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Polis’ Vetoes Undercut Majority Will at the State Legislature
The six bills Polis rejected had earned 417 ‘yes’ votes to 156 ‘no’ votes. That’s a massive margin of approval.
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DAVIS: On Holy Wars & Ballot Initiatives
Ballot initiatives. Referenda. Plebiscites. Whatever you want to call them, they play a major role in Colorado’s political life. We vote on tax increases, pet projects, citizens’ initiatives, legislatively referred initiatives, and anything else under the sun for which a determined enough cadre of organizers can collect a sufficient amount of signatures to place on our ballots. Colorado is not unique in this regard – 26 states have ballot initiative processes – but we are exceptional: between 1912, when the first initiative appeared on a Colorado ballot, and 2023, Colorado has voted on 266 initiatives, the third most of any state, behind Oregon and California.
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Why Didn’t a High-Profile Denver Lawyer Push Back Harder When Boebert Told Him Judges Are ‘Corrupt’?
Colorado Congresswoman Lauren Boebert is running to radio shows and elsewhere to tell the world that the judge in the Trump hush-money trial is “corrupt.”
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Letter to the Editor: Support Green Tech to Achieve Our Climate Goals
For the second year in a row, heat pumps– the sleek, all-electric, hyper-efficient systems that provide both air conditioning and heating– outsold gas furnaces in the United States. While the U.S. lags behind other countries in adopting them, it’s clear that Americans are increasingly learning about and enjoying the valuable benefits that heat pumps provide and eagerly want them in their homes.
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How Trump’s Corporate Tax Cuts Paved the Way for Inflation
The former president made it more profitable for companies to gouge us. When those cuts expire next year, we’ll have an opportunity to get our money back.
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DAVIS: Dismantling Ralph Reed’s Argument on Christian Nationalism
Everyone enjoys being proven right from time to time. It’s validating, it puts a little spring in your step, and it allows you to redouble your efforts, knowing that you are heading down the right path. But the experience of being proven right is rarely so crisp, or so quick, as the version I was fortunate enough to have last week, which was bestowed upon me by an unexpected source: conservative Christian political consultant Ralph Reed.
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Signs Point to MAGA Extremist Williams Losing the GOP War in Conservative CO Springs
When most people in Denver think about “Colorado Springs Republicans,” what comes to mind is gay-hating, Trump-loving, election-denying, abortion-banning, modernity-rejecting, circular-firing-squadding extremists. It’s the brand, right, with the city’s history of Focus on the Family, the Colorado Springs Gazette’s screaming red editorials, the Christian nationalist churches, and more, even the military.