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Denver’s presiding juvenile judge suspended, few details on disciplinary investigation
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Denver’s presiding juvenile judge suspended, few details on disciplinary investigation

By Michael Karlik | SOURCE: COLORADO POLITICS The Colorado Supreme Court temporarily suspended longtime Denver Juvenile Court Presiding Judge D. Brett Woods last month pending a disciplinary investigation, and few details have emerged about the nature of the inquiry. In a Dec. 21 order, the Supreme Court gave Woods 21 days to explain why he should be allowed to remain on the bench while the Colorado Commission on Judicial Discipline completes its work. On Thursday, the court issued another order reiterating that Woods remains on paid suspension until further notice. Chief Justice Brian D. Boatright did not participate in issuing either order, while Justice Monica M. Márquez recused herself only from the December order. The clerk of the Supreme Court did not kno...
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Annual count of Colorado Springs-area homeless population expands hiring street people to assist
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Annual count of Colorado Springs-area homeless population expands hiring street people to assist

By Debbie Kelley | SOURCE: THE GAZETTE For the second time, a yearly census to determine how many homeless people are living in El Paso County on a given night will hire helpers who are familiar with life on the streets to do the counting. Debra Stilen will be among those conducting the Point in Time survey that begins on Monday, a process required by the United States Department of Urban Housing and Development for communities to receive federal funding for programs and services for homeless people. After 20 years of homelessness, Stilen entered transitional housing last year. She was ready. But many of her friends are not. “What I find is a lot of them want to be counted, but people who are homeless are so used to being abused or bullied or negative aspects when it comes to a...
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Trump urges US Supreme Court to reverse Colorado ballot disqualification
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Trump urges US Supreme Court to reverse Colorado ballot disqualification

By Andrew Chung and John Kruzel | SOURCE: THE GAZETTE WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donald Trump's lawyers urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday to reverse a judicial decision disqualifying the former president from Colorado's Republican primary ballot as the justices prepare to tackle the politically explosive case. Trump's lawyers in court papers presented the former U.S. president's main arguments against a Colorado Supreme Court Dec. 19 ruling barring him from the primary ballot over his actions around the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack, citing the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. The justices have scheduled oral arguments in the case for Feb. 8. Trump's lawyers urged the court to "put a swift and decisive end to these ballot-disqualification efforts," noting that similar...
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House Republicans pass two anti-abortion bills on eve of March for Life
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House Republicans pass two anti-abortion bills on eve of March for Life

By Gabrielle M. Etzel, Washington Examiner | SOURCE: THE GAZETTE House Republicans passed two anti-abortion measures on Thursday ahead of the 51st annual March for Life in Washington. The House voted 214-208 along party lines to pass H.R. 6918, the Supporting Pregnant and Parenting Women and Families Act, which seeks to prevent the Department of Health and Human Services from discriminating against pregnancy resource centers. The House also voted 212-207, with no Democrats voting in favor, for H.R. 6914, the Pregnant Students Rights Act, which requires colleges and universities to inform female students of their rights under Title IX if they become pregnant and choose to carry their child to term. In October, the Biden administration...
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Socialist Democrats endorse radical muppet for Colo state House
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Socialist Democrats endorse radical muppet for Colo state House

SOURCE: COLORADO PEAK POLITICS The Denver chapter of socialist Democrats has endorsed Tim Hernandez, the poster child of misplaced radicalism, to represent the city’s fourth district in the state House. Hernandez was appointed by Democrat Party bosses through a vacancy committee recently to fill the term through November 2024, after Democratic state Rep. Serena Gonzales-Gutierre abandoned her seat midterm to run for Denver City Council. That’s how Democrats are subverting democracy these days, through the vacancy committee process, whereby they appoint favored Democrats to expired terms and as a bonus they block Republicans from competing. But we digress. The Democrat Socialists of America announced its endorsement this week, citing Hernandez’s frontline struggle against rac...
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McConnell joins 45 GOP senators backing Trump in Colorado ballot fight
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McConnell joins 45 GOP senators backing Trump in Colorado ballot fight

