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Did Cynthia Coffman push for a failed anti-abortion bill?

Attorney General Cynthia Coffman, who has carefully skirted the abortion issue for the past year, found herself front and center today on the issue...

Gordon Klingenschmitt’s failed attack on anti-discrimination law

Rep. Gordon Klingenschmitt, a Colorado Springs Republican, proposed a bill to give clergy and religious organizations the right to refuse to officiate services based...

Nostalgia hit lawmakers as 4-H swarmed the Capitol

4-H district leaders admire the view from the balcony at the Colorado Statehouse. More than 150 4-H members came to the state Capitol, where lawmakers...

Colorado GOP condemns Dr. Chaps for calling gay Boy Scouts leaders...

Colorado state lawmaker Gordon Klingenschmitt has a knack for saying just the right thing to outrage nearly everybody. The representative from Colorado Springs who goes by his...

Rep. Klingenschmitt on sodomy, Jesus and same-sex marriage

State Senate candidate and Colorado Springs state Rep. Gordon Klingenchmitt is part-televangelist, part-politician and full-on, right-wing firebrand. Dr. Chaps, as his TV persona is...

Look sharp, Dr. Chaps edition

The old-school "Executive Shine" stand at the Capitol in Denver is fitted into a corner off the busy main lobby in the basement, tucked...

Can you pick the April Fools’ Day media hoax?

News-lovers dig through unbelievable stories deciphering the real from the baloney. We wish most of the oddball stories we read were gags. They rarely...

Supporters say education is key to passing Colorado transgender birth certificate...

DENVER -- Colorado lawmakers considering civil unions, gay marriage and religious freedom have been riding a steep learning curve over the last few years...

Littwin: Overripe ‘Dr. Chaps’ implodes

Like many of you, I'm surprised it took nearly three months for Gordon "Dr. Chaps" Klingenschmitt to finally implode. I'd have guessed six weeks...

Dr. Chaps says he has filed paperwork, charity is in good...

*Updates below 9:20 a.m. 1-28-2015 Colorado state Rep. Gordon “Dr. Chaps” Klingenschmitt says Colorado paperwork for his charity organization, Persuade the World/Pray in Jesus Name...