Republicans on deck: Swing batta, batta
Sen. Bill Cadman bats while staffer Joe Neville and Sen. Mike Kopp catch during a game of baseball in the Senate GOP office today. Sen. Scott Renfroe pitched. (Lynn Bartels/The Denver Post) What do you...
View ArticleSen GOP: A little to the Right. Little more.
In the first pic I found of the new Senate GOP leadership team together, Sen. Bill Cadman takes a swing while Sen. Mike Kopp and legislative aide Joe Neville catch in an impromptu office baseball game....
View ArticleEnergy bills canceled because of weather
The lights are on, but you're not home. Two GOP bills aimed at undoing some of former Gov. Bill Ritter’s “new energy economy” were scheduled to be heard this afternoon, but the committee has been...
View Article“Love and respect and commitment”— Senate passes civil unions bill 23-12
Rep. Mark Ferrandino, who is gay, hugs Sen. Jean White today after her speech in support of his bill allowing civil unions. (John Prieto/The Denver Post) The Colorado Senate today approved a...
View ArticleThey call them Flippers, Flippers …
Three Republican senators -- Greg Brophy, Scott Renfroe and Shawn Mitchell -- received Flipper this morning, a plastic dolphin awarded to a GOP member who 'flips' during a vote. (Lynn Bartels/The...
View ArticleTanning salons, bath salts and fetal homicide: Another busy day at the Capitol
Bills, bills, bills. A look at some of what happened at the Capitol on Tuesday: Red light, no. A Senate committee shot down a bill to ban red light cameras despite arguments the cameras don’t improve...
View ArticleHickenlooper joins more than a dozen governors on phone call with Biden on guns
Gov. John Hickenlooper. The Denver Post Gov. John Hickenlooper on Wednesday took part in a conference call with Vice President Joe Biden and a host of other governors to discuss guns. According to a...
View ArticleMagpul or marijuana? Cartoon pokes fun of Colorado’s political environment
[media-credit name="Used with permission" align="alignnone" width="495"][/media-credit] This cartoon is one of the props Senate Republicans plan to use Friday when debating gun bills on the floor. When...
View Article“Crimes against pregnant women” bill turns into abortion debate in Senate
A pregnant woman struck by a hit-and-run driver in Denver’s Stapleton neighborhood in 2011 lost her baby and served as the inspiration for a bill at the Capitol. (The Denver Post) To no one’s surprise,...
View ArticleHickenlooper’s Fort Lyon homeless plan successfully amended to corrections...
Amid questions of “legislative integrity,” the Senate late Monday night concurred with an amendment to a popular bill that was greatly altered in the House to include a homeless plan for a shuttered...
View ArticleSen. Mark Udall: A lien, an endorsement and an emoji
Sen. Mark Udall was alternately praised and panned today, for getting hit with a tax lien and making history using an emoji in a news release.
View ArticleBarbara Kirkmeyer, Steve Laffey race to turn in signatures in bid to succeed...
Barbara Kirkmeyer and Steve Laffey on Monday turned in their signatures in the 4th Congressional District seat now held by Congressman Cory Gardner.
View ArticleRepublican Steve Laffey has most cash on hand in race to succeed Cory Gardner
Four GOP candidates running for Congressman Cory Gardner's seat report money raised in mad March dash.
View ArticleRuh-roh for Scott Renfroe, who's no Doug Truax
Scott Renfroe is running for Congress in Colorado but if you sign up for his e-mail alerts you'll get a thank you from an Illinois Senate candidate.
View ArticleGOP candidates meet and greet then slam Dems at monthly breakfast
With campaign season getting into full swing, there was an impressive turnout Friday morning in Castle Rock at the Douglas County Republican party's monthly breakfast.
View ArticleDA Ken Buck continues fundraising edge in 4th Congressional District
Republican Ken Buck easily leads his GOP primary rivals in fundraising in the race for Congressman Cory Gardner's seat.
View ArticleCarly Fiorina, Rand Paul announce Colorado campaign leaders
Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul and former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina picked well-known Coloradans to head up their state presidential campaigns this week.
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