Politics in Colorado have a reputation as being clean and corruption-free. An ongoing investigation by the Colorado Times Recorder into the personal financial disclosures of the state legislature, however, calls this reputation into question.
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FACT CHECK: Did U.S. Senate Candidate Ron Hanks Hack Voting Machines?
In a move rarely advised by campaign consultants, a Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate may have confessed to a serious crime.
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‘We Are Headed For a Civil War,’ CO GOP Statehouse Candidate Warns
The Blue Spruce Bed & Breakfast sits nestled among the conifers of southern Colorado, looking out over the San Juans from a few miles northeast of Durango. Its owner, Shelli Shaw, believes that Joe Biden stole the 2020 presidential election from Donald Trump, and that it was Antifa and BLM activists who attacked the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. She feels that a second American civil war is imminent — and in November she may be elected to public office.
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A First in 643 Years? Anti-Gay Denver Archbishop Warns of Catholic ‘Schism’
Denver’s Archbishop, Samuel J. Aquila, has entered the fray in an internecine battle which some fear could split the Catholic Church. Last week, Aquila joined 73 other bishops from around the globe in signing an open letter to the bishops of Germany regarding a series of reform-minded conferences in the German church known as the Synodal Path.
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Proposed Laws Would Save Millions for Families, Businesses
Bills aimed at saving money for Colorado families, businesses, and mental health professionals cleared a hurdle in the House Finance Committee last week. If passed by the legislature as a whole, the three bills could amount to $60 million in annual savings for Coloradans and provide some measure of relief from economic inflation.
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Lawmakers Should Address Social and Racial Inequalities Through Tax Reform, Say Panelists
Inequality under the federal tax code amounts to “a civil rights issue.” That’s what Dr. Dorothy A. Brown, a nationally renowned tax expert, told a Colorado audience on Monday in a discussion organized by Colorado’s Fund Our Future, a coalition of progressive groups including Colorado Fiscal Institute, the Center for Health Progress, and others.