tracy kraft-tharp
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Coloradans remember Bob Briggs, ‘the epitome of a statesman’
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Former Rep. Bob Briggs, a Westminster Republican who served one term in the Colorado House, on Dec. 2 died of a heart attack. He was 83 years old and just three weeks shy of his 84th birthday. He is survived by his wife, two children, Christy (Briggs) Meiers of Erie and Robert “Chip” Briggs of Rocky…
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ENDORSEMENT WATCH | EMILY’s List gets behind Democratic legislative candidates
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EMILY’s List, a national group that backs pro-abortion-rights Democratic women candidates, has endorsed 14 Colorado legislative candidates, including a half dozen running for seats that could determine which party has the majority in the state Senate. The group’s president, Stephanie Schriock, said the group’s picks “have the backbones and experience to fight for Colorado’s women…
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With big changes in Colo. beer sales ahead, lawmakers scramble on rules
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Come Jan. 1, you should be able to walk into most Colorado grocery and convenience stores to buy full-strength beer, the result of a measure adopted by the General Assembly in 2016. But that measure failed to include rules for implementation. A bill currently working its way through the legislature in this session’s final days…
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House to take up bill to extend insurance for families of fallen police, firefighters
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With eight working days left in the General Assembly, the Colorado House will have to move fast to give families of fallen local officers and firefighters the same security of insurance extended to state troopers this session. Senate Bill 247 passed the upper chamber 35-0 last Thursday and awaits a yet-unscheduled committee hearing in the…
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Capitol M: Week of Feb. 9, 2018
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First an apology: if you can’t live without Capitol M (and if that’s the case, I worry about you) and missed last week’s column, I was confined to bed, battling the Capitol Crud. Take your Vitamin Cs and your other immune-boosting agents, please. Unveiling: the Capital (with an A) M. I’m scouting people and…
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Rep. Steve Lebsock launches filibuster that annoys fellow Democrats
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It lasted for the better part of 40 minutes, but Democratic Rep. Tracy Kraft-Tharp of Arvada said it felt like a lot longer than that. Late Monday morning, Democratic Rep. Steve Lebsock of Thornton launched into a filibuster of a bill to amend the Colorado Children’s Trust Fund Act. The bill would allow the organization…
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Hickenlooper signs first bill of 2018 session on nursing licensure
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With one day to spare, (whew!) Gov. John Hickenlooper Thursday signed into law the first bill passed by the 2018 General Assembly, a measure to help Colorado nurses. The new law would allow Colorado’s 78,000 nurses to participate in a 25-state compact that allows them to work across state lines. The compact had a deadline…
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Realtors name Reps. Tracy Kraft-Tharp and Matt Gray legislators of the year
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The Colorado Association of Realtors named Reps. Tracy Kraft-Tharp of Wheat Ridge and Matt Gray of Broomfield its legislators of the year last week. The association previously has presented the designation this year to Rep. Alec Garnett, D-Denver; Sen. Chris Holbert, R-Parker; and Rep. Kevin Van Winkle, R-Highlands Ranch. Kraft-Tharp, who is in her third…
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A Republican running for statehouse wants to be like Mike (Coffman)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehxaRM1ZTeo Colorado Politics has told you before that other Republican candidates could learn a lot about politicking from Mike Coffman. Now a statehouse candidate has. The congressman from Aurora has been running races in Colorado since before people knew Milli Vanilli was fake. And in 29 years, Coffman has never lost a race – not…
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Republican Attorney General Cynthia Coffman hails equality in Colorado at LGBT pride rally
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Colorado has some of the nation’s toughest non-discrimination laws but still has work to do, Republican Attorney General Cynthia Coffman said at a Denver rally for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered equality Sunday. Coffman, the lone Republican on a stage filled with Democratic elected officials and candidates, told the crowd she could also be the only…
