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The Beats

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Minutemen March Into Colorado

What started as a group of vigilantes roaming along the U.S. Southern border -

Armey Declares War on Colorado Candidates

FreedomWorks, a Texas-based political action committee which was active in the failed anti-Referenda C & D campaign in 2005, is back for more in...

The Latest Trailhead Boondoggle

State Rep. Buffie McFadyen is the latest to get wacked by the Trailhead Group - and is the latest Democrat to consider taking legal...

He Didn’t Mean It

Brian Davidson, the Republican candidate at-large candidate for Colorado University regent, tonight denied that he supports the idea of students or faculty with concealed...

Biting the Bullet

Hopelessly backlogged...The whole system collapses... Justice is served... These are the refrains of stories that have appeared over the past weeks, detailing Colorado's clogged up...

Guns on Campus

Today Stephen Ludwig, the Democratic candidate for an at-large seat at the University of Colorado (CU) Board of Regents, brandished his Republican opponent's position...

God Picked the Other Guy

This week the surprise candidate of the 5th Congressional District Republican Primary - Bentley Rayburn - sent out a letter to friends and supporters...

SD 5 Seat Slipping Away From Republicans

Republican incumbent Lew Entz's campaign for the Senate District 5th may not only be in trouble, it may be on life-support. He has been...

New Candidate May Become the Oldest Legislator

Politicians often tout their life experience as a reason for voter support and Josh Penry, Republican candidate for State Senate 7 in Mesa County,...

Unions and Politics

Why did Colorado vote for Bush in 2004?  A big part of the explanation lies at the feet of its relatively weak union movement. ...
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