Author: John Schroyer
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Conspiracy theory doesn’t slow child care bill
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, would create a new office and a new division within the state Department of Health Services to oversee child care.…
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Bill to ensure workers’ citizenship likely to die, sponsor says
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save DENVER — A Republican bill to curb illegal immigration was likely killed Thursday at the hands of its own party, according to its sponsor. Rep. Marsha Looper, R-Calhan, walked red-faced out of the committee that…
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Bill to ensure workers’ citizenship likely to die, sponsor says
DENVER — A Republican bill to curb illegal immigration was likely killed Thursday at the hands of its own party, according to its sponsor. Rep. Marsha Looper, R-Calhan, walked red-faced out of the committee that heard a bill of hers that would have required all employers to use the national E-Verify system. The committee had…
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Email from Springs church alleges U.N. conspiracy on children’s bill
DENVER — South Korean national Ban Ki-moon has hold on state legislators. Who is he, you ask? Well, he’s the secretary-general of the United Nations. According to an email from the Wellsprings Church in Colorado Springs, Ki-moon’s influence runs deep. The email, obtained by the Denver Post and put online Wednesday by reporter Lynn Bartels,…
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Lottery scratch ticket to support veterans gets mixed reviews
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save DENVER — It’s a safe bet to say that everyone in the Colorado Legislature agrees that veterans’ programs throughout the state are grossly underfunded. But a bipartisan attempt to help alleviate the problem is meeting…
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Lottery scratch ticket to support veterans gets mixed reviews
DENVER — It’s a safe bet to say that everyone in the Colorado Legislature agrees that veterans’ programs throughout the state are grossly underfunded. But a bipartisan attempt to help alleviate the problem is meeting bipartisan resistance at the state Capitol. Soon to be introduced is a resolution that would ask voters to expand the…
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Tea Party backers say movement is a sleeping giant
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Tea Party is dead.Or at least that’s what it looked like Saturday. But activists at a sparsely-attended a morning health care rally held in Colorado Springs said its more like a sleeping giant.The El…
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Tea Party backers say movement is a sleeping giant
The Tea Party is dead.Or at least that’s what it looked like Saturday. But activists at a sparsely-attended a morning health care rally held in Colorado Springs said its more like a sleeping giant.The El Paso County Tea Party, activists say, is waiting quietly in the wings, ready to pounce on the Colorado political scene…
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Horsley guilty of child abuse; acquitted of attempted murder
A jury on Friday found Mary Horsley guilty of child abuse resulting in serious injury for torturing her grand-niece by leaving her in frigid water. After deliberating less than five hours, a jury acquitted the Colorado Springs woman of attempted murder, but convicted on all other charges against her. The verdict capped several days of…
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Former candidate Maes casts long shadow in El Paso County
Dan Maes, the scandal-ridden Republican candidate for governor in 2010, proved so unpopular that he got only 11 percent of the vote that November. But though he lost mightily to both Democrat John Hickenlooper and Republican-turned-Constitutionalist Tom Tancredo, he unintentionally handed El Paso County a victory of its own. Thanks to Maes, El Paso County…