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As the Rocky Mountain News reports: More than 90 bills become law Sunday, kicking off the Fourth of July week with a bang or whimper, depending on your politics… “The winners on July 1 are kids who need health care, seniors in nursing homes, victims of domestic violence. Those folks will be better off,” said […]

As the Rocky Mountain News reports: “I don’t know.” “I don’t recall.” “I don’t remember.” Developer Rick Sapkin, chairman of the powerful business group Colorado Concern, repeated those phrases over and over Monday while testifying before a legislative committee investigating an ethics complaint filed against the group’s lobbyist. Composed of top CEOs statewide, the group […]

Every now and then we like to provide you with a snapshot of what visitors to Colorado Pols are looking for when they arrive here via search engines. In early February the top searches were for Amendment 41 and former Jefferson County Treasurer Mark Paschall. Below is a list of the top unique key words […]

Former Rep. Scott McInnis is taking more fire now that he is a formal candidate for the U.S. Senate, but he seems to be mixing up his talking points. As The Grand Junction Sentinel reports: Scott McInnis, the former U.S. representative from western Colorado, drew fire for his work for an energy company just as […]

We missed this strange story from yesterday’s Rocky Mountain News about a former North Denver politician: A former state senator who was arrested for investigation of burglary involving his own home said it was a “huge misunderstanding” that he expects to be resolved. Rob Hernandez was arrested by Denver police Monday and released on bond […]

We used to do this now and then at Colorado Pols but we sort of forgot about it. So, we thought we’d try it again. Below is a list of the top unique key words entered into search engines (except for key words like ‘colorado politics’ or ‘colorado pols’) that led visitors to Colorado Pols […]

The Denver Post took a stab at a Bill Owens retrospective, but what do you think?

We already asked if Marc Holtzman would have been better for the GOP than Bob Beauprez, but that isn’t the only ‘What If’ that Colorado politicos are pondering today. Speaker of the House Andrew Romanoff is said to be openly regretting not running for either governor or treasurer. His former aide, Cary Kennedy, is now […]

From a press release issued today by the campaign of Democrat Jay Fawcett in CD-5: The headquarters for Jay Fawcett’s campaign for Colorado’s 5th Congressional District was vandalized overnight and a death threat – the third such threat – was also emailed to Fawcett. Both incidents have been reported to the police.  As voters headed […]