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Boebert hosts telephone town hall to connect with 4th District voters
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Boebert hosts telephone town hall to connect with 4th District voters

By Rocky Mountain Voice Staff Rep. Lauren Boebert is inviting Coloradans in the 4th Congressional District to participate in a telephone town hall on Wednesday, March 26 at 7 p.m., offering constituents a chance to hear directly from their representative and ask questions about the issues impacting their lives. The event is open to residents of the 21 counties spanning eastern Colorado, including communities like Wellington, Windsor, Severance, Loveland, and surrounding rural areas in Larimer County. Registration must be completed by 4 p.m. Wednesday at boebert.house.gov/media. “I’m looking forward to sharing directly with constituents from all 21 of our counties about the work I’m doing to protect their liberties and stand up for our values in Congress,” Boebert said in a stateme...
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Some economic indicators point toward a recession, Colorado financial adviser analyzes
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Some economic indicators point toward a recession, Colorado financial adviser analyzes

By Rachel Wingrat | Denver7 There's been a lot of uncertainty recently about whether or not the United States will soon enter a recession. But some indicators suggest that's the direction we're headed, according to Colorado financial adviser Bruce Allen. Allen said there are four reasons economists think a recession could be coming: consumer confidence is declining, stocks are falling, markets are becoming more volatile and short-term interest rates are higher than long-term interest rates. Allen said, that last one has come before every recession since 1960. READ THE FULL STORY AT DENVER7
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Colorado is Venezuelan gang’s ‘command center’
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Colorado is Venezuelan gang’s ‘command center’

By The Denver Gazette staff | Denver Gazette Via Colorado Politics The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration confirmed on Monday that it regards Colorado as “ground zero" for "some of the most violent criminals in America" and the "command center" of a transnational gang that originated in the prisons of Venezuela. “We are learning that the command and control for TdA in the entire United States of America is right here in Colorado,” Derek Maltz, the acting director of the DEA, said in a Denver7 report.   Maltz was referring to Tren de Aragua, a gang that started in Tocorón Penitentiary Center in Aragua, a state in north-central Venezuela. TdA has expanded the footprint of its criminal enterprises into at least eight Latin American countries, including Brazil, Colomb...
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GOP rep forced to remove 2A sticker from laptop: ‘Offensive’
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GOP rep forced to remove 2A sticker from laptop: ‘Offensive’

By Michael Lee  | Fox News A Republican lawmaker from Colorado expressed shock at being told by Democratic colleagues that he had to remove a sticker supporting the Second Amendment from his laptop while in the state's House chamber. "I had to cover up this, they couldn't stand my sticker," Colorado Republican state Rep. Ken DeGraaf said during remarks on the state's House floor, pointing to paper covering up a sticker in support of the Second Amendment on a laptop he carried with him to the chamber. "It said ‘shall not be infringed’ and signed ‘2-A’ and that was considered offensive, which I understand would be offensive to this bill," he continued. READ THE FULL STORY AT FOX NEWS
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Profit or patients? The 340B fight that could close Colorado hospitals
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Profit or patients? The 340B fight that could close Colorado hospitals

By Jen Schumann | Contributing Writer, Rocky Mountain Voice If Senate Bill 25-071 fails, Julie Lonborg says her neighbor could end up driving from Lone Tree to Thornton just to pick up a single prescription. That’s not some theoretical what-if. It’s a glimpse into what hospital leaders say is already unfolding in Colorado, especially for patients in rural communities who depend on access to affordable medication through the federal 340B drug discount program. SB25-071, known as the Colorado 340B Contract Pharmacy Protection Act, aims to stop pharmaceutical manufacturers from placing limits on where and how hospitals dispense discounted drugs to vulnerable patients.  Supporters say it’s the only thing standing between local hospitals and a set of restrictions from out-of-state...
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Coloradans get their chance to scrap sanctuary laws with ballot measure
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Coloradans get their chance to scrap sanctuary laws with ballot measure

