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DEVELOPING: DeGette Skips Benghazi Vote for Chichi Event
Sources say that Democratic Congresswoman Diana DeGette skipped the vote on a special committee to investigate Benghazi in order to attend the super fun and locally-prestigious Union Station ribbon cutting this morning. Last night, the House voted to form a special...
PLEASEPLEASEPLEASE: Polis Might Be Chair For DCCC Next Cycle
Rarely does a chairman stay on for three cycles at the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, and with Rep. Steve Israel finishing up his second term this cycle, rumors have already started on who might be the next chairman. Among the most talked about...
SPECIAL SESSION? Just Kill Us Now
We find it absolutely appalling that Gov. John Hickenlooper is seriously considering calling a special session to debate local control legislation. The only person who would benefit from such a move is Rep. Jared Polis. You know who doesn’t benefit? The Colorado...
STILL A MESS: No Cleanup In Site For Hazardous Waste At Abound Solar
For the all the praise solar power gets for being “cleaner” than traditional energy resources, there sure are a lot of hazardous materials involved in the process. When a solar panel manufacturer goes out of business – like the bankrupt Abound Solar in northern...
TUMBLING: Colorado Falls Again In Another Business Rankings
The Chief Executive Magazine released its annual best and worst states to do business in, and Colorado has fallen yet again. Now ranked 16th in the country, Colorado fell a further three spots from its ranking last year (13th), and a full eight spots from when we...
MIA: Where Are the Local Control Campaign Finance Filings?
UPDATE: Despite the fact that the group has clearly spent money and advocated on this issue, the letter of the law is that they don't have to file until they start collecting signatures, as we noted below. That said, we maintain that they're following the letter, not...
WINNERS: Who Came Out Ahead in The 2014 Legislative Session
After the disaster for all of Colorado that was the 2013 legislative session, the fact alone we didn't repeat it makes us all some of the biggest winners of this session. But fear not PeakNation™, we aren't lowering our standards here at The Peak. For example, if...
SINE DIE: Losers of the 2014 Legislative Session (Winners Next!)
It's that time again, PeakNation™. The legislature is finally out of session. We think. Until special session. Welcome to the fourth annual Colorado Peak Politics legislative awards where we honor the winners and shame the losers. This year wasn't as rancorous as...
Peak Feed: Rubio Stumps For Gardner En Espanol
A U.S. Chamber ad featuring Sen. Marco Rubio launched today in support of Rep. Cory Gardner's bid for Senate. It will run in both Spanish and English. As Hispanics make up a growing share of voters in Colorado, this ad will give the Gardner Campaign a nice boost,...
LYING LIARS: State Audit of Healthcare Exchange Derailment Based on a Lie
Executive director of Connect for Health Colorado, Patty Fontneau, sat in front of the House Health Insurance and Environment Committee, and despite having asked for a raise during the exchange’s botched debut in the fall, despite hiring a woman wanted for fraud in...