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The Colorado Independent received this letter from veteran lobbyist Chuck Ford in response to our June 23 story, "Fighting words: Lobbyist throws down on Colorado...
Democratic state Sen. Jessie Ulibarri is swinging back – rhetorically anyway – after he says a longtime lobbyist threatened him with physical violence.
Chuck...
With no discussion, a Senate committee late last week killed legislation that would have allowed the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment to disclose whether a company has cheated its workers.
You pull out your November ballot and read over several measures about redistricting congressional and legislative districts. Your eyes glaze over. Can you unpack...
Democratic Latino leaders partially blame U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman for laying the ideological base for Donald Trump's "racist" platform.
Coffman, who has endorsed Sen. Marco Rubio...