New election rules have left some voters, especially those who are “unaffiliated” with the Democratic or Republican Parties, confused about how to cast a ballot in Colorado’s current primary election.
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Republican “Sabotage” Is Largely to Blame for Expected Increase in Health Insurance Rates, Say Progressive Analysts
Republican “sabotage” at the federal and state level is expected to drive another year of “substantial” increases in health insurance costs for individual plans, a progressive health insurance analyst told reporters in a conference call today.
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Congressman Says Immigrant Children Are Being Separated from Parents for their own Good
Despite widespread condemnation of Trump’s mandate to separate immigrant children from their parents at the border, U.S. Rep. Ken Buck (R-CO) doubled down on his support for the Trump policy today, telling a radio host that the “children are being separated from their parents out of consideration for their own safety.”
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Anti-Abortion Group Says Two Top GOP Candidates for Governor Are Dodging Abortion Questions
Colorado Campaign for Life, a statewide anti-abortion group, says two leading Republican candidates for governor won’t answer specific questions about abortion.
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If You Want a Semi-Automatic AR-15, Maybe You Should Start Going to Republican Fundraisers in Colorado
If you want to start amassing guns, you might consider attending Republican Party fundraisers in Colorado.
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Governor Candidate Doug Robinson Is “Least Likely to have a Closet Full of Skeletons,” Says Conservative Activist
In a short video endorsement posted on Thursday, conservative activist Laura Carno lists her five reasons for endorsing Doug Robinson for Republican nominee for governor. Her fifth reason:
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Stapleton Has Yet to Disclose Wife’s Income as Required under Colorado Campaign Law
Last week, the Colorado Times Recorder reported that Colorado Treasurer Walker Stapleton, who’s running for governor, failed to disclose his wife’s $30,000 salary for her job as Executive Director of the Harmes C. Fishback Foundation, which is Stapleton’s family’s foundation.
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GOP Challenger Touts Health While Opponent Recovers from Back Surgery
An Otero County Republican candidate forum got personal last week when primary challenger Don Bendell touted his health and pain tolerance at an event incumbent State Rep. Judy Reyher (R-Swink) was forced to miss while recovering from spinal surgery.
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Appearing in Denver, EPA’s Pruitt dodges and denies scandals — hypes “consequential’ tenure, cake, and baseball instead
Scott Pruitt, appointed by President Trump to head the Environmental Protection Agency, was in Denver Friday to give the keynote address at the Western Conservative Summit, and he spoke with local talk radio host Steffan Tubbs (KNUS, 710am) earlier that afternoon, anxious to deflect criticism of his short tenure.
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Stapleton Condemns Racism but Some Say He Should Go Further in Addressing His Great-Grandfather’s KKK Legacy in Denver
Swirling on the fringe of Republican Walker Stapleton’s run for governor is the question of how, and if, he should address the fact that his great-grandfather, former Denver Mayor Benjamin F. Stapleton, was a leader of the Ku Klux Klan in Colorado in the 1920s.