Tag: phil weiser
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Elissa Slotkin, Jason Crow urge fellow Democrats to ’play offense’ in response to Trump | TRAIL MIX
Calling the second Trump administration “an existential threat to democracy,” Michigan Sen. Elissa Slotkin urged donors attending a campaign fundraiser for fellow Democrat U.S. Rep. Jason Crow to push party leaders to abandon their defensive crouch and get serious. Delivering informal keynote remarks at the annual Crow Fest on Sept. 27 at Breckenridge Brewery in…
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Colorado Republicans Gabe Evans, Bill Owens endorse Barb Kirkmeyer’s gubernatorial campaign
Republican state Sen. Barb Kirkmeyer’s campaign to be Colorado’s next governor has landed endorsements from the last Republican to unseat a Democratic member of Congress in the state and the last Republican to be elected governor. U.S. Rep. Gabe Evans and former Gov. Bill Owens said in their respective endorsements that Kirkmeyer’s experience in all…
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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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Q&A with Colorado lawmaker Barb Kirkmeyer | Republican says she’ll be a governor who ‘knows how to govern’
State Sen. Barb Kirkmeyer says her decades of experience in government — as a county commissioner, director of a state department and state legislator — have prepared her to be a “really great governor,” and the Brighton Republican argues that’s what it’ll take to pull Colorado out of the tailspin she says it’s in. The…
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Could Colorado win a legal case to keep Space Command? | Vince Bzdek
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser, who has sued President Donald Trump over tariffs, birthright citizenship, federal worker layoffs and funding freezes, among other things, is now vowing to sue to stop him from moving Space Command out of Colorado to Huntsville, Ala. Is there a…
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10th Circuit confirms Colorado can be sued over EpiPen pricing law
The Denver-based federal appeals court confirmed on Friday that Colorado may be sued for an allegedly unconstitutional 2023 law aimed at capping the price of EpiPens for certain consumers. House Bill 1002 sought to counter the rising prices of epinephrine auto-injectors, which can save the lives of people undergoing a severe allergic reaction. During the 2023 legislative session, lawmakers…
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How deep is Colorado’s rural-urban divide? 10 takeaways from the Rural Reckoning series | Vince Bzdek
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save How bad is the rural/urban divide in Colorado? That’s what a team of reporters at Colorado Politics and The Colorado Network, our statewide collective of freelancers, set out to measure and understand. Through extensive interviews, data analysis and community voices, our journalists have documented the…
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University of Colorado Regent Wanda James pushes back on recent censure
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save In the weeks leading up to and following the University of Colorado Board of Regents’ vote to censure Regent Wanda James, calls online have been frequent and vehement, urging the board to reconsider. James was censured July 2 for what the board ruled was a…
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Democrat Michael Bennet’s Colorado gubernatorial campaign raises more than $1.7 million for quarter
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado gubernatorial candidate Michael Bennet, the state’s senior U.S. senator, raised more than $1.7 million in the year’s second quarter, the Democrat’s campaign said Monday. Bennet finished the fundraising period — his first in the race — with more than $1.3 million in the bank…