The Senate Committee on Foreign Relations convened for a hearing in D.C. yesterday on a piece of legislation aimed at improving global responses to future pandemics: the Global Health Security and Diplomacy Act.
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Two Colo Republicans Share Fake News Alleging Planned Violence at Protests
As events protesting police brutality continue across the nation, two Colorado Republicans insinuated on Facebook that the violence — the instances of looting or rioting — at some of these protests did not occur randomly and was not incited by the police presence. They implied, rather, that the violence was premeditated and encouraged by liberal donors.
Rockies Owner Funding Attack Ads Against GOP Lawmaker Eight Months After Donating to Her Campaign
Like most political ads, Weld Strong’s video attacking state Rep. Perry Buck (R-Windsor) doesn’t pull any punches. Calling her an “empty seat in the state legislature,” the narrator says she has “no accomplishments” as an elected official and that while in office she was merely “waiting for her next job as Weld County Commissioner.”
Michelle Malkin Stages Rally to “Defend our Monuments”
Conservative blogger and former Fox News contributor Michelle Malkin organized a rally in downtown Colorado Springs this past Sunday to “defend our monuments” and protest vandalism against statues.
New Law Grants Colo State Employees Collective Bargaining Rights
State employees can collectively bargain on matters of pay, benefits, and conditions and terms of employment, under a bill signed into law by Gov. Jared Polis (D-CO) June 16.
Primary Fights Reveal Rift in Colorado Republican Caucus
Patrick Neville’s seat is safe, but is his leadership title? With Colorado’s primary election just two weeks away, statehouse campaigns to be the major party nominees are heating up. The competition is particularly fierce among the Republican races, where so-called dark money groups are spending unprecedented amounts of money.
Pandemic Sends Energy Industry Officials to Washington Seeking Help
WASHINGTON — Energy industry leaders urged the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on Tuesday to deem their workers essential and consider federal investments to prevent a potentially crashing domino effect.
100 More Ballot Boxes for Colorado’s November Election
Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold announced a program yesterday to provide funding for up to 100 additional ballot-drop boxes for the November General Election.
Plagiarism Expert: University of Colorado Regent Chance Hill Should Set an “Example”
After Chance Hill, who sits on the University of Colorado’s governing board, wrote a Facebook post that contains multiple clauses taken verbatim from the writing of pundit George Will, a University of Colorado professor thinks Hill is “now very well placed” to take part in a public discussion of how to “face up to our missteps when we confuse the boundaries of intellectual property.”