“Fundamental Family Rights in Colorado” bill struck down by CO committee on House State, Veterans and Military Affairs.
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Pollster: “Striking” Trends Favor Democrats in Formerly Swing Colo Legislative District
Magellan Strategies launched a series of deepish dives into competitive legislative districts yesterday, with a close look a Westminster/Arvada district that had the distinction of being the closest Senate race in 2016.
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If a Supreme Court Seat Opened, Would Gardner Argue for Delay, As He Did Four Years Ago?
Exactly four years ago today, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia died in his sleep at a Texas ranch.
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Colorado GOP Leaders Call HIV Prevention Coverage a ‘Feel-Good Idea,’ Will Use Stall Tactics to Kill Bills
Speaking last month at a Republican Party fundraising luncheon in downtown Denver, all four ranking members of the GOP leadership at the Colorado Legislature said their primary strategy for this year’s legislative session is to stop proposed laws using the procedural stall tactic of demanding that the entire text of bills be read out loud.
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Lawmaker Pushing For Period Products in Schools Faces Attacks From Colo Republicans
After a bill to help Colorado schools offer menstrual hygiene products in their bathrooms moved forward in Colorado’s General Assembly last week, the Jefferson County Republican Party took to Facebook to criticize the legislation and the lawmaker behind it, state Rep. Brianna Titone (D-Arvada).
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Dems Defeat Bill to Prohibit Hospitals, or Any Employer, From Requiring Employees to Be Vaccinated
A Republican-backed bill to prohibit employers, including health care facilities, schools, and daycares, from requiring employees to receive immunizations of any kind was defeated at Colorado’s Capitol this week.
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Details of Gun Safety Bill Will Determine if It Could Be Useful, Says Brauchler
Arapahoe County area District Attorney George Brauchler needs to review a measure mandating safe-gun storage before taking a final position on it, but from what he’s seen so far he’s not sure “we need it or that it accomplishes the goal it sets out to accomplish.”
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Congresswoman DeGette Backs “Carbon Capture” to Fight Climate Change
WASHINGTON DC– With climate change on the minds of voters across the country heading into the 2020 election, a U.S. House panel met Friday to debate a bill boosting technology that would trap and store carbon dioxide, the principal gas causing global warming, from major polluters like the transportation and industrial sectors.
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National Republican Firm May Be Behind Hickenlooper Complaint
An ethics complaint against Gov. John Hickenlooper (D-CO), which was filed by a Colorado-based watchdog organization, may have its roots in research by a national Republican firm that targets Democrats, according to state documents revealed today.