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WATCH: All Veterans Honor Guard honored at Colorado Capitol
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WATCH: All Veterans Honor Guard honored at Colorado Capitol

By Dan Daru | KDVR-TV Fox 31 It was a super Tuesday for the men and women of the All Veterans Honor Guard at the Colorado Capitol. But, it had nothing to do with voting. “We are an organization of veterans and volunteers that provides honors for our departing veterans at Fort Logan National Cemetery,” said Maury Smith, All Veterans Honor Guard commander. On Tuesday, March 5, the guard was recognized and honored by the state of Colorado and state Rep. Anthony Hartsook of Colorado’s 44th District, which encompasses portions of Douglas County. GET THE FULL STORY AT KDVR-TV FOX 31
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Secretary Griswold ‘unfit’ and ‘lacks integrity’ House Republican letter reads
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Secretary Griswold ‘unfit’ and ‘lacks integrity’ House Republican letter reads

By BRIAN PORTER | The Rocky Mountain Voice A month has passed since Republicans in the Colorado House of Representatives first called upon Speaker Julie McCluskie to hear Articles of Impeachment for Secretary of State Jena Griswold. “Since being elected, the secretary of state has used her position as a platform for her partisan political ideology and has proven herself unfit for this elected position,” a new letter from Rep. Ryan Armagost and signed by 16 other Republicans reads. The letter, dated March 6, 2024, terms it imperative to have the matter placed on the legislative calendar. “The secretary of state has consistently been criticized for her lack of transparency and questionable bias,” Armagost’s letter continues. “Her partisan political beliefs are constantly the subj...
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Musk says he won’t donate to Biden or Trump
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Musk says he won’t donate to Biden or Trump

By DOMINICK MASTRANGELO | The Hill Billionaire tech and media mogul Elon Musk said he will not be giving money to either President Biden or former President Trump this year as the two prepare to face off in the fall. “Just to be super clear, I am not donating money to either candidate for US President,” Musk wrote Wednesday on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter that he purchased in 2022. The New York Times reported Tuesday that Musk met with Trump and a few wealthy Republican donors in Florida as the former president’s campaign looks to “to shore up his finances” ahead of a rematch with Biden. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE HILL
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Colorado House Republicans push move to impeach Jena Griswold after SCOTUS keeps Trump on ballot
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Colorado House Republicans push move to impeach Jena Griswold after SCOTUS keeps Trump on ballot

By Ernest Luning | Colorado Politics Colorado House Minority Leader Rose Pugliese and a fellow Republican legislator on Wednesday called on the chamber's Democratic speaker to bring to the floor a resolution to impeach Secretary of State Jena Griswold, arguing that Griswold's "partisan political ideology" has prevented the Democrat from carrying out her duties. In a letter delivered late Wednesday to House Speaker Julie McCluskie by Pugliese and state Rep. Ryan Armagost, nearly every member of the House Republican caucus insisted that Monday's U.S. Supreme Court decision keeping Donald Trump on Colorado's presidential primary ballot underlines the urgency of their impeachment resolution, which the lawmakers say was submitted to the speaker's office nearly a month ago. Griswold, an...
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Holdout Republicans fall in line behind Trump after Super Tuesday sweep
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Holdout Republicans fall in line behind Trump after Super Tuesday sweep

By Cami Mondeaux| Colorado Springs Gazette Republicans who had held off on throwing their support behind former President Donald Trump are now getting off the sidelines after his performance on Super Tuesday all but guaranteed he will be the party's presidential nominee. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) endorsed Trump on Wednesday, making him the highest-ranking Senate Republican to back the former president. The endorsement comes despite the pair not having spoken since Trump left office and even after McConnell partially blamed the former president for the Jan. 6 riot. “It is abundantly clear that former President Trump has earned the requisite support of Republican voters to be our nominee for President of the United States,” McConnell said...
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‘They call it Super Tuesday for a reason,’ Trump says as he celebrates victory
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‘They call it Super Tuesday for a reason,’ Trump says as he celebrates victory

