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YESTERYEAR: Nicholson draws fire from pro-lifers
Twenty Years Ago this Week in The Colorado Statesman … Republican National Committee Chairman Jim Nicholson came under fire by an unlikely group of pro-life Republicans who compared his actions to those of Adolf Hitler. Nicholson, who considered himself pro-life, came under attack in early May 1997 by the American Constitution Party, the Colorado affiliate of the…
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Video: Neville, Leonard rush into void with think-tanky transportation proposal
Conservative state lawmakers, anticipating the death next week of a grand-bargain $3.5 billion transportation-funding bonding plan, are championing an alternative. Their proposal might be a long shot, but if ever were to experience a moment, this might be it. State Republican lawmakers Sen. Tim Neville from Littleton and Rep. Tim Leonard from Evergreen are touting…
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Dave Williams, colleagues return with Senate bill to battle sanctuary politicians, policies
Republican lawmakers have revived and revamped controversial legislation targeting so-called sanctuary jurisdictions and the politicians who support the policies behind them, although the new bill would only subject elected officials to lawsuits, not criminal prosecution. State Rep. Dave Williams, R-Colorado Springs, vowed in February that he would return with a measure in the GOP-controlled Senate…
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#Coleg Week 5: State Obamacare repeal, construction defects, weed clubs, tax breaks for private school parents, home energy storage
What’s happening this week under the gold dome? Here are some select highlights from the legislative schedule, all of which of course subject to change, given that there are 100 lawmakers and a million lobbyists in the building each day. Monday HB 1038, prohibiting corporal punishment in public school and state-licensed day care centers. The…
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Williams touts anti-sanctuary bill on national TV, blasts Democrats
State Rep. Dave Williams swung hard on national television Wednesday at opponents of legislation the Colorado Springs Republican introduced earlier in the week to subject politicians to lawsuits and criminal charges if they’ve helped establish “sanctuary” cities or other jurisdictions in Colorado. “This could be model legislation that could definitely hold these lawless politicians accountable…
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In battle pitting religious freedom against discrimination, a small surprise victory
Colorado House Republicans pitched a religious liberty bill last Wednesday to the Democratic-controlled State Affairs committee. It was the same kind of bill that has stirred hornets nest-like national protests in other states for fear that religious liberty might translate on the ground as discrimination. Republicans knew the bill, HB 1013, would die in committee,…
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The Hot Sheet — Some highly-speculative, presidential changing of the guard reporting for ya, Leonard goes to jail, Buck still hates D.C., crybaby electors head to court and … MORE!
VOL. 01 NO. 203 | DECEMBER 12, 2016 | COLORADOSTATESMAN.COM/THE-HOT-SHEET | © 2016 DENVER – A state representative going to jail during the holidays? For the first time in decades … Oh my! Wasn’t there something about this in the Book of Revelations? Goodness. Good morning, and happy Monday. We guess it’s happy. But it’s…
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Letter: Leonard ‘dust-up’ evidence of media bias?
Editor: Does anyone think that Rep. Tim Leonard’s travails have anything to do with the education of his children? Does a dust-up over iPad usage warrant 14 days in the slammer? If Leonard had told the child to ‘turn of the TV while doing homework’, could that have escalated into a term in Super-Max or Guantanamo?…
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Tim Leonard already weighing legislation to ‘clarify’ statute that landed him in jail
Jefferson County authorities jailed State Rep. Tim Leonard, R-Evergreen, Friday afternoon on contempt-of-court charges stemming from a longstanding series of disputes between the lawmaker and his ex-wife over education decisions for two of their minor children. Leonard was sentenced to serve 14 days behind bars at the Jefferson County Detention Center in Golden by District…