Peter Yu, a Republican candidate to unseat U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO) in 2022, said last month that he supports providing federal government services exclusively in English.
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‘You’re a Dirty Fracking Liar!’ CO Enviro Protesters Crash Oil and Gas Gala
Inscribed on the walls of the downtown Denver Hyatt Regency hotel is a poem by John Ruskin titled “O’ Truth of the Earth.” The poem is an ode to mountains, fitting for a building with a pristine view of the Rocky Mountains. It reads:
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‘Living in a Community Polluted by Others,’ Enviro Advocacy Group Monitors Air Quality Through Collaboration
Beginning in November, an environmental justice group will distribute air-quality monitors to the residents of Commerce City and to the north Denver neighborhoods Globeville and Elyria-Swansea.
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CO Health Care Advocates Say New Policies Are Keeping Insurance Rates Stable
Yesterday, Colorado’s Division of Insurance released finalized health insurance rates for 2022. Individual market premiums will increase 1.1% while small group (businesses with 2-100 employees) market premiums will increase 4.4%.
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Poll: 60% of CO Latinos Had Pay Cut or Had Household Member Lose Job During Pandemic
Findings from a poll released today show that Colorado Latinos, who faced a myriad of challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic, are looking to state and federal lawmakers to address issues in jobs, housing, and internet access for their communities.
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Three of Colorado Republicans’ 2021 Awardees Are Election Fraud Conspiracists
At the annual Colorado GOP Awards Banquet, held last month in Pueblo, the state party gave its top awards to Republicans who have fostered debunked conspiracy theories about how the 2020 presidential election was fraudulent.
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GOP Senate Hopeful Eli Bremer Saw No Voter Fraud in CO in 2020, Stays Silent on National Results
In his campaign announcement to challenge U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO) in 2022, far-right state Rep. Ron Hanks (R-Cañon City) exploded a copy machine with the label “Dominion Voting Machine” on its side. In the announcement video, Hanks labeled himself a “pro-Trump warrior” and said that Joe Biden was not fairly elected in 2020.
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GOP Senate Candidate Eli Bremer Compares Trans Athletes Competing in Women’s Sports to Nassar Abuse
Eli Bremer Eli Bremer, a Colorado Springs Republican and candidate to challenge U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO) in 2022, again equated transgender women competing in women’s sports with the Larry Nassar sexual abuse scandal in a radio interview Tuesday. It is the latest example of a pattern of transphobic rhetoric from Bremer since he announced his campaign in August.
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Polling Shows Majority of CO Voters Support Keeping Climate Spending in Biden Plan
Polling released earlier this week found that a majority of Colorado voters support the significant climate spending included in Joe Biden’s Build Back Better package.
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Hick Says He Supports Care Workers After Rally Asks Hick to Fight for Biden Care Plan
Earlier today, a group of health care workers joined disability and labor rights groups in Denver to call on U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper (D-CO) to fully support the Biden Care Plan, a $400 billion investment in providing jobs for caregivers.