Author: Megan Schrader
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El Paso County Republicans want more access to state politicians
Wendy Miller said she knows first-hand how small businesses can get steamrolled at the Colorado Capitol by bigger businesses with high-paid lobbyists who have lawmakers’ ears. “We saved 20 companies from going under,” Miller, a Colorado Springs small-business owner, told a crowd of GOP business owners Thursday night. “I don’t want any of you to…
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City of Aurora drops Gaylord hotel appeal
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save DENVER – The City of Aurora has dropped its appeal of a court ruling that some city tax incentives offered to a hotel development proposed near Denver International Airport violated the state’s tax laws. A…
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New rules would require all pot edibles to be specially marked
DENVER – Under new rules proposed to curb the accidental ingestion of marijuana edibles, pot-infused products would have to be marked – even when out of their packages – with the letters THC inside a red stop sign symbol. Whether it’s a gummie, a brownie, a hard candy or a drink, the proposed rules released…
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Bipartisan military voter bill had winding path to becoming law
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save DENVER – It might have been the most supported yet beleaguered bill in the history of the Colorado General Assembly. “I think we may have even set a record with how many times a bill…
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Le Lait looks back on her time at head of El Paso County political party
After five years in the abject minority, Christy Le Lait isn’t bitter about her time as head of the El Paso County Democratic Party, she’s just a little cynical. Le Lait is moving to Florida. A nationwide search is underway to replace her. “Obviously, I love a challenge,” said Le Lait who is executive director…
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Colorado Springs debate parties have different looks
Dylan Sparks, 17, wants his classmates and neighbors to be informed when they go to the polls in 2016. The Palmer Ridge High School teen was expecting about 20 people at his parent’s house Thursday night for a GOP presidential debate watch party. “I’m excited to see some of the candidates get into the issues,”…
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Douglas Bruce has lawsuit against former Attorney
DENVER – Douglas Bruce has filed a civil suit against his former attorney David Lane seeking $165,000 in damages for misconduct in handling Bruce’s appeal of his 2012 felony convictions. Bruce, a Colorado Springs anti-tax crusader, hired Lane in 2012 to represent him at the sentencing of a tax evasion trial with a $75,000 retainer…
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Colorado working to tweak marijuana enforcement, testing rules
GOLDEN – Colorado kicked off a month-long effort Wednesday to develop and tweak marijuana enforcement rules dealing with everything from yeast levels to how edible medical marijuana products are labeled and packaged. Colorado’s permissive pot laws have opened up a Pandora’s Box of regulation that is led by the relatively new Marijuana Enforcement Division under…
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Hillary Clinton goes after Bush in first Colorado campaign stop
DENVER – Hillary Clinton wasted no time jumping on Republican efforts in Congress to de-fund Planned Parenthood when she spoke to a group of 300 supporters of her 2016 presidential bid packed into La Rumba nightclub on Tuesday. “I’m really tired of women being shamed and blamed and dismissed,” Clinton said. “When you attack Planned…
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Klingenschmitt says he didn’t know child molester had convictions before interview
Rep. Gordon Klingenschmitt said he didn’t know Dwight David Dorty had been convicted of sexually assaulting two children when he interviewed Dorty for his online ministry show Pray in Jesus Name News. “Last month we met Mr. Dorty for the first time at the Western Conservative Summit and interviewed him on our show, but of course…