Arvada State Sen. Laura Woods is known to be on the far-right fringe of Colorado’s Republican Party, aligning herself, as documented by the Denver Post, with the most conservative lawmakers in the state.
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No pushback from radio host when anti-choice lawmaker insists it’s Dems who want to tell you how to “run your families”
You’d assume a news reporter like Fox 31 Denver’s Julie Hayden would challenge someone like State Sen. Laura Woods (R-Arvada) when Woods tells Hayden something like this during Hayden’s radio show on KNUS 710-AM:
These leading Republican women in Colorado still stand with Trump despite recent lewd comments
After a tape in which Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump makes offensive comments about women was released on Friday, some of Colorado’s Republican congressional delegation, including U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner, withdrew support.
Radio host shows Gardner’s vote for Pence won’t count, but fails to find out if Gardner will still vote for him
“Unhappy with Trump? Want to Write In Pence? It Doesn’t Work That Way.”
TrumpWatch: Where do Colorado Republicans Stand on Trump These Days?
I’ve previously chronicled the various positions of Colorado Republicans on Trump, but this time I ran into problems categorizing their stances. As you’ll see below, there’s Never Trump, Dumped Trump, Maybe Trump, Love Trump, and many more.
Woods’ long ride on the Trump train could hand the state senate to the Dems
State Sen. Laura Woods (R-Arvada) first tiptoed onto the Trump train in January, when she called Trump one of her two favorite presidential candidates.
Colorado business owners back minimum wage increase
Nearly 200 Colorado business owners and executives signed a statement supporting Amendment 70, which would gradually raise the state’s minimum wage from $8.31 to $12 by 2020.
Malkin errs in repeating Gessler’s debunked claim that 5,000 noncitizens voted
In a column that’s running across the country, syndicated columnist Michelle Malkin incorrectly writes:
Colorado Fiscal Institute takes stance on ballot issues
The Colorado Fiscal Institute (CFI), a leading public interest group dealing with economic issues, recently announced its positions on several of Colorado’s ballot issues.
Woods’ de-funding plan would force Planned Parenthood to turn away 1,000 patients in Woods’ own district of Arvada
State Sen. Laura Woods (R-Arvada/Westminster) has, in part, focused her political career on trying to stop women from having access to an abortion, even if they were raped. Or even for a teen who was raped by her father.