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So how has Amendment 41 affected lobbying at the capitol?
January was the first month under the new law, which restricts lobbyists from giving gifts...
The old adage "those who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones" should probably be updated to include slinging rhetorical firebombs at political opponents...
The ballyhoo over the implementation of Amendment 41 - Standards of Conduct in Government has legislators, citizens, and Constitutional scholars (both real and amateur)...
Colorado's second-largest city has its own code of ethics, which, among other things, calls on the elected mayor, council members and appointed officials to...
The overwhelming passage of Amendment 41 - Standards of Conduct in Government by 63 percent of Colorado voters last November is drawing sharp opinions...
The Denver dailies are filled today with the meltdown over Amendment 41.
Lawsuits.
Reports of Jared Polis going to the capitol, "wigging out" and "threatening" House...
Unintended consequences.
Those two words just may grow into a rallying cry to make amending Colorado's constitution more difficult.
Driving the debate are several recent...