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Boebert challenger Eileen Laubacher, Republican Gabe Evans lead Colorado’s quarterly House fundraising
The Democrat challenging U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert in Colorado’s most solidly Republican congressional district again posted the state’s biggest fundraising numbers for the most recent quarter, while Republican U.S. Rep. Gabe Evans, who is defending the state’s lone toss-up seat, posted the highest receipts among Colorado’s GOP candidates. Federal fundraising reports covering the year’s first…
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Supreme Court to hold oral arguments, discipline commission releases report | COURT CRAWL
Welcome to Court Crawl, Colorado Politics’ roundup of news from the third branch of government. The state Supreme Court is holding oral arguments this week, plus Colorado’s judicial discipline commission released its annual report. Colorado Supreme Court news • The Supreme Court will hear arguments in three cases on Tuesday: J.B. v. MKBS, LLC et al.:…
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Colorado delegation splits in House vote to end federal government shutdown
Colorado’s U.S. House members divided mostly along party lines Tuesday in separate votes on a funding deal to end the federal government’s partial shutdown, while giving Congress more time to negotiate long-term funding for the Department of Homeland Security. Lawmakers passed a roughly $1.2 trillion spending package that finishes funding the vast majority of federal…
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Trump administration moves to shutter national climate lab in Colorado
Democrats slam decision as ‘deeply dangerous’ as White House calls facility a source of ‘climate alarmism’ The Trump administration is moving to dismantle one of the world’s leading climate and weather research institutions, citing what a White House official termed the Colorado-based facility’s “climate alarmism” in a decision state Democratic elected officials denounced as “deeply…
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Democrat Brittany Pettersen throws support behind Michael Bennet in Colorado’s gubernatorial primary
U.S. Rep. Brittany Pettersen on Thursday formally endorsed fellow Democrat Michael Bennet in Colorado’s gubernatorial primary, saying she’s counted the state’s senior senator among her “most important mentors and allies” since working on his first run for office. Bennet is facing Attorney General Phil Weiser in next year’s Democratic primary for the office held by…
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Senate Judiciary Committee advances bill to give Colorado 2 more federal judges
The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously advanced a bill on Thursday that would add more than five dozen judgeships to federal trial courts across the country, including two for Colorado. “Our federal courts are in a genuine crisis of workload,” said U.S. Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del. “Not since 1990 have we added any significant amount…
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Report says Colorado’s appeals court should expand to address heavy docket, University of Colorado considers concealed weapons ban | WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
Today is March 25, 2024, and here’s what you need to know: Heavy docket: Study recommends Colorado's second-highest court expand by 25% to handle workload | COVER STORY Last summer, a report commissioned by the judicial branch illustrated how pressed the judges and staff are. The National Center for State Courts conducted a study of…
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Condos bill gets OK from Colorado panel; business advocates worry about $300 million cost of recycling program; Denver to spend more for immigrants’ meals | WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
Today is March 22, 2024, and here’s what you need to know: Bill aimed at increasing Colorado condo construction advances to full Senate The bill, whose sponsors hope to spur more construction of affordable condos by reducing insurance costs, cleared its first hurdle Thursday. (function(w,d,s,i){w.ldAdInit=w.ldAdInit||[];w.ldAdInit.push({slot:11095963150525286,size:[0, 0],id:”ld-2426-4417″});if(!d.getElementById(i)){var j=d.createElement(s),p=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];j.async=true;j.src=”//cdn2.lockerdomecdn.com/_js/ajs.js”;j.id=i;p.parentNode.insertBefore(j,p);}})(window,document,”script”,”ld-ajs”); Senate Bill 106 won a 4-3 vote from…
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Colorado eyes reintroduction of wolverines; school meals program face $50 million shortfall; judges ponder over AI influence on judiciary | WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
Today is March 21, 2024, and here’s what you need to know: Legislators push to reintroduce wolverines in Colorado The North American wolverine — the animal, not the X-Men character — could return to Colorado. (function(w,d,s,i){w.ldAdInit=w.ldAdInit||[];w.ldAdInit.push({slot:11095963150525286,size:[0, 0],id:”ld-2426-4417″});if(!d.getElementById(i)){var j=d.createElement(s),p=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];j.async=true;j.src=”//cdn2.lockerdomecdn.com/_js/ajs.js”;j.id=i;p.parentNode.insertBefore(j,p);}})(window,document,”script”,”ld-ajs”); Lawmakers are pushing a proposal to authorize the reintroduction of the animal, maintaining it is a completely…
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Colorado’s political landscape has changed significantly in 10 short years | TRAIL MIX
A decade in politics can be a lifetime. Especially in a state with term limits and the kind of rapid, uneven growth Colorado has experienced since Denver was still trying to shake its long-discarded reputation as a cow town, even a few years can turn the political world on its head. Throw in the 24-hour…