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Life at The Ledge: Boulder liberal and Colorado Springs conservative
[media-credit name="Colorado Legislature" align="alignnone" width="495"][/media-credit]A Capitol prankster decided to have a little fun with a photo of Reps. Mark Waller, R-Colorado Springs, and Claire...
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Eating Republicans for lunch & more
[media-credit name="AP" align="alignright" width="150"][/media-credit]Wilson. [media-credit name="CGA" align="alignright" width="144"][/media-credit]Wilson Back by popular demand, GOP Rep. Mark Waller...
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Governor writes “John Hickenlooper” over and over as bill deadline approaches
[media-credit name="Mark Broste/Governor’s Office " align="alignnone" width="495"][/media-credit]Gov. John Hickenlooper signs into a law a bill designed to improve the state's personnel system as...
View ArticleYou must! You shall! Colorado legislators decide which one
I couldn’t write it any better than this press release — plus it’s 9:30 — so straight from the House Dems press office, a brite on a strange but intriguing bill: It’s a bill only a lawyer or a linguist...
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In gun debate, Rep. Lois Court’s husband points out women “only ones with balls”
State Rep. Lois Court, D-Denver With the debate over Democratic gun legislation brewing in the House on Friday state Rep. Lois Court, D-Denver, noted an interesting conversation she had with her...
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Rep. Fields introduces death penalty proposal, competing measure up Tuesday
Colorado state lawmakers to debate death penalty. AP The debate over Colorado’s death penalty is at the forefront this week at the state Capitol, and the issue has Democratic lawmakers divided. On...
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Colorado Women’s Caucus celebrates progress at the legislature
[media-credit name="Lynn Bartels, The Denver Post " align="alignright" width="270"][/media-credit] Sens. Vikki Marble, a Fort Collins Republican, and Nancy Todd, an Aurora Democrat, at the Colorado...
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Rep. Dan Pabon’s DNA bill undergoes surgery with amendments, future unknown
DNA being tested. The Denver Post It went into committee requiring that individuals convicted of Class 1, Class 2 and Class 3 misdemeanors, offer a DNA sample to be entered into a database — a move...
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Effort to repurpose Colorado’s Fort Lyon prison moves forward in the House
Fort Lyons Correctional Facility. An effort to repurpose the vacant Fort Lyon Correctional Facility move forward Monday with the House passing a measure that would designate a portion of it as a...
View ArticleControversial anti-discrimination measure heads to Gov. Hickenlooper
A bill that extends anti-discrimination protections to tiny businesses is on its way to the governor, despite claims from Republican lawmakers that it’s anti-business and a payback to trial lawyers....
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Rep. Claire Levy to leave Colorado House to head Denver-based advocacy group
Rep. Claire Levy Boulder lawmaker Claire Levy, who has played a key role in state judicial and budget issues, will resign her House seat next month to become executive director of the Colorado Center...
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Boulder City Councilwoman KC Becker to replace Rep. Claire Levy in Colorado...
Democrat KC Becker will replace Rep. Claire Levy in the House. (Provided by Becker) Boulder City Councilwoman Kathleen Collins Becker — better known as KC — today won a vacancy committee appointment to...
View ArticleDemocrat Rachel Zenzinger: Yet another lawmaker selected by a vacancy committee
Three of four leaders at the Colorado legislature at one time went through a vacancy committee to get into office, but it’s been a while since the process generated the amount of publicity seen since...
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Colorado ballot proposal would limit concealed handguns on campuses
UPDATE: Read the related story in the Denver Post. Coloradans can expect to vote in November on ballot measures dealing with guns, including a proposal that would limit concealed handguns on Colorado...
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