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Biden will award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to partisan list of mostly Democrats
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Biden will award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to partisan list of mostly Democrats

BY DARLENE SUPERVILLE | The Hill (Via The Associated Press) WASHINGTON (AP) — Clarence B. Jones says he thought a prankster was on the line when he answered the telephone and heard the person on the other end say they were calling from the White House. “I said, ‘Is this a joke or is this serious?’” Jones recalled. The caller swore they were serious and was calling with the news that President Joe Biden wanted to recognize Jones with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor. Jones, 93, will be honored for his activism during the Civil Rights Movement. He’s a lawyer who provided legal counsel to Martin Luther King Jr. and helped write the opening paragraphs of the “I Have a Dream” speech that King delivered at the Lincoln Memorial at the 1963 March on W...
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Rep. Boebert’s bill delisting gray wolf from endangered list advances out of U.S. House
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Rep. Boebert’s bill delisting gray wolf from endangered list advances out of U.S. House

By BRIAN PORTER | Rocky Mountain Voice U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert has delivered on one of the first promises she made to her potential new U.S. House district. In various debates in the 4th District, Boebert has noted the depredation by the gray wolf in Colorado, and had pledged to pursue a bill in Congress which would remove the gray wolf from the endangered species list. There are an estimated 13,000 gray wolves in the United States and another 30,000 in Canada. She authored House Resolution 764, titled the "Trust the Science Act", to remove protections the gray wolf enjoys while depredating livestock and other animals in Colorado. The act passed the U.S. House by a 209-205 vote Tuesday, oddly earning Democrat Rep. Yadira Caraveo's support among the four Democrat votes received. T...
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Bill declaring Women Veterans Appreciation Day on June 12 headed to Gov. Polis
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Bill declaring Women Veterans Appreciation Day on June 12 headed to Gov. Polis

By BRIAN PORTER | Rocky Mountain Voice A bill led by Eastern Colorado legislators will declare a Women Veterans Appreciation Day, if signed into law by Gov. Jared Polis. House Bill 1236 cleared the Senate State, Veterans and Military Affairs Committee without objection last week and Monday earned unanimous support of the Colorado Senate. "There's a lot of reasons why we need to celebrate women veterans," said Sen. Byron Pelton, a co-prime sponsor of the legislation in the Colorado Senate. "Being a veteran myself, I know the difference of treatment of myself and those I served with that happen to be female." The bill establishes June 12 as Women Veterans Appreciation Day in Colorado. The other prime sponsors of the bill were Rep. Richard Holtorf and Sen. Barbara Kirkmeyer. Th...
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House Republican minority boasts passage of two bills into law, advancing five others they led
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House Republican minority boasts passage of two bills into law, advancing five others they led

By BRIAN PORTER | Rocky Mountain Voice A pair of bills carried by Republican members of the Colorado House have been signed into law, along with a few other victories as the countdown to closure of the state legislature draws near. There are nine business days left in session, with sine die, the closing day of the session, scheduled for May 8. In an email detailing the successes of the 'Mighty 19' Republicans in the House, noted were the signing into law of Senate Bill 87 sponsored in the House by Rep. Mary Bradfield to ease prescriptions of topical medications and House Bill 1072 sponsored by Rep. Lisa Frizell to protect victims of sexual crimes. Five other bills with Republican support have passed the House. Senate Bill 125 to enact an interstate compact for the placement ...
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‘Citizens are not safe coming to the state capitol’, Rep. Holtorf says on Stinchfield
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‘Citizens are not safe coming to the state capitol’, Rep. Holtorf says on Stinchfield

By BRIAN PORTER | Rocky Mountain Voice Anyone choosing to visit the state's capitol is doing so at their own peril in Colorado, Minority House Whip Rep. Richard Holtorf told Grant Stinchfield during a recent appearance on Real America's Voice. "Denver citizens and Colorado citizens are not safe coming to the state capitol, or the capitol of Colorado," he said in a video clip posted on his Twitter/X account. He's critical of City of Denver budget reductions, some to police in the state's capitol city, at the same time as out-of-control illegal migration, the clip details. He also details a concern toward crime related to illegal immigrants being unable to find work. "When these immigrants can't find jobs, they're going to turn to crime," Holtorf said. Fluent in Spanish, Holto...
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Topping the 4th District special election ballot will be an Approval Voting Party candidate. But why?
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Topping the 4th District special election ballot will be an Approval Voting Party candidate. But why?

