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Bad news for Democrats from the Secretary of State, reports the Grand Junction Sentinel: A proposed initiative for the 2010 ballot to define a person at the moment of conception failed to turn in enough signatures, Colorado Secretary of State Bernie Buescher announced Wednesday. Buescher said the petitions, which were turned into his office Feb. […]

As The Ft. Collins Coloradaoan reports: After years of claiming Colorado’s new oil and gas regulations will chase the energy industry and its jobs from the state, oil and gas operators and an industry group are now saying the rules will have little impact on future energy development here… …The new rules, which took effect […]

We’ve updated The Big Line now that all Q4 finance reports are available. Click below for a brief rundown of some of the changes. GOVERNOR Like it or not, elections are often just one big popularity contest, and in Colorado, there are few (if any) politicians who are more popular than Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper. […]

The money is in the bank from the Q4 fundraising period (well, unless you’re Scott Gessler, that is, so it’s time again to present our Winners & Losers from the last quarter of 2009.   WINNERS Sen. Michael Bennet (D) One year ago, many voters in Colorado were still trying to figure out who Bennet […]

We don’t have time this morning to link to all the occasions in the last year where Republicans like gubernatorial candidate Scott McInnis have claimed that new oil and gas drilling protections which took effect last spring are “killing the industry” and “costing jobs.” They’ve said it so many times that it would be, well, […]

Fascinating reality check from the Center for American Progress, with a local twist: Under the Republican health care alternative filed in the House, young and healthy individuals can purchase policies from insurers that don’t abide by local benefit or rate standards. The Republican bill allows the health insurer to choose a “primary state” “whose covered […]