GOP vows futile effort to slow down gun bills, just as it did on abortion. It gets worse. Check out the conspiracy-fueled race for state party chair.
Colorado politics
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Colorado law makes it very difficult and financially perilous to sue the gun industry. That’s likely to change.
Colorado Democrats this year are poised to roll back the state’s extra protections against lawsuits for gun and ammunition manufacturers and sellers, which are among the toughest in the country
Posted inPolitics and Government
Colorado businesses, organizations and government entities spent nearly $56 million on federal lobbying in 2022
Spending increased 54% from 2018 to 2022 as Congress spent trillions of dollars responding to COVID-19
Posted inOpinion Columns
Zornio: Colorado Democrats should clear the path for Adam Frisch in the primary
There’s a time and a place for ideological debates. For Democrats, the 3rd Congressional District race to unseat Lauren Boebert is not it.
Posted inOpinion Columns
Nicolais: Colorado should ditch its archaic caucus and assembly process
Led by electoral reform advocate Kent Thiry, a movement aims to rid Colorado of the system that vests huge amounts of power in a tiny fraction of activists
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Silverman: Neckties are disappearing, but the Broncos new coach knows they still make a powerful statement
Fewer men are wearing neckties, but they still pack plenty of symbolism for those who tie the knot
Posted inEducation
Adjuncts will soon qualify for federal student loan forgiveness but Colorado Democrats want to give them more aid toward debt relief
A bill would give adjunct instructors, who may rely on food banks and share housing, full-time employment status for the sake of applying for federal student loan forgiveness
Posted inOpinion Columns
Nicolais: A heart-breaking anniversary of my broken relationship with my father
It has been a year of heartache for me since my father chose to end our relationship
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Zornio: Let Colorado’s local residents decide if rent control is right for them
Repealing a statewide ban on rent control makes sense given local policy factors into success as much as state policy
Posted inPolitics and Government
Nearly 25% of Colorado’s state lawmakers have landed a statehouse seat by vacancy committee
There will be 24 lawmakers this year who secured a statehouse seat through a vacancy appointment, including no fewer than nine legislators who will have been appointed in a 12-month span