The District 49 Board of Education in Colorado Springs last night approved a resolution to encourage the display in schools and other public buildings of the national motto “In God We Trust.”
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Polis Condemns Texas Abortion Law
Colorado Governor Jared Polis released a statement condemning Texas’ abortion laws and the Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who threatened hospitals with legal action should they perform an abortion for Kate Cox, who was diagnosed with an unviable pregnancy.
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El Paso County Politicos Prepare for 2024
Republicans looking to recover lost ground in 2024 will be pinning their hopes on legislative races in El Paso County. Last year, Democratic incumbent Rep. Marc Snyder (D-Manitou Springs) defeated Republican Shana Black, while Rep. Stephanie Vigil (D-Colorado Springs) squeezed out a narrow victory over Colorado Springs City Councilor Dave Donelson and Sen. Tony Exum (D-Colorado Springs) beat out former Sen. Dennis Hisey in newly redistricted Senate District 11.
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Hate Crimes Underreported Due to Distrust of Law Enforcement
Colorado Sen. Rhonda Fields (D-Aurora) and Attorney General Phil Weiser met Wednesday with representatives from the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), and members of the law enforcement community to discuss ways to address rising instances of hate crimes in Colorado.
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Marchers Urge Action on Immigration Reform
This weekend, immigration activists took part in a 60-mile pilgrimage from Denver to Greeley to urge U.S. Rep. Yadira Caraveo (D-CO) and Senators Michael Bennet (D-CO) and John Hickenlooper (D-CO) to support creating a pathway to citizenship by updating the federal registry law.
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‘It’s Make-Believe,’ Colorado GOP Hears from Authors of Monument Academy’s Transgender Policy
Colorado Rep. Don Wilson (R-Monument), attorney Brad Miller, and Monument Academy Board of Education President Ryan Graham discussed conservative education policy goals during yesterday’s bi-monthly Capitol Club luncheon.
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Boebert Continues To Call for an Abortion Ban, When Many Republicans Fear Backlash on the Issue
The success of pro-abortion ballot measures in California, Michigan, Vermont, and most recently in conservative-leaning Ohio demonstrate the electoral impact of abortion on voters. In Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District, U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) is facing a Republican primary and challenges from Democrats and Libertarians, all of whom have different stances on abortion.
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‘The Pro-life Community Finds Themselves on Their Heels:’ Activists React to National Abortion Ballot Measures
This month voters in Ohio passed a ballot initiative, Issue 1, that enshrined reproductive rights in the Ohio Constitution — contraception, fertility treatment, abortion, and miscarriage care — restoring Roe v. Wade-era access in Ohio and protecting “the right to abortion up to the point of fetal viability.” Former President Donald Trump carried Ohio with 53% of the vote in 2020, but 56.6% of voters supported Issue 1. Ohio joins California, Michigan, and Vermont in amending their state constitutions to protect abortion, and this has anti-abortion activists concerned.
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Leadership Institute Training: Action Items for Newly Conservative School Boards
This weekend, approximately 30 school board members, activists, and engaged citizens attended the Leadership Institute’s School Board and Education Policy Summit at the Colorado Springs Marriott. Founded in 1979 by Morton C. Blackwell, the conservative activist who was the youngest delegate for Barry Goldwater in 1964 and served as special assistant to Ronald Reagan, the Leadership Institute is an “explicitly conservative” 501(c)3 nonprofit that conducts a variety of political trainings across the country.
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Protesters Oppose Aid to Israel, Urge Cease-fire
Approximately 30 protesters gathered outside of U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper’s (D-CO) Colorado Springs office Monday afternoon to oppose military aid funding to Israel and urge Hickenlooper to support a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war.