Colorado legislators are poised to introduce immigration legislation that may mimic that in Arizona. Critics say it could cost the state a fortune.
NPR’s blockbuster investigative report exposing the private prison industry’s role in writing and bankrolling the “lock ‘em up” Arizona immigration law that passed earlier this year is sure to fuel cries rising against NPR on the right led nationally…
It was a remarkable win, little-known Massachusetts Republican state legislator Scott Brown taking Teddy Kennedy’s U.S. Senate seat. But does it really now have to be invoked for every mad losing cause in politics? Today’s Brown-referencing cause? A motion made…
The state legislative session opens tomorrow. The Colorado budget is in the red. Revenues are in the tank. Legislators will have to make brutal cuts on top of the brutal cuts made last year. Also: It’s an election year and…
There is thoughtful skepticism and then there is today’s Republican Study Committee release mocking the EPA’s finding that greenhouse emissions threaten human health. Reading this peacock of a press release, you would think that battling measures meant to combat…
State Sen. Dave Schultheis, R-Colorado Springs, attempted to clear up the Twitter controversy he ignited by likening the President to one of the September 11 terrorist hijackers. Schultheis took to a friendly venue, Peter Boyles’ talk-radio show, where the soon-to-retire…
What does it look like when the arch-conservatives come to town? They’re swarming places like Watertown in upstate New York, where semi-qualified Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman is running for Congress and drawing national media attention along with…
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THE POLITICS OF NO, NEW AND IMPROVED: House minority leader Mike May wants to bring change to the state’s Joint Budget Committee. The way he sees it, the state needs a budget rescue, no…
GOP reaction to Colorado’s new FASTER car registration fees has taken a new and refreshing turn. There have been officials who oppose the fees and are horrified by them and express that horror and opposition by Twittering that the fee…
The spring’s tea party chants are being updated to oppose the state’s new car fees. The expression is important for the emotion and general impressionistic anti-government feelings it conveys. It doesn’t have to make any sense. “Governor Ritter hates…
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