By BRIAN PORTER | The Rocky Mountain Voice Super Tuesday was just that, President Donald Trump said March 5 following Republican Party primary elections in 16 different states – 15 of which he won. “They call it Super Tuesday for a reason,” he said. “There’s never been anything so conclusive. This was an amazing night, an amazing day; it has been an incredible period of time.” A handful of opponents were whittled down to one by Super Tuesday, and by Wednesday morning his only remaining opponent, Nikki Haley, suspended her campaign.  In a post on Truth social, Trump called for Haley’s supporters to unify under him and “join the greatest movement in the history of our nation.” In Colorado, he won the Republican primary by 30 percentage points, taking victories in 57 of 64 coun...
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‘Now that it’s over, it’s over,’ McConnell says in support of Trump following Haley exit
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‘Now that it’s over, it’s over,’ McConnell says in support of Trump following Haley exit

By BURGESS EVERETT | Politico Mitch McConnell is endorsing Donald Trump for president, a move that the Senate GOP leadermadeafter Trump's only main rival dropped out of the GOP primary. Despite their nonexistent relationships over the past three years, McConnell has always maintained he would support the eventual Republican nominee — and Nikki Haley's Wednesday suspension of her campaign unlocked McConnell's formal endorsement. His decision to formally back Trump amounts to a detente, however involuntary, after a rocky three years between the two men. It also illustrates that the two men may still need each other politically: McConnell is trying to take back the Senate majority for Republicans at the end of the year, while Trump is trying to win many of the same battleground ...
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Trump now faces ‘time of choosing’, Haley says as she suspends campaign
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Trump now faces ‘time of choosing’, Haley says as she suspends campaign

By BRIAN PORTER | The Rocky Mountain Voice Nikki Haley has suspended her campaign for President, but perhaps not her advocacy for traditional Republican conservative values. Channeling Ronald Reagan, she termed this “a time of choosing” for former President Donald Trump, now presumed to be the Republican nominee for President for the third consecutive time. “It is now up to Donald Trump to earn the votes of those in our party and beyond it who did not support him,” Haley said from Charleston, S.C. “I hope he does that. At its best, politics is about bringing people into your cause, not turning them away. Our conservative cause badly needs more people.” The goal of the campaign was to help Americans have their voices heard, Haley said, and “I have done that; I have no regrets.” ...
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In Weld County, emu named ‘Buddy’ on the loose identified as an ostrich by passerby
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In Weld County, emu named ‘Buddy’ on the loose identified as an ostrich by passerby

By Heather Willard | KDVR-TV Sometimes, law enforcement is asked to respond to some uncommon calls. On Tuesday, for example, Weld County Sheriff’s Office Animal Control Officers responded to a report of an “ostrich in the roadway.” The “ostrich” turned out to be an emu who was out wandering in the area of Weld County Road 76 and County Road 33. County animal control officers were able to capture and contain the large, flightless bird, and safely hold the emu in a nearby fenced residential yard — with permission from the owner. A passerby was able to identify the emu’s owner as Andrew Leffler, who was notified and picked up his emu, who he said was named Buddy. READ THE FULL STORY AT KDVR-TV FOX 31
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Pueblo’s new Fuel & Iron food hall accused in lawsuit of shorting its builders as construction lagged, costs soared
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Pueblo’s new Fuel & Iron food hall accused in lawsuit of shorting its builders as construction lagged, costs soared

By Jennifer Brown and Tamara Chuang | Colorado Sun One of the coolest endeavors to open in Pueblo in recent years is tangled up in a court battle after being accused of not paying its builders for the full cost of the project.  Fuel & Iron, the historic hardware store transformed into affordable housing and a trendy food hall where visitors can find cocktails and beer, pizza and fried chicken, opened in April. It was sued in May, its contractor claiming it was shorted more than $2.4 million.  The dispute is a black eye on a project heralded as the perfect mix of private investment and public dollars, a $16 million plan cobbled together from 17 sources, including grants and local, state and federal government investments. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE COLORADO SUN
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