By Colorado Peak Politics, Commentary Detainees at the Aurora immigration facility escaped this week and are still at large but the media could care less except to fuel a fight between local law enforcement and ICE. Reporters aren’t the least bit curious how the two escapees, and only those two, knew that one back door was unlocked during a power failure. Why was there a power failure and how does that affect the security of the center? So-called journalists don’t seem to care enough to find out. How does the surrounding community feel about the fact that local police refused to respond when called? Or at the very flipping least, why Aurora PD couldn’t even issue a BOLO alert for their officers to be on the lookout? And while we’re grandstanding, since when does the media...
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Colorado lawmakers delay budget introduction as they agonize over final cuts
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Colorado lawmakers delay budget introduction as they agonize over final cuts

By Brian Eason | The Colorado Sun Over and over last week, Colorado budget writers kept getting mired in the same debates. Is a $21 million program that allows recent high school graduates to enroll in free college-level classes worth the cost? Can the state afford to continue paying bonuses to nurses at its understaffed mental health facilities? What about in jails, where the state has a long backlog of inmates awaiting mental health evaluations in order to stand trial? Should the state keep providing free lunches to school kids, whether or not their parents are truly in financial need? What if doing so means less money for their classroom teachers — over 1,000 of whom were just across the street Thursday to protest proposed cuts to public education? Acr...
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President Trump calls Colorado Capitol portrait ‘distorted,’ blames Gov. Polis
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President Trump calls Colorado Capitol portrait ‘distorted,’ blames Gov. Polis

By Heather Willard | Fox 31 News DENVER (KDVR) — President Donald Trump took to Truth Social on Sunday to disparage a portrait of himself that has hung in the Colorado Capitol since 2019. The Colorado Republican party collected over $10,000 in donations for Trump’s portrait in 2018, which was overseen by Colorado Citizens for Culture. The oil painting was commissioned by the Colorado GOP from Sarah Boardman, who also painted the Colorado Capitol’s portrait of former President Barack Obama.AOC, Sanders speak to over 30K in Denver in ‘biggest political event since Obama 2008’ However, Trump took issue with the painting on Sunday, posting to Truth Social that his Colorado portrait “was purposefully distorted.” "Nobody likes a bad picture or painting of themselves, b...
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Colorado legislature to discuss bill that could remove social media users acting illegally
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Colorado legislature to discuss bill that could remove social media users acting illegally

By Allie Jennerjahn | Denver7 DENVER — A mother who lost her son to a fentanyl overdose wants stronger protections for people acting illegally on social media, and a bill scheduled for discussion on Monday could do just that. Among many things, SB25-086 would require social media companies to enact public policies for their platform and remove a user who violates them within 72 hours. "Users who are posting the sale or availability of fentanyl or other illicit drugs or illegal guns or opportunities for young people to engage in sex would be, should be removed from the platform," Chelsea Congdon said. Congdon lost her son Miles Brundige, 19, on Nov. 8, 2020. He was a sophomore at University of Colorado Boulder, suffering from a dislocated shoulder. READ FULL ARTI...
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Colorado Joint Budget Committee addresses wolf reintroduction concerns with budget footnotes
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Colorado Joint Budget Committee addresses wolf reintroduction concerns with budget footnotes

By Marianne Goodland | Colorado Politics While agricultural organizations did not succeed in their efforts to halt the reintroduction of more wolves, they found a more sympathetic ear among policymakers at the state Capitol. In their work on "footnotes," which are directions to state departments on administering appropriations, the Joint Budget Committee adopted two items related to the wolf reintroduction program. Footnotes do not have the force of law, although state agencies comply. Even when the governor vetoes a footnote, usually due to a separation of powers issue, he often directs the agencies to comply anyway. The first said the annual $2.1 million general fund appropriation should be used to implement Proposition 114, the narrowly-adopted 2020 ballot measure that resulted...
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