By Kaelan Deese, Washington Examiner | SOURCE: THE GAZETTE The fate of former President Donald Trump's primary ballot access in Colorado got a boost Thursday from 46 Republican senators, including Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), calling on the Supreme Court to keep him on the ballot. More than two dozen amicus briefs have been filed to the public docket for the Supreme Court case over whether Trump, the Republican front-runner for the 2024 presidential election, is disqualified from appearing on the Centennial State's primary ballot under a 14th Amendment provision barring anyone who engaged in insurrection from holding office again. In the latest brief, led by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA), 177 Rep...
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Senate passes funding bill to stave off government shutdown
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Senate passes funding bill to stave off government shutdown

By Samantha-Jo Roth, Washington Examiner | SOURCE: THE GAZETTE The Senate voted to extend government funding into March on Thursday as lawmakers prepared to leave town in anticipation of another D.C. snowstorm. The continuing resolution, which passed 77-18, is the third short-term extension the Senate has approved since September. Before the final vote, the Senate rejected a handful of amendments that Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) agreed to in order to expedite passage of the bill. One of them, sponsored by Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), would have prevented aid from going to the Palestinian Authority and other governing bodies in Gaza and the West Bank unless they met conditions that include recognizing the state of Israel. The Senate voted down the...
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Douglas County Takes Legal Action Against State of Colorado Over Property Tax Relief Denial
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Douglas County Takes Legal Action Against State of Colorado Over Property Tax Relief Denial

SOURCE: THELOBBY-CO.COM Douglas County, known for its affluent suburban communities, has taken a legal step this week to resolve the state’s property tax mess by suing the state board responsible for evaluating property assessments. The county claims that officials overstepped their authority and wrongly prevented the county from providing much-needed tax relief to thousands of homeowners. The decision by the board last month and the subsequent appeal to a judge come at a time when Colorado is embroiled in a heated debate over how to address the soaring property tax bills that have burdened residents this year. In its lawsuit filed against the state Board of Equalization, Douglas County accuses the board of making an "arbitrary and capricious" decision by unanimously denyin...
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Bill to create fiscal committee to rein in $34 trillion national debt advances in House
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Bill to create fiscal committee to rein in $34 trillion national debt advances in House

By Zachary Halaschak, Washington Examiner | SOURCE: THE GAZETTE The House Budget Committee voted Thursday to advance landmark legislation that would create a fiscal committee to limit the growth of the national debt. The committee advanced the bipartisan legislation in a 22-12 vote. The Fiscal Commission Act of 2023 would form a panel consisting of both Republican and Democratic lawmakers from both chambers of Congress, in addition to outside experts. Specifically, the commission would be composed of 16 members — the speaker of the House, House minority leader, Senate majority leader, and Senate minority leader would each appoint four members. Three of the four members must be lawmakers, and one must be an outside expert. The country is staring down some $34...
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Democrat Congressman Challenges Republicans to Remove Statue of Liberty in Immigration Debate
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Democrat Congressman Challenges Republicans to Remove Statue of Liberty in Immigration Debate

SOURCE: THELOBBY-CO.COM In a stunning display of misplaced rhetoric, Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-Fla.) has taken aim at his Republican colleagues, challenging them to introduce a bill that would remove the Statue of Liberty. Frost's provocative statement came during a House Oversight and Accountability Committee hearing, where he criticized Republicans, particularly Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (Ga.), for their immigration stances and their support of the H.R. 2 bill. Frost, a first-term legislator, read a portion of the poem "The New Colossus," which is inscribed on the Statue of Liberty. The poem, intended as a message to immigrants arriving at Ellis Island in the 1800s, has long symbolized America's welcoming embrace of those seeking a better life. However, Frost's cynical use of ...
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