Author: Megan Schrader
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Lawsuit claims Planned Parenthood should have prevented shooting at Colorado Springs clinic
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save DENVER – Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains should have taken greater steps to protect its clients from the Nov. 27 shooting in Colorado Springs that left three people dead and nine others wounded, according…
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Lawsuit claims Planned Parenthood should have prevented shooting at Colorado Springs clinic
DENVER – Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains should have taken greater steps to protect its clients from the Nov. 27 shooting in Colorado Springs that left three people dead and nine others wounded, according to a lawsuit filed Friday in Denver District Court. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of Samantha Wagner, who was…
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Senate candidate Jack Graham says survey about his CSU job performance was a lie
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save GOP Senate hopeful Jack Graham says he didn’t fabricate when he called a state evaluation of his performance “fabricated” during a heated debate Tuesday night. Graham was asked by one of his four political rivals…
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Pressure mounts for a special Colorado legislative session this summer
There’s mounting political pressure for the governor to call lawmakers back this summer to finish what some consider unfinished business. Rumors of a special session were flying on the final day of the 2016 legislative session last week, but Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper has remained noncommittal on the idea. “I’m trying to talk to all…
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Colorado schools struggle to pay for students’ mandatory free breakfasts
Well-intentioned legislation designed to help keep kids’ hunger pangs at bay is costing some public school districts money they say they can’t afford to spend. “It’s become economically challenging for us – we’ve had to transfer money from our general fund to at least break even,” said Glenn Gustafson, deputy superintendent and chief financial officer…
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GOP Senate candidates pepper one another with questions at Tuesday debate
Beleaguered U.S. Senate candidate Jon Keyser took the offensive Tuesday night in a debate hosted by The Denver Post, blaming the media for how it has handled evidence that a petition circulator forged signatures to put him on the June primary ballot. “There’s a big problem here in the media,” Keyser said. “I don’t know…
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Lambert: Strongly worded mailer about House candidate Liston ‘not a threat’
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A negative campaign mailer sent to supporters of Larry Liston paints the Republican state House of Representatives candidate as a cross-dressing liberal, and that’s not even the worst part of it, Liston said. “It’s voter…
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How major Colorado legislation fell apart this session
DENVER – Perhaps no bill better epitomizes the 2016 legislative session than the apparently futile efforts to create a presidential primary in 2020. The chairs of both the Colorado Republican and Democratic parties supported the plan, as did the Republican secretary of state and the Democratic governor. Two bills dealing with the issue were defeated.…
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Winners and losers from the 2016 Colorado legislative session
The 2016 Colorado legislative session may go down in history as the year of little change. The politically divided chambers in the General Assembly resulted in neither party having much success with their lengthy agendas. That’s not necessarily a bad thing for political moderates or independents who don’t care about party agendas, but for everyone…
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Bill to keep taxpayer refunds denied by Colorado Senate Republicans
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save DENVER – More than two years of debate over the governor’s plan to retain taxpayer refunds to fund transportation and education projects ended unceremoniously Tuesday when Senate Republicans rejected the plan. “I think the debate…