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Jobs, jobs, jobs, say Colorado legislators

By | 01.10.12 | 10:09 am

Ask any Colorado legislator what they hope to accomplish in the upcoming session and they will tell you they want to create jobs, or help businesses create jobs, or remove regulatory impediments to job creation, or improve access to capital.

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Health care reform hit by federal appeals court

By | 08.12.11 | 2:21 pm

A federal appeals court today struck down a key provision of President Obama’s health care reform law, saying the government could not force people to buy insurance.

Concealed carry bill shot down in Senate committee

By | 03.22.11 | 4:53 pm

A bill that would have allowed anyone able to purchase a handgun in Colorado to conceal the weapon was shot down in the State and Military Affairs Committee today.

Senate Republicans knock Heath on tax increases

By | 02.28.11 | 1:08 pm

As State Senator Rollie Heath calls on Colorado voters to raise taxes in order to better fund education, his friends across the aisle today offered praise to Governor John Hickenlooper for agreeing that now is no time to raise taxes.

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Wisconsin protesters in Denver jeer and jibe across thin blue line

By | 02.22.11 | 9:05 pm

Protests erupted Tuesday as Tea Party and free market activists clashed with union members, politicians and union supporters who had gathered on the steps of the State Capitol to rally against Wisconsin legislation to eliminate collective bargaining for many of that state’s workforce.

Tea Party sentiment fails to stop initiative changes

By | 02.18.11 | 2:09 pm

Though the power of the Tea Party weighed on the minds of some Republican legislators today, it was not strong enough to stop the passage of a resolution that would make it more difficult for people to amend the constitution through the ballot amendment process.

Internet grants doled out to communities throughout Colorado

By | 02.08.11 | 10:24 am

The Statewide Internet Portal Authority yesterday announced eGovernment Services Grants for 24 communities. The grants, totaling about $100,000 are to help local communities increase their use of the internet in delivering services.

It’s time to ask the perennial question: What of Douglas Bruce?

By | 11.10.08 | 3:56 pm

With all the GOP naval-gazing and talk of reform, it’s time now to ask that perennial question: Will Douglas Bruce, the soon-to-be-erstwhile state lawmaker helping to oversee a government he wants to dismantle, successfully shape-shift his way back on top? Or is it time to stick a fork in him? Not surprisingly, it depends on who is asked.

What Happened Under Doug Bruce’s Golden Dome Yesterday?

By | 04.22.08 | 3:41 pm

Let’s review. What happened besides Rep. Douglas Bruce leveling his latest effrontery at Mexican migrant workers as “illiterate peasants?” Well, there was that mob of TV and print reporters who proceeded to chase him around the building, asking him

Former Douglas Bruce Supporter: ‘We Were Wrong’

By | 04.05.08 | 2:49 pm


Dan Lanotte is one of the 44 El Paso County Republicans who picked Douglas Bruce to fill an open seat in the State House of Representatives. Lanotte doesn’t have a photo of himself handy to share, but in a