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Republicans rip Colorado GOP chair Dave Williams over use of party resources to attack primary rival
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Republicans rip Colorado GOP chair Dave Williams over use of party resources to attack primary rival

By Ernest Luning | Colorado Politics Colorado Republican Party Chairman Dave Williams is drawing fire from fellow Republicans after the state GOP mailed a brochure to El Paso County voters this week that includes attacks on one of the congressional candidates running against Williams in this year's Republican primary. Since announcing his candidacy in Colorado Springs-based 5th Congressional District in January in an email distributed by the state GOP, Williams has faced calls to step down from the party post, with critics citing party bylaws that prohibit the party and its officers from taking sides in primaries, including on their own behalf. Those calls have intensified this week, including from three of Williams' predecessors as state party chair. "That’s misappropriatio...
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Biden has until March 19 to drop out
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Biden has until March 19 to drop out

By Paul Bedard | Colorado Springs Gazette In late 1995, Republican presidential candidate Steve Forbes had a problem. Instead of pulling out his checkbook and paying to get on state primary ballots, he chose to do it the old-fashioned way and get thousands of signatures on petitions, and it wasn’t going well. As the deadline for the petitions in Rhode Island neared, staffer Doug Heye and two others headed to the Ocean State to finish the job. “Now I've never been to Rhode Island before. There's a foot of snow on the ground. And we're, like, what do we do? The malls were empty the week before Christmas. I called back to the home office and said we're not getting this done. This is not happening. You got to do something else,” Heye recalled. But it w...
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The cost of universal pre-K in Colorado: Thousands of at-risk kids got less classroom time
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The cost of universal pre-K in Colorado: Thousands of at-risk kids got less classroom time

By Brian Eason | Colorado Sun Colorado Gov. Jared Polis’ signature preschool initiative is serving thousands more families than expected in its first year, but its success has come with a costly downside: Fewer low-income children attend full-day preschool today than before the program launched. The trade-off was laid out in stark terms during Joint Budget Committee hearings last month: The more enrollment grows for universal pre-K, the less state funding will be available for at-risk children to attend full-day preschool. Under Colorado’s previous state-funded preschool program, which ended July 1, more than 6,000 at-risk 4-year-olds received funding for a full-day classroom slot last school year. This year, the state provided only 3,500 full-day slots to the most at-risk kids — ...
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It’s unanimous, Colorado cannot disqualify Trump from ballot
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It’s unanimous, Colorado cannot disqualify Trump from ballot

By ZACH SCHONFELD | The Hill The Supreme Court unanimously ruled Colorado cannot disqualify former President Trump from the ballot under the 14th Amendment’s insurrection ban, a historic decision that preserves Trump’s ability to seek a second presidential term.  Monday’s unsigned decision effectively ends the long-shot efforts that aimed to prevent Trump from returning to the White House, handing a monumental legal victory to the former president on the eve of Super Tuesday, when he is poised to close in on clinching the Republican nomination.  Voters and advocacy groups had filed dozens of challenges to Trump’s ballot eligibility in states across the country, claiming his actions surrounding the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack triggered his disqualification. READ ...
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‘Not the same RNC,’ Nikki Haley backtracks on party’s loyalty pledge to nominee
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‘Not the same RNC,’ Nikki Haley backtracks on party’s loyalty pledge to nominee

By Todd C. Frankel | The Washington Post Former South Carolina governor Nikki Haley said Sunday that she no longer feels bound by the earlier pledge made by her and other presidential hopefuls to support the GOP’s eventual nominee — widely expected to be former president Donald Trump. The Republican National Committee made that pledge a key condition for candidates who wanted to participate in the party’s debates. Haley acknowledged in an interview on NBC’s “Meet The Press” that the pledge was a requirement but added that the party has changed since then. “The RNC is now not the same RNC,” she said. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE WASHINGTON POST
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Colorado lawmakers eye expansion of ‘right to repair’ laws to include electronic equipment
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Colorado lawmakers eye expansion of ‘right to repair’ laws to include electronic equipment

