Author: John Schroyer
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Fetal homicide bill gets brief Senate reprieve
The fetal homicide bill still lives.The bill, which would allow those who cause miscarriages to be charged with homicide, was on the brink of death before it got a Monday reprieve.The measure has already passed the GOP-controlled state House, but was bottled up in a Senate democratic committee, where it was expected to die. On…
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‘Statesman’ King leaving Senate, ponders comeback
Even enemies can show respect.Colorado Springs Republican State Sen. Keith King has proved that time and time again.May 9 will be King’s last day as a state legislator, but in his 12 years in the Legislature, colleagues say King has built more bridges between his GOP caucus and rival Democrats than any other Republican.The 64-year-old…
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Commissioners, challengers trade political jabs at forum
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Four candidates for El Paso County Commission came together Friday night to argue policy and politics. Two challengers accused the incumbents of not doing enough to shrink county government, while the two sitting commissioners played…
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Commissioners, challengers trade political jabs at forum
Four candidates for El Paso County Commission came together Friday night to argue policy and politics. Two challengers accused the incumbents of not doing enough to shrink county government, while the two sitting commissioners played defense and tried to justify their time in office. The forum, hosted by the Rocky Mountain Black Tea Party (a…
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Appeals court tells city to take care of own business
Do it yourself. That was the message Thursday from the Colorado Court of Appeals to the City of Colorado Springs when it issued a decision in a convoluted year-long campaign finance legal battle. The question was whose job it was to address a campaign finance complaint. And the target of the complaint was, unsurprisingly, tax…
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House debates proposal to switch checks for gun sales
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save DENVER — A partisan fight over background checks for gun buyers stalled on Wednesday when consideration of the measure was pushed to next week so its Republican sponsor could make technical changes. But the measure…
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House debates proposal to switch checks for gun sales
DENVER — A partisan fight over background checks for gun buyers stalled on Wednesday when consideration of the measure was pushed to next week so its Republican sponsor could make technical changes. But the measure has been hotly debated in the Legislature because it would do away with Colorado Bureau of Investigation background checks for…
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Suthers, Lamborn get a seat at Supreme Court hearing
A pair of Colorado Springs politicians were two of the few privileged onlookers Tuesday as the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments on the controversial national health care law. Colorado Attorney General John Suthers and Republican Congressman Doug Lamborn watch the case firsthand and both believe the law will be overturned. “Most of the legal observers…
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Looper beats Stephens, Hill crushes Liston at GOP assembly
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save El Paso County Republicans took their first step toward settling several contentious primary races on Saturday at the party’s county assembly at Liberty High School. One intramural battle pits two popular GOP lawmakers shoved into…
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Conspiracy theory doesn’t slow child care bill
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The state Senate approved a bipartisan childcare bill on Friday that was called a “United Nations conspiracy” by a Colorado Springs church, and was even defended by one of the bill’s opponents.The measure, SB 130,…