratic U. S. Rep. Wayne Aspinall, CD-4, going so far as to insinuate that he was a “communist” sympathizer, the reactions were strong and immediate. But newspaper publishers from…
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A LOOK BACK | Webb victory advances climb in Denver city politics
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Thirty-Five Years Ago This Week: Wellington Webb’s election to Denver auditor, defeating opponent Bill Schroeder, came as a shock to few. The candidate had long been considered the favorite for victory and after claiming nearly 64% of the vote, Webb said his hopefulness had been rewarded. “I was always optimistic that I had a great…
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Colo. lawmaker Leonard drops re-election bid over child support issues
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Republican state Rep. Tim Leonard of Evergreen, who a month ago told a judge that he’s too busy as a lawmaker to get another job that could help him pay his child-support obligations, is dropping his bid for re-election to the House District 25 seat. Leonard made the announcement through Complete Colorado Wednesday morning. Leonard…
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Another Colo. House hopeful has problems with child support, says report
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Republican Don Bendell of Florence, who hopes to win a seat in the Colorado House of Representatives in November, failed to pay child support for more than a decade for the three children from his first marriage, according to Tuesday’s Pueblo Chieftain. According to Bendell’s three children, now adults, he didn’t pay child support for…
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Citizen legislature vs. child support? Lawmaker’s court hearing points to problems
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Lawmakers elected to the Colorado General Assembly are expected to be part-time. It’s why they’re paid so little ($30,000 a year, currently), and the session only lasts for 120 days per year. The rest of the year, they’re expected to handle legislative business on a part-time basis. Few lawmakers, if any, claim they can live…
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Bill to prevent 529 savings from being used for K-12 wins first approval in House
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Parents who want to tap into 529 savings accounts to cover K-12 private education – thanks to a change in a federal tax law that would allow it – might face tax headaches in Colorado. House lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have been trying to work out how Colorado law handles a change…
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Church and state divide GOP, Democratic Colorado lawmakers
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Democrats and Republicans argued over two bills that mixed church and state last week at the Colorado Capitol. Senate Bill 201 would extend an three-hour exemption from childcare licensing requirement for churches to six hours during church activities. The bill is set for another recorded vote on the Senate floor next Thursday. The legislation is…
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Reps. from Colo. regions burned by wildfires net $2M for preparedness
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DENVER – Two state representatives from regions of Colorado where wildfires have taken a heavy toll secured an amendment in the state budget approved by the House this week to help communities better prepare for the next conflagration. Republican Reps. Terri Carver of Colorado Springs and Tim Leonard of Evergreen made a case for $2…
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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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Rep. Dave Williams heads to the White House to talk immigration
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State Rep. Dave Williams, R-Colorado Springs, is scheduled to be at the White House Thursday to talk immigration with President Trump’s Domestic Policy Council. Williams has been a proponent of ending so-called sanctuary cities in Colorado, sponsoring unsuccessful legislation last year to allow public officials to be arrested if local policies on undocumented immigrants permit…
