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A WIN FOR US: Trump Nominates Coloradan to a Top Interior Post
First a Supreme Court judge, and now another Coloradan has been nominated by President Trump to a top post in Washington at an agency near and dear to our hearts, the Interior Department. Rifle native David Bernhardt was nominated Friday to serve as the deputy...
YOU LIKE US, YOU REALLY LIKE US: Environmentalists Pick Oil and Gas Warmed Houses Over Protest
Over the weekend, Western Wire reported that crowds that were supposed to be protesting global warming were snowed out due to Colorado's six to ten inches of snow along the Front Range. The obvious joke is that it snowed for a global warming protest; however, the fact...
PRIORITIZE: New Poll Shows That Coloradans Want Transportation Funded, But Not With New Taxes
It shouldn't take a poll to highlight what is incredibly clear - Coloradans want legislators to focus on funding transportation, but not by raising taxes. A new poll commissioned by the Independence Institute and conducted by Magellan Strategies show that the "Fix Our...
AS WE SUSPECTED: Democrats Claim Party Does Not Owe Anyone a Fair Primary
A contingent of pro-Sanders Democrats has brought suit against the Democratic National Committee for, essentially, rigging the primary system and the transcripts are delicious. In short, the DNC has conveyed to the court that it does not owe anyone a fair primary....
GLOBAL FREEZING: Marching for Climate, or Voter Registration?
Holding global warming protests during snowstorms has become such a cliché, one would think organizers would learn their lesson. But one would be wrong. While hundreds of Democratic activists braved the downpour in Denver on Saturday for the People's Climate March,...
100 DAYS UP: Time For the Senate to Craft a Healthcare Fix
While House Republicans are wrangling over a health insurance fix to Obamacare, U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner says the support is there in the Senate on both sides of the political aisle to get a fix before the end of the year. Appearing on the Fox Business Network, Gardner...
HOT OFF THE PRESS: Teachers Union Trying to Reorganize Douglas County Schools
With a newly published study fresh in hand, the Douglas County Federation, one of the two teachers unions battling it out for the hearts and minds money of Douglas County teachers, is ready to roll out recycled grievances against the Douglas County Board of Education....
BACK IN THE CROSSHAIRS: Will Denver Company Pay for Hillary’s Scandal?
Platte River Networks is not off the hook for its role in handling Hillary Clinton’s email server. A key House chairman asked Attorney General Jeff Sessions Thursday to prosecute CEO Treve Suazo, because new information came to light after the Justice Department...
PHEW: State-Run Retirement Plan Put Out to Pasture
If there was any question about how wide the ideological divide is between Democratic and Republican lawmakers in the state legislature, look no further than House Bill 1290, a measure to compel Colorado businesses with at least five employees to participate in an...
BLACK CANDIDATES IGNORED: Dems Say “Too Many African American” Candidates in Arapahoe County
An explosive new post on BrotherJeff.com highlights a conversation that an Arapahoe County Democratic Party executive allegedly had that centered on a 2014 statement from then-Secretary of the Colorado Democratic Party Carolyn Boller: "The 'this' [Arapahoe County...