By Marissa Ventrelli  | Colorado Politics A proposal in the Colorado House could see a major expansion to the state's "right to repair" laws, notably in the area of electronic equipment, such as mobile phones and other devices.  House Bill 1121 would expand the state's right to repair laws to include digital electronic equipment, such as cellphones, computers, and kitchen appliances. The proposed legislation includes exemptions for a number of products, including motor vehicles, security alarms, and certain medical devices.   The proposal comes on the heels of Colorado's first law on the issue in 2022, under which manufacturers of powered wheelchairs are required to provide independent repair shops and owners of their products with "parts, embedded software, fi...
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Sunday lineup: Where Republicans will appear in TV programming on March 3
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Sunday lineup: Where Republicans will appear in TV programming on March 3

By BRIAN PORTER | The Rocky Mountain Voice There are many opportunities to catch up with Republicans serving in Congress, those on the campaign trail and former party leaders during this week’s Sunday programming. Here’s a glance at where you can find them on Sunday, March 3: ABC “This Week”: South Dakota Sen. Mike Rounds. Also, Reince Priebus, who served as chairman of the Republican National Committee and later as White House chief of staff, on a panel. CBS “Face the Nation”: Alaska Sen. Dan Sullivan and Ohio Rep. Mike Turner. CNN “State of the Union”: Oklahoma Sen. Markwayne Mullin. Also, former Presidential candidate Scott Walker, on a panel. Fox “Fox News Sunday”: Florida Sen. Marco Rubio and Florida Rep. Byron Donalds. Fox News “Sunday Morning Futures”: Ohio Sen. J....
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Reviewing the good and bad bills filed in the Colorado Legislature
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Reviewing the good and bad bills filed in the Colorado Legislature

The light speed at which bills are proceeding in the Colorado Legislature is daunting, with one member of the House even calling it record-setting. Bills are proceeding with such speed, it is reasonable the majority of Coloradans just can’t keep up with the bills. But, with Democrats holding a super majority in the House, monitoring these bills is essential. Former state legislator Kevin Lundberg attempts to ease the madness in his report of the list of “Significant Bills for 2024”. SEE THE LIST OF GOOD AND BAD BILLS AT KEVIN LUNDBERG.COM
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Appeals court rules more than 100 J6 sentences were improperly lengthened
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Appeals court rules more than 100 J6 sentences were improperly lengthened

By KYLE CHENEY | Politico A federal appeals court panel ruled Friday that Jan. 6 defendants who obstructed Congress’ work had their sentences improperly lengthened by judges who determined that they had interfered with the “administration of justice.” The decision could force district court judges in Washington, D.C. to recalculate, and perhaps reduce, the sentences of more than 100 Jan. 6 rioters convicted of felony obstruction for their roles in the attack on the Capitol that threatened the transfer of power three years ago. Federal sentencing guidelines encourage judges to apply the “administration of justice” enhancement to defendants who disrupt judicial proceedings like grand jury investigations or court hearings. The enhancement can increase recommended sentences ...
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Did Denver Democrat use position to ensure payday from same law he sponsored?
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Did Denver Democrat use position to ensure payday from same law he sponsored?

By Sherrie Peif | Complete Colorado The timing between the filing of a class action lawsuit against a Denver rental property owner and a new law allowing for greater leeway over who can file such lawsuits is being scrutinized. At the center of the controversy is whether one of the attorneys for the plaintiffs, State Rep. Steven Woodrow, used his power and position as a state legislator to ensure himself, along with other trial lawyers, big payouts for successful suits that otherwise would likely not advance. A Denver judge said as much in his ruling to allow the class action to move forward. Because “the claims are small, tenants likely wouldn’t have the motivation to take on the expense of individual lawsuits, so class action is the best path forward,” said Denver District Court ...
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