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Hole-in-One Berens Takes Aim at Newspaper

The Broomfield Enterprise reported today that Representative Bill Berens (R-Broomfield) plans to file a complaint against the newspaper for printing a letter to the...

UPDATED: GOP State Legislator Takes Legally-Questionable Gift from Oil & Gas...

Colorado Confidential has learned that State Rep. Bill Berens (R-Broomfield) accepted $20,000 from the Colorado Oil and Gas Association in an apparent violation of...

Did They Send Thank You Notes?

Backers of an initiative to ban gifts from lobbyists to public officials have released a report detailing more than $200,000 in gifts and free...

Clean Government Efforts All Around Us

Coloradans aren't the only Westerners to face a good government initiative on the ballot this fall. Our neighbors in Montana will vote on an...

Pots and Kettles

Republican gubernatorial candidate Bob Beauprez's accusation that Democrat Bill Ritter is selling access to the statehouse by employing a lobbyist to handle fundraising efforts...

But Will There Be Lobbyists at the Beach?

Even as a Colorado group has turned in signatures to put ethics reform on the November ballot, Congress is stalling on lobbying reform efforts...

Lobbyist Gift Ban Qualifies for Ballot

Look out, Jack Abramoffs of Colorado. They're celebrating over at Coloradans for Clean Government, where organizers for an initiative to ban lobbyist gifts to public...
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