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We’ve spent a considerable amount of time discussing the battle over last year’s so-called “Amazon Tax,” in truth a law, now mired in court proceedings, that would have required online merchants to notify Colorado customers of the use tax they owe (and have always owed) on purchases–and supply the state with monetary totals for verification. […]

As the Colorado Independent’s Joseph Boven reports: A bill to create health insurance exchanges in Colorado passed out of the Senate today, becoming one of the few bills to make it through the fires of Tea Party and other conservative groups this year. While Republicans largely voted against the bill, it passed with no discussion […]

Food for thought from Politico: President Barack Obama’s appearance Wednesday in the White House briefing room to present a documented rebuttal of suspicions that he was not born on U.S. soil was more than just a surprise. It was a decisive new turn in the centuries-long American history of political accusation and innuendo. By directly […]

CNN reports–how’s this for an answer to Paul Ryan’s “Path to Prosperity?” President Barack Obama unveiled his long-awaited deficit reduction plan Wednesday, calling for a mix of spending reductions and tax hikes that the White House claims would cut federal deficits by $4 trillion over the next 12 years without gutting popular programs such as […]

Today, the one-seat minority Colorado House Democrats, with a few Republicans, are trying to put their own stamp on the state budget–principally attempting to reduce cuts to public education. The Pueblo Chieftain’s Patrick Malone reported this morning: In the run-up to today’s budget debate in the House, Rep. Tom Massey met with Gov. John Hickenlooper […]

As the Pueblo Chieftain’s Peter Roper reports–should have read it first, don’t you think? Rep. Scott Tipton, the freshman Republican who represents Pueblo and the 3rd Congressional District, held his own telephone town hall meeting Thursday night and said most of the calls he received agreed the federal government is overspending and that has to […]