By BRIAN PORTER | Rocky Mountain Voice Candidates from the two major parties appearing at the bottom of the 4th Congressional District's special election ballot will have to hope voters read the whole ballot. The top place on the ballot is generally viewed by candidates to be best, but the major parties won't hold the spot. Secretary of State Jena Griswold's office explains a random lottery drawing was held Wednesday, April 24, to determine the order of candidates on the ballot, as required by state law for vacancy elections. Neither the Democratic nor Republican candidate was drawn for the top-line. Frank Atwood, the Approval Voting Party's candidate, will hold the top line. He last appeared on a ballot in 2022, vying for the U.S. Senate seat won by Democrat Michael Bennet. Atwoo...
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Holtorf celebrates drawing second-line place on 4th District Republican primary ballot
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Holtorf celebrates drawing second-line place on 4th District Republican primary ballot

By BRIAN PORTER | The Rocky Mountain Voice District 63 State Rep. Richard Holtorf, R-Akron, will appear second on the Republican Party's 4th Congressional District primary ballot, immediately following 3rd District U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert, he announced Friday. He won a lottery drawing for the position among qualified candidates on the congressional ballot to replace ex-Congressman Ken Buck, following top-line candidate Lauren Boebert. Holtorf earned 15.4% of the delegate vote at the 4th District Assembly in early April and his certification of 1,866 signatures allowed him to advance onto the ballot through the hybrid method. Boebert qualified for the top line on the ballot by taking 40% of the delegate vote at assembly, the highest total among the four attending candidates, and a...
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Peter Yu a ‘solid conservative’ of ‘broad appeal’, he says in letter to 4th District supporters
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Peter Yu a ‘solid conservative’ of ‘broad appeal’, he says in letter to 4th District supporters

By BRIAN PORTER | The Rocky Mountain Voice If Peter Yu earns the Republican nomination for Congress in Colorado's 4th District, it may just be through his work ethic and accessibility with voters. He didn't draw support from delegates in the special election and did not attend the Republican Party's assembly, but he has attended almost every Lincoln Dinner in the 22 counties of the district. Those are echo chambers, he has said, and Yu has preferred to take his largely self-funded campaign to the streets of the district ranging about one-third of the state's land area. "I have personally knocked on over 12,000 doors already this year," Yu said in a letter to supporters this week, announcing he would appear on the ballot. "I have enjoyed standing with many of you for 30 minutes or ...
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Colorado lawmakers to introduce long-awaited property tax relief bill
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Colorado lawmakers to introduce long-awaited property tax relief bill

By Marianne Goodland | Colorado Politics The long-awaited major property tax bill will likely be introduced sometime early next week, giving it about a week to work through the General Assembly before its May 8 adjournment. This bill, however, will have had an advantage that previous bills, most notably the 2023 legislation, didn't have: a public airing of its concepts. That's because the bill will be largely based on the recommendations of the property tax commission, which has been meeting since last December. Lawmakers have been scrambling to deal with skyrocketing property taxes since 2020 when voters approved repealing the Gallagher Amendment, which set specific assessment rates for residential and non-residential properties.  READ THE FULL STORY AT COLORADO POLITICS
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Rep. Armagost complains House Bill 1460 is ‘blatantly punitive for officers’
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Rep. Armagost complains House Bill 1460 is ‘blatantly punitive for officers’

By BRIAN PORTER | The Rocky Mountain Voice Rep. Ryan Armagost, formerly a law enforcement officer, was critical Wednesday of a rushed process and lack of stakeholder involvement in House Bill 1460, titled "addressing measures to strengthen responses to law enforcement misconduct." The bill advanced out of the House Judiciary Committee Tuesday and to the House floor by a 6-5 vote. "This bill was pretty blatantly designed to be punitive for officers," he said. "It is littered with punitive action without due process." The bill requires law enforcement agencies to respond to allegations of officer misconduct with an investigation, and officers are required to report allegations of misconduct by their peers. Should an officer fail to report, a Class 2 misdemeanor penalty could be a...
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