Legislature

No criminal charges. No witnesses. A classic “he said, she said.” Leadership would not corroborate. What is the difference between The Rocky Mountain News’ approach to stories involving anonymous sexual harassment charges against Rep. Michael Garcia and Rep. Douglas Bruce? The answer: less than three months.

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 to Please! Please! elaborate. Oh, and a couple other minor little things, like efforts to strengthen [...]

Where there’s a will, there’s a way – but when it comes to the will to reform health care in Colorado, there’s a long way to go.

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 recent interview he was articulate with his words: “We were wrong,” Lanotte says simply, of sending [...]

Amid an enthusiastic crowd of party activists, Mark Waller, the Republican who is challenging beleaguered state Rep. Douglas Bruce, captured more votes at El Paso County’s GOP assembly this morning, giving Waller top line ballot placement.

After another week of drubbing by the mainstream media over a $750 tax-paid tip that Rep. Douglas Bruce initially accepted for time he didn’t serve in office, it’s about time that someone should point out that the “nonprofit” that that lawmaker claims he’s donating his government paycheck to is an anti-tax group that that is [...]

“State Representative Michael Garcia is resigning, effective immediately.  He will release a statement later today.”

4:30 P.M. UPDATE; Garcia has issued a statement, claiming the conduct between himself and the “other party” was “consensual,” though inappropriate given his position. “As a result, I have made the difficult decision to resign,” Garcia wrote. More after the jump.

Restrictions to Media Access at State Capitol
Joe Hanel, who covers the state capitol for the Durango Herald, and Wendy Norris, managing editor of Colorado Confidential, talk with Dan Meyers about efforts to limit which reporters get on the floor of the state House and Senate.

The Colorado Public Radio program airs on Tuesday, Jan. 22 at [...]

The founder and CEO of Colorado Confidential’s parent company is challenging a reporter who has publicly claimed that this news organization has direct links to the Democratic Party apparatus to either provide some “proof” — or back off.

The wall at the Denver Press Club is filled with framed caricatures honoring the (mostly) men and women who have chronicled and defined the people and events that have built and sustained Colorado. Rocky Mountain News reporter John Ensslin recalls the day one of those men — Gene Amole — shared the story about why [...]