tim leonard
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Colorado GOP legislators get behind Trump
With many Republican leaders – including some in Colorado – recently withdrawing their support or renouncing GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump after the release of a 2005 video recording of Trump bragging of what some consider sexual abuse of women, the Trump campaign in Colorado on Thursday, Oct. 13, touted newfound support of several Colorado…
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Nevilles, Everett, Marble take home top liberty lawmaker prize
The big news this year from the “no enemies to the right” Principles of Liberty legislator awards ceremony at the Western Conservative Summit is that Rep. Justin Everett, Littleton Republican and Master of No under the Gold Dome, placed second on the bill-ratings scorecard, trailing his friend and chief righty-politics competitor Rep. Patrick Neville, boy…
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Donna Lynne wins legislative confirmation as Colorado’s new lieutenant governor
Health care executive Donna Lynne will be Colorado’s new lieutenant governor. Lynne was approved by the Senate on a 35-0 vote Wednesday night after winning unanimous approval by the five members of the Senate State Affairs committee earlier in the afternoon. Gov. John Hickenlooper announced Lynne as his choice to replace outgoing Lt. Gov.…
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House green lights Lynne nomination for lieutenant governor
The House voted to approve the nomination of Donna Lynne as Colorado lieutenant governor on Friday by an overwhelming 54 -11 vote. Gov. John Hickenlooper announced Lynne as his choice to replace outgoing Lt. Gov. Joe Garcia at the end of March. Hickenlooper touted Lynne’s experience as a top-level figure in corporate and government settings.…
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Not personal: Neville, Leonard on why they oppose Lynne nomination for lieutenant governor
The Colorado House state affairs committee voted 6-2 to approve the nomination of Donna Lynne for lieutenant governor on Wednesday. The hearing went smoothly. Lynne was quick with thoughtful responses to questions. She told jokes that drew laughs. She was familiar with the concerns of committee members because she had met with them individually before…
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Primary elections bill weathers first test in the House
Democrats on the House State Affairs committee voted Monday to advance a bill that would bring presidential primary voting back to Colorado in the wake of wide frustrations with the caucus system voiced by voters this spring. The hearing was a first hurdle cleared on a long track with time ticking down fast to the…
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Leonard: Meddling in foreign affairs and PERA’s investment portfolio
Both the Colorado House of Representatives and Senate have recently passed a form of a proposed law directing the Public Employees Retirement Association (PERA) to research, review, and if necessary, change its investments in any foreign company which has involved itself in economic sanctions against Israel (the BDS movement — Divestment, Boycott, and Sanction). Never…
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Hickenlooper signs Nordberg-Moreno bill to fight anti-Israel boycott
A bill sponsored by a bipartisan coalition of representatives and senators fighting an international boycott of Israel sailed through the process this session, clearing its last hurdle Friday when Gov. John Hickenlooper signed it into law in the ceremonial chambers of the governor’s state Capitol offices. With nearly half of the 120-day legislative session remaining, this was a quick deal,…
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Lawmakers look to put more service dogs to work helping vets (video)
A pilot program aimed at teaching military veterans how to train service dogs to help them cope with issues like post traumatic stress disorder is one step closer to becoming a reality. The program proposed in HB 1112 by Rep. Lois Landgraf, R-Fountain, would spend $130,000 from the state’s Veterans Trust Fund. The bill passed…