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Polis shirks responsibility for unemployment backlog, blames Hick
One topic that went noticeably unmentioned in Gov. Polis's State of the State address last week was unemployment. Colorado’s unemployment rate skyrocketed to the fourth highest in the nation following post-Thanksgiving restaurant shutdown orders from the governor. The...
DOA? Republicans push bills to restrict governor’s pandemic powers
If the big box stores can stay open under Gov. Polis’s pandemic color wheel of forced closures, then so can small businesses. That’s the thrust of legislation proposed by Republican state Sen. Rob Woodward of Loveland, who told the Denver Post: “When you have a single...
State legislature protects protestors and themselves in proposed bills
Fully injected with the COVID vaccine and secured behind facemaks in their plexiglass work stations, Colorado lawmakers returned to regular session last week concluding a nearly year-long surrender to Gov. Polis’s authoritarian rule. The preliminary agenda of the...
Democrats’ refusal to reform open record laws would protect Gov. Polis
Colorado Democrats are reportedly scrapping efforts to reform Colorado's Open Records (CORA) Act. The law permits citizens, the media, and government watchdogs to request public documents from state agencies....
Democrats mansplain guns to GOP lawmaker who supports 2nd Amendment
The U.S. House Natural Resources Committee is usually dominated by discussions of importance to ranchers and industries like timber, oil, gas and mining. Historically, the panel is dominated by western men and debate relating to regional issues like water, public...
Colorado better pay attention to Texas’s natural gas shortage and wind turbine issues
The world’s largest wind turbine maker announced the elimination of 450 jobs in Colorado Wednesday, which is ironic considering so many were destroyed in a Texas winter storm this week. Making matters worse, the wind energy failure and a natural gas shortage has left...
Another Democrat jumps in the free-for-all to challenge Boebert
Democrat State Rep. Donald Valdez of La Jara appears to be on a mission to unseat Republicans who were in Washington, D.C. during then-President Trump’s “Save America” rally. Valdez failed on Tuesday to have Republican state Rep. Ron Hanks of Fremont County dismissed...
Free pass! Ethics board clears Denver mayor in Thanksgiving travel complaint
The teflon mayor skated away from the complaint he behaved in a manner contrary with the city’s code of ethics when he told employees and residents to stay home for Thanksgiving then hopped a plane south for the holiday. Denver’s board of ethics ruled unanimously...
Freedom of speech is already dead on social media
How should Facebook treat views expressed by political candidates, office holders and former office holders, considering the importance of political opposition and the public’s right to information? Duh. Fairly, one would think. And yet the question is not so clear...
Carpetbagger Kerry doesn’t live in the district she wants to represent
Vail State Sen. Kerry Donovan doesn't even live in the district she's running to represent in Congress, according to the Denver Post. Donovan recently announced she is running for the Democrat nomination in the 3rd Congressional District, in what's already shaping up...
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