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Capitol M – Behind the Scenes at the Colorado General Assembly 1/19/18
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BRRR It was so cold that….If you had to pick the most miserable-looking person at Monday’s Martin Luther King Jr. Marade, the winner, hands down, would be Gov. John Hickenlooper. (I would definitely make the top 10 because I fell on the ice and have bruises all over to prove it.) Not because he didn’t…
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Duck! The legislature’s in session! …But there’s no need to tell that to CUT
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Wikipedia reminds us it was the now-forgotten 19th century New York politician Gideon J. Tucker who observed, “No man’s life, liberty or property are safe while the Legislature is in session.” It’s a sentiment that nowadays draws more applause on the right than the left. And among those whose daily toils include wooing and cajoling lawmakers to…
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State ethics commission issuing subpoenas on ethics complaint against state Sen. Vicki Marble
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The Colorado Independent Ethics Commission Monday voted unanimously to issue subpoenas to state Sen. Vicki Marble, a Fort Collins Republican; her legislative aide; and an oil and gas company that paid for a Marble town hall last February. The complaint against Marble alleged that Extraction Oil and Gas paid for the February 15 town hall,…
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Right will lead the right at CUT awards breakfast featuring — surprise! — Tancredo
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Tom Tancredo says he’s taking the public’s temperature, gauging its appetite for yet another gubernatorial run. A more world-weary reading of the former congressman/forever firebrand’s ad hoc stumping around the state is that it’s a case of, “Oh please, no! Really? Me? You want me to run for guv? Again?” Either way, Colorado’s favorite fusion…
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Ethics commission dismisses complaint against former Glendale councilman on technicality
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The question of whether someone can file an ethics complaint with a home rule city or county and the state’s Independent Ethics Commission at the same time will wait another day for an answer. On Thursday the ethics commission dismissed a complaint against a former Glendale city councilman because the commission’s official views on home…
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Far more lawmakers get F’s than A’s on AFP-Colorado’s right-leaning report card
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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
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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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Ethics commission could hear free pass case against Rep. Kim Ransom in October
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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’
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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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Getting to yes, just saying no: Lawmakers Everett, Hansen and Kennedy talk session votes
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By one measure, state Rep. Justin Everett, a House Republican serving his third term in the Colorado General Assembly, and state Reps. Chris Hansen and Chris Kennedy, a pair of Democrats in their first terms, stand as far apart as any lawmakers at the Capitol, based on the votes they cast in the just-completed 2017…
