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FLASHBACK: New CU Conservative Scholar Spanked Ritter In Energy Debate

As if CU and CSU didn't have enough rivalry, next year they will have competing energy experts that have faced off before. And much like the usual result between CU and CSU on the football field, it's the CU energy expert that whooped the CSU staffer. In this case,...

INSPIRATION: Did Hubbard Crib Talking Points from CO Dems?

A tiff has been brewing between Fox News talking head Bill O'Reilly and Denver Post editorial editor Curtis Hubbard.  Rep. Libby Szabo appeared on O'Reilly's show to talk about how Colorado is one of just five states that consistently refuse to pass Jessica's Law,...

BENNET ENDORSES “SLEAZY” ROMANOFF: Watch This Ad!

We wouldn't call Andrew Romanoff sleazy. A liberal, career politician who has never had a real job? Maybe. An immigration hard liner who helped pass one of the toughest illegal immigrant crackdowns anywhere in the nation? Why yes, we would call him that too....

DIGITAL DOMINANCE: Colorado The Center Of The Twitter Universe Today

As a major bellwether for political issues, and an attractor of all sorts of strange characters from balloon boy to the Dougherty siblings, Colorado gets more than its fair share of attention from those not living a mile above sea level. Today provides the latest...

OVER-REGULATION: Senate Introduces First Oil and Gas “Health” Bill

UPDATE: The Colorado Oil & Gas Association sent the Peak a statement on the recently-introduced legislation: The first section of the bill makes note of the prohibition on a local-government-fee authority.  The prohibition exists because local governments earn a...

NO DIFFERENCE: Hick Poised To Join Cuomo On Fringe Of Gun Control

NO DIFFERENCE: Hick Poised To Join Cuomo On Fringe Of Gun Control

Whodathunk it -- Governor John Hickenlooper is set to join New York Governor Andrew Cuomo as the face of gun control in America. As the Bloomberg News Wire (chuckle) reports this morning, Hickenlooper's expected signature on a series of gun bans and gun controls will...

COLORADANS BE DAMNED: Senate Dems Pass Gun Control Legislation

COLORADANS BE DAMNED: Senate Dems Pass Gun Control Legislation

Despite protests and letters from constituents expressing dismay over the radical overreach by House and Senate Democrats, Senate Democrats forwarded their extreme gun legislation yesterday.  Here is where the legislation stands, and the next step for each. HB1228: To...