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Colorado As A Donor State
According to the Tax Foundation, in 2004, Colorado got 79 cents back for every dollar paid from the federal government, leaving it ranking 41st...
Hickenlooper’s State of the City Address 2006
Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper, one of the most popular politician in all of Colorado, will deliver his state of the city address today (available...
Senate Version of Bill Drops Musgrave
The anti-trigger lock provision that Rep. Marilyn Musgrave (R-4) successfully attached to the federal Commerce and Justice spending bill is mysteriously absent from the...
Racism And The Immigration Debate
State politicians may have reached an agreement on immigration yesterday, but it will do little to quiet the issue. Especially if groups like the...
More “Compassionate” Conservatism
Following up on yesterday's post, today gives us another example of the new "compassionate" conservatism surrounding the recently ended special session.
First up, from the...
Rifle Shots: A look at a new old west
Living in Rifle (sometimes referred as "West Texas") during the current energy boom is a lot like living in the towns of Deadwood or...
Of Potties and Trigger Locks
Yesterday when I went to pick my 20-month-old son, Leo, up from daycare, he grabbed my index finger with his hand and dragged me...
Senate Committee to Consider Musgrave’s Anti-Trigger Lock Bill
We'll be watching Sen. Herbert Kohl (R-WI) tomorrow morning, when his Senate Appropriations subcommittee. will consider the spending bill that contains Rep. Marilyn Musgrave's...
Follow the Gun Money
Money spoke when the 230 lawmakers voted to approve Rep. Marilyn Musgrave's (R-4) amendment on June 28 to defund a requirement that gun dealers...