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One lingering lowlight from yesterday’s failure by the GOP-controlled Colorado Senate to follow the House’s precedent for accountability for perpetrators of sexual harassment and expel Sen. Randy Baumgardner that we wanted to be sure received a dishonorable mention–as Colorado Public Radio’s Sam Brasch reports: Republican Senate President Kevin Grantham had resisted over a month of calls […]

Denverite had the story ready to go: The Colorado Senate on Monday rejected a resolution to expel Republican State Sen. Randy Baumgardner. Baumgardner was investigated for sexual misconduct based on allegations made by a former legislative aide that were found credible by a third-party investigation, according to the Associated Press. The resolution read Monday said […]

KUNC’s Bente Birkeland once again breaks news that casts Senate Republicans in an unfavorable light as the foot-dragging reluctance by Senate President Kevin Grantham to take action against Senators found by independent investigations to have committed harassment becomes the story–despite desperate attempts to muddy the waters: It has been nearly two months since an independent […]

Jesse Paul at the Denver Post (say a prayer for them) reports on the ongoing crisis over sexual harassment allegations in the GOP-controlled Colorado Senate, and the increasing difficulty of conducting essential business in an environment where three Republican Senators have had credible allegations made against them–yet every day, dozens of women who are vocationally obliged […]

UPDATE #2: From the Senate floor moments ago: Every woman Democratic senator is on the floor of the Senate calling on GOP leaders to introduce their resolution calling for @CapitalCowboy Baumgardner’s expulsion. #coleg — Charles Ashby (@OldNewsman) March 8, 2018 Note Sen. “Handsy” Jack Tate in the background looking at the carpet. —– UPDATE: The Denver […]