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Guest Post: Two approaches to getting big money out of politics

Since the US Supreme Court’s 2010 decision in Citizens United, corporations and the wealthy have increased their political contributions exponentially. We’re seeing the effect...

A bill to close a dark-money loophole dies in Colorado

Mystery fliers about candidates in elections that don't say who paid for them will still be allowed in Colorado after a law supporters said...

Wiretap: Pope Francis still has a problem with women, argues Maureen...

Anti-women Maureen Dowd reminds liberals that Pope Francis and his church still have a problem with women. Or as Dowd put its: Francis would be a...

Watchdog: Citizens United violated state campaign finance law

On Friday, Colorado Ethics Watch filed a complaint with the secretary of state asserting that political documentary-film mill Citizens United last year failed to...

In Colorado, Karl Rove (Gardner) beats Tom Steyer (Udall)

Before Citizens United, there would be no Senate race where two outside groups would account for nearly one out of every five dollars spent.

Hickenlooper campaign allows Beauprez to be formidable foe

The race to be Colorado’s next governor began when Bob Beauprez won the Republican primary in June. The former congressman was considered the moderate...

ProgressNow parodies Hickenlooper-hitting Citizens United trailer

Legalized marijuana, background checks for gun purchases, renewable energy development, health care reform, local-control bans on fracking: Citizens United says one man alone is...

Citizens United movie-advertisers must disclose funders in Colorado

  This week brought a win for supporters of Colorado's campaign finance disclosure laws when the United States 10th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday...

Fed Judge: No press exemption for Citizens United in Colorado

Citizens United is free to air and advertise its documentary targeting Gov. John Hickenlooper, but the group will have to tell Colorado voters who is paying to advertise the film.
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