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NOONAN: 61 independent expenditure committees plan to spend in 2018 — and hide their donors
Active independent expenditure committees, aka political action committees (PACs), currently number 61 registered at the Colorado Secretary of State’s Office. These committees collect money to support candidates. The sources of the funds are undeclared, so only the total amount of donations shows in Secretary of State’s Office forms. These PACS do not coordinate with candidates.…
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Far more lawmakers get F’s than A’s on AFP-Colorado’s right-leaning report card
Remember that high school teacher or college prof who was known as “an easy A”? The one you didn’t have to worry about too much around finals? No such luck for the 100 members of Colorado’s General Assembly – at least, not when it comes to the report card just issued on the lawmakers…
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Insights: How Republicans went to pot in Colorado
If U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions thinks he can score political points for Republicans by coming after Colorado’s pot, then a whole Phish concert would want what he must be smoking. State Sen. Tim Neville doesn’t like pot, not to smoke it or eat it. He didn’t vote to legalize in 2012, but like a…
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FROM 2017: Denver Rustlers ride again to the Colorado State Fair to hobnob and help kids sell livestock
A do-gooder delegation of more than 300 state and metro Denver politicians and business leaders descended on Pueblo, the Home of Heroes, Tuesday for the Junior Livestock Auction at the Colorado State Fair. The Denver Rustlers rode again for the 33rd year. More than 300 Rustlers filled three luxury buses to Pueblo, with several statewide…
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Ethics commission could hear free pass case against Rep. Kim Ransom in October
A formal hearing into an ethics complaint filed against Rep. Kim Ransom of Lone Tree isn’t likely to take place before October, based on discussions of the complaint today with the Colorado Independent Ethics Commission. The complaint, filed last year by Lone Tree resident Charles Bucknam, alleges Ransom accepted a gift that exceeds the state’s…
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Principles of Liberty Colorado organization releases legislative scorecard, honors ‘rock stars’
State Rep. Justin Everett, a Littleton Republican, ranked highest among Colorado lawmakers in the annual Principles of Liberty scorecard, the conservative organization announced Saturday at the Western Conservative Summit in Denver. Known as “Justin Neverett” and “Dr. No” for his propensity for voting “no” on legislation, Everett was one of nine legislators, all Republicans, to…
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High heat stirred legislators to bipartisan action in 2017 session
Tri-partisanship is on life support in Washington, D.C. The nation’s health-care system now has three irreconcilable options: Obamacare, RyanCare and MitchCare. It’s barely possible to see a path to WeAgreeOnThisOneCare. In our own square state, bipartisanship perked up at the end of the 2017 session, even though the bill that most carries the bipartisan brand…