Tag: colorado politics
Suicide shadows Colorado’s ‘pray the gay away’ debate
Brad Allen was 31 when he planned to stage his suicide to look like an accident. He wouldn't leave a note.
“I would just leave...
Caucuses were chaos. Should Colorado have a primary instead?
Now that Colorado's Super Tuesday caucuses are over, attention is shifting away from the candidates and onto something else: the process.
Enthusiasm for Bernie Sanders...
Bernie Sanders wins the Colorado caucuses
Bruce Ratliff, 43, in the orange shirt, raises his hand for Bernie Sanders in his first ever caucus in the cafeteria of North Middle School...
Democrats gear up to fight for a hospital provider fee bill
Republican Attorney General Cynthia Coffman announced Monday that reclassifying the state’s hospital provider fee as an enterprise meets constitutional muster, restarting conversations among lawmakers...
5 reactions to Cynthia Coffman’s hospital provider fee bomb
Republican Attorney General Cynthia Coffman's office dropped a news bombshell at the state Capitol on the eve of the Colorado caucuses— when most eyes are turned...
Colorado’s GOP AG clears key Democratic budget plan as legal
By saying a plan to reclassify a billion-dollar hospital program is constitutional, Colorado's Republican attorney general today bolstered a key strategy by the Democratic...
In Colorado, a hard push by Hillary Clinton on gun violence
DENVER — A week before the Colorado caucuses, Hillary Clinton is focusing on firearms safety in a state with a bloody history of gun...
Jon Keyser’s team swings at Dems over Obama replacing Scalia
Political consultants, direct mail firms and the TV stations that run campaign ads won't be the only ones making some coin off the big U.S. Senate...
Denver’s black clergy to rally support for Bernie Sanders
With the March 1 Colorado caucuses nearing next week, black pastors in Denver who back Bernie Sanders are hoping to introduce the candidate to...
Colorado GOP Sen. Larry Crowder vs. Koch group on Twitter
Republican Sen. Larry Crowder has introduced a new word into the rhetorical battle against the Koch brothers and Americans for Prosperity, their state-based prime political arm...