U.S. Senate candidate Ron Hanks, a Republican, claimed that members of the Antifa movement caused the violent Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol, which Hanks attended.
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UPDATE: Colorado Springs Board of Education Member Removed From Assignments
Editor’s Note: An earlier version of this story used the term “Censured” in the headline, which is a separate board process not related to removing Ivy Liu as Treasurer and from committee assignments. The Colorado Times Recorder apologizes for the inaccuracy.The District 49 Board of Education in Colorado Springs voted 3-2 to take action against Treasurer Ivy Liu for public statements and Facebook posts that they claim led to harassment campaigns against board members and a “toxic” environment. The board voted to remove Liu from all assignments following Wednesday’s executive session.
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The ‘Universal Language’ of Music: CO Springs Teen Creates Virtual Concert To Benefit Ukraine
Atticus Wei attends one of Sergei Vassiliev’s concerts in Colorado Springs on April 15. Photo credit: Amber Carlson Ask most high schoolers what they do with their free time, and they’ll probably give any number of answers – hanging out with friends, going to movies, cramming for exams, or maybe practicing sports.
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Colorado County Commissioners Push ‘Pro-Life Sanctuary Counties’
In the wake of the passage of the Reproductive Health Equity Act (RHEA), which codified the right to an abortion in state law, Republican county commissioners in Park and Weld Counties have introduced proclamations to make their counties “pro-life sanctuary counties” in Colorado.
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Rocker Ted Nugent Says He ‘Knows Real Colorado,’ Endorses GOP Congressional Candidate
Erik Aadland, a GOP candidate for Colorado’s 7th Congressional District in the Jefferson County area, recently announced that he had received the endorsement of rock star and outspoken conservative activist Ted Nugent.
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Saying Local GOP Is ‘Ridiculous,’ Ex-Republican Wants to Flip CO Springs District
Members of the Fountain Valley Clean Water Coalition and Green Latinos Colorado gathered at the Peaks N Pines Brewery in Fountain to celebrate the passage of a bill that would ban the sale of products containing PFAS chemicals in Colorado.
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AUDIO: Trump Attorney Eastman Partially Complies With Subpoena He Called a ‘Shredding’ of The Bill of Rights
In previously unreported comments from a radio interview, John Eastman said that the Jan. 6 investigators were egregiously “shredding four of ten of the Bill of Rights” in a “classic fishing expedition” in their quest to investigate causes and culpability for the Jan. 6 riots.
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CO Sen. Candidate Hanks Says He Would Repeal Obamacare: ‘We Could Have Done That a Long Time Ago’
State Rep. Ron Hanks (R-Cañon City) U.S. Senate candidate and state Rep. Ron Hanks (R-Cañon City) says he would vote to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) if he was elected to be Colorado’s next senator.
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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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CO House GOP Leader Calls for More Oil and Gas Production But Says, “We Have Good Regulations”
In March, Colorado House Minority Leader Rep. Hugh McKean (R-Loveland) said that while he hoped Colorado would increase oil and gas production and expedite the drilling permit approval process, he approved of the oil and gas regulations currently in place.