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As the Rocky Mountain News reports: A critic of the Senate Republican Web site is asking whether a state employee broke any rules by calling on state time Wednesday to grill the critic about her political bias. “What’s alarming to me is clearly, he is in his official state role making partisan inquiries,” said Chantell […]

The, um, Teamsters Union wants to help them “Re-create ’68,” the Denver Post reports: Teamsters union leader James Hoffa Jr. joined the debate over Denver’s selection as host for the Democratic National Convention by confronting Gov. Bill Ritter at a Washington dinner and promising the issue could “blow up” next summer if Colorado doesn’t become […]

If it worked for Newt Gingrich, taking the redemption tour through James Dobson’s media empire surely can’t hurt disgraced ex-Congressman Tom DeLay, can it? From Citizenlink, Focus on the Family’s 501(c)(4) (limited shilling permitted) political advocacy wing: Focus on the Family founder Dr. James Dobson has called Tom DeLay “one of America’s leading advocates of […]

Our previous threads on the the Colorado General Assembly resolution against the Iraq war have provoked lively debate from our readers. So we can expect to see all of you down at the Capitol this afternoon, right? The show won’t disappoint — the Rocky Mountain News is predicting a “marathon” smackdown in the Senate State, […]

House Majority Leader Alice Madden has introduced the Second Parent Adoption Bill, which makes it legal for two people to adopt a child as opposed to just an individual. The bill drew a predictably blusterous response from Focus on the Family, which has for years prided itself on leading the fight against the potential gayness […]

Wearing a flak jacket and speaking from atop an up-armored Humvee, SPEAKER ROMANOFF SEEKS ‘CEASEFIRE’ IN BATTLE OVER AMENDMENT 41 Two Groups on Opposite Sides of Ethics Initiative Agree to Ask Supreme Court for Guidance DENVER – On Sunday, February 25, 2007 at 1:30pm, House Speaker Andrew Romanoff (D-Denver) will announce plans for a “ceasefire” […]

Yesterday Rep. Mark Udall made remarks on the House Floor against sending additional troops to Iraq, and Friday Rep. Diana DeGette was scheduled to do the same. Click below for the full remarks… “Thank you, Madam Speaker. “I rise in strong support of House Concurrent Resolution 63.  I fundamentally disagree with the President’s plan to […]

The Rocky Mountain News reported over the weekend that the Boettcher Foundation’s concern about the hotly-debated Amendment 41 has been settled, and students who apply for most merit-based scholarships will not be subject to a penalty based on this judgement. Full-ride Boettcher Foundation scholarships are exempt from Amendment 41, a judge ruled Friday in the […]