In a sign Governor Hickenlooper has all but abandoned any hope at retaining his moderate political brand, yesterday he announced his support for an impending $1 billion tax hike campaign.
Reports The Durango Herald‘s Joe Hanel at the bottom of a piece about Hickenlooper signing the attached SB213:
Hickenlooper pledged Tuesday to campaign for the ...
In March, Weld County District Attorney Ken Buck announced that he would be undergoing treatment for lymphoma. Today, he announced he was cancer free, although he will finish his remaining chemotherapy treatments. From his Facebook update:
“Praise the Lord! ...
The recall against Senate President John Morse has angered the notoriously thin-skinned Senator from Colorado Springs, with accusations being thrown at his opponents of being sexual predators and criminals.
On Friday, the Twitter account for Morse’s State Senate ...
Chuck E. Cheese killer Nathan Dunlap may have a few more months before his scheduled execution in August, but sources tell Colorado Peak Politics that a decision on whether or not to commute his sentence is likely coming much sooner than that.
Governor Hickenlooper has been publicly weighing whether to commute Dunlap’s death penalty ...
It seems that Senator Michael Bennet is still a little wet behind the ears when it comes to Washington, D.C. and the role of a sitting United States Senator.
The rules of D.C. engagement are pretty simple: you can be a partisan pitbull and ...
OUR VIEW: In a recall that is quickly becoming a referendum on Mayor Bloomberg’s undue influence in Colorado, having Bloomberg’s for-hire henchman on the ballot as Plan B is a dream come true for conservatives.
Earlier today we reported that ...
UPDATE: KDVR‘s Eli Stokols gets Morse denying he’ll step down, but Colorado Democratic Party Chairman Rick Palacio acknowledges Merrifield being on the ballot is a distinct possibility:
DENVER — Senate President John Morse, who may be facing a recall election in Colorado Springs ...
Earlier this week, we reported that Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet was one of six signers to a letter urging the Internal Revenue Service to crack down on non-profit groups with a potentially political side. He even went so far in his press release to suggest that the IRS take a look at groups like Karl ...
CNN’s Jake Tapper is reporting that the NRA has decided to throw its considerable heft into the recall effort against Senate President John Morse.
This is not a good sign for Morse.
In a mailer obtained by CNN, the NRA Political Victory fund ...
UPDATE: According to Kopel, Grand County Sheriff Rodney Johnson has now joined the effort.
Colo Sheriffs’ lawsuit against anti-gun laws grows to 55 Sheriffs, with addition of Rodney Johnson of Grand County.
— Dave Kopel (@davekopel) May 17, 2013
Earlier today we reported on 54 County Sheriffs in Colorado who had signed onto a ...
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