Evergreen Democrat Tammy Story doesn’t march in lockstep with fellow Democrats at the Colorado Capital — or reject Republicans. Or wilt when lobbyists knock at her door.
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Advocates Thank Caraveo for Pushing Bill To Lower Prescription Drug Prices
Caraveo Colorado Congresswoman Yadira Caraveo (D-CO) became a co-sponsor last week of a bill aimed at lowering the prices of prescription drugs.
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As Trump Flip-Flops, CO Congressional Candidate Evans’ Anti-Choice Record Includes Calling a ‘Fundamental Right’ to Abortion ‘Ridiculous’
During an Aug. 24 appearance on NBC News’ “Meet the Press,” Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio), former President Donald Trump’s running mate, said Trump would veto a federal abortion ban. In 2018, during his last term, Trump supported a 20-week abortion ban. During a March radio interview, Trump seemed to support a 15-week abortion ban.
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The Climate Is Changing. Workers Need Protection from Record-Breaking Heat
2,000 workers die from extreme heat every year. As temperatures rise, we need federal standards for water breaks, shade, and other basic protections.
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High-Dollar MAGA Donors Cutting Off Colorado GOP Over Infighting
The battle for control of the Colorado Republican Party is coming at a measurable cost to its fundraising, both at the state and local level.
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The Current COVID Spike: Questions & Answers — and What’s Expected in the Coming Months
Here are some answers to questions about COVID as cases appear to be spiking in Colorado.
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DAVIS: When Evangelicals Supported Abortion
There has been nervousness and hand-wringing in Christian nationalist circles this week, since Republican Vice Presidential nominee J.D. Vance commented in an interview that Donald Trump, if returned to the presidency, would veto a national abortion ban, and Trump himself posted that his administration “would be great for women and their reproductive rights.” The comments followed the softening of anti-abortion language in the Republican Party’s official platform.
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Denver Chamber Signs On to Conservative Groups’ Special Session Demands, Then Tries to Clarify
Colorado’s legislature reconvened this week for a special session called for a single purpose: removing Initiatives 50 & 108 from this November’s ballot. The measures, backed by anonymous right-wing donors, would slash taxes so drastically that a bipartisan coalition of dozens of statewide groups wrote a letter to Governor Jared Polis two weeks ago, pleading with him to call the Legislature back to deal with the “significant and very real threat to all communities.”
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Erin Lee’s Transition From Concerned Mom to Anti-Trans Zealot
When I met Erin Lee and her husband in September 2022 at an event sponsored by the Independence Institute (which publishes a column of mine through Complete Colorado), the Lees generally were accepting of LGBTQ people. They believed that, in their specific case, an overzealous LGBTQ activist at school had convinced their daughter that she was transgender, when really she was just a confused and disaffected young girl. They didn’t think their case illustrated a general problem with LGBTQ people or with the LGBTQ movement.