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DU citizen panel wades into campaign-finance swamplands

By | 11.29.12 | 9:52 am

DENVER– The University of Denver’s “strategic issues panel of accomplished citizens” tasked with examining campaign finance regulations and making recommendations on how to improve those regulations or their enforcement got a dose of the miserably complicated task ahead of…

Coffman backs move to force feds to respect states’ rights on marijuana

By | 11.16.12 | 3:06 pm

Colorado U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette introduced legislation today that would exempt states from federal laws banning the sale, possession and use of small amounts of marijuana by adults. The bill so far is being co-sponsored by Colorado Democrat Jared Polis and Republican Mike Coffman.

In new centrist district, Coffman’s hard right views face scrutiny

By | 10.22.12 | 11:52 am

U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman won 65.7 percent of the vote in his first Colorado Congressional District Six reelection campaign two years ago. It’s likely to be quite a bit closer this time.

Swing-state Colorado pols rotate in and out of national spotlight

By | 09.05.12 | 4:18 pm

With two months left in the election cycle and swing-state Colorado still up for grabs, the national spotlight keeps flickering over state politicians, giving them opportunities to raise their profiles.

‘No Personhood’ Colorado campaign cautions against big government

By | 08.24.12 | 11:15 am

DENVER– A rally hosted here Thursday on the steps of the capitol by this year’s “No Personhood Campaign” featured speakers who decried government intervention into citizens’ private lives and admonished overreaching political activists who would tap the organs of the state to solve perceived social ills.

DeGette seeks to win permanent health insurance for seasonal firefighters

By | 07.12.12 | 3:10 pm

U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette is moving forward with a bill she introduced Tuesday that would extend health insurance coverage to seasonal firefighters and their families.

Say that again: Super PAC mocks Coffman at gag website

By | 06.27.12 | 3:44 pm

“I stand by my statement that I misspoke and I apologize.” That sentence, Colorado U.S. Republican Rep. Mike Coffman’s instantly iconic defiant videotaped feast of crow, is now, inevitably, an online laugh generator.

Colorado fires unite delegation in Washington (updated)

By | 06.27.12 | 1:05 pm

The nine-member Colorado delegation to Washington announced today it is working together as a bipartisan group to wring as much help as it can from the federal government to address the wildfires presently raging across the state, fouling the air across hundreds of miles of the Front Range, racking up enormous sums in damages and displacing tens of thousands of residents.

Colorado gov’t watchdog scrap gains traction as IRS targets nonprofit finances

By | 06.26.12 | 5:07 am

On the record, Jessica Peck isn’t thinking much about a potential Internal Revenue Service investigation into her Denver-based watchdog Open Government Institute.

Pace rips Tipton for fire prevention flip-flop

By | 06.21.12 | 10:56 am

As partisan bickering grew heated Tuesday, U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton, R-Colo., under pressure from his Republican colleagues, changed his vote on a fire-prevention measure at the last minute.