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Colorado Lawmakers to Consider Pro-Nuclear Bill
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Colorado Lawmakers to Consider Pro-Nuclear Bill

By Jake Fogleman | SOURCE: INDEPENDENCE INSTITUTE Colorado lawmakers are set to consider their first nuclear energy bill of the 2024 legislative session later this week. SB24-039, dubbed “Nuclear Energy as a Clean Energy Resource,” is scheduled to go before the Senate Transportation and Energy Committee for first reading on Wednesday. The bill seeks to level the playing field for carbon-free energy technologies under state law by including nuclear energy in the statutory definition of “clean energy.” Nuclear is presently excluded by name. According to the text of the measure: The statutory definition of ‘clean energy’ in current law determines which energy projects are eligible for clean energy project financing at the county and city and county level. The statu...
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Top Republican in Colorado House narrowly survives vote to remove him following revelation about his 2022 DUI arrest
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Top Republican in Colorado House narrowly survives vote to remove him following revelation about his 2022 DUI arrest

By Brian Eason and Jesse Paul | SOURCE: THE COLORADO SUN Colorado House Minority Leader Mike Lynch on Monday narrowly survived a vote to remove him as the leader of the chamber’s 19-member Republican caucus after it was made public last week that he was arrested in 2022 on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol and possessing a gun while intoxicated. The vote of no confidence was split 9-9, with one lawmaker absent and Lynch voting to keep his post. In ties, the vote fails. During the tense caucus meeting in a Capitol committee room, Lynch rejected calls from some members of his caucus to resign his post. The Wellington lawmaker defended his tenure, saying the caucus has had more cohesion under his leadership than it had in the past. “If I believed that this event,...
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Duvall to Farm Bureau members: Lobby for farm bill in 2024
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Duvall to Farm Bureau members: Lobby for farm bill in 2024

By Hagstrom Report  | SOURCE: THE FENCE POST SALT LAKE CITY — American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall on Sunday urged members at the group’s annual convention here to lobby hard for Congress to pass a farm bill in 2024.“Thankfully, we achieved a farm bill extension,” Duvall said. “But, we need to get even louder. Now, I know we need to get through the budget process, but we also need to tell Congress it’s urgent to pass a new, modernized farm bill.”Duvall said members could stop by the Farm Bureau booth on the convention trade show floor and pick up a postcard and scan a code to call for action. This is just the first step in our 2024 grassroots advocacy efforts on farm bill,” Duvall said. “I’m asking you to send a resounding message to Congress to deliver a new farm b...
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Republicans losing lead over Democrats as infighting saps majority’s momentum
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Republicans losing lead over Democrats as infighting saps majority’s momentum

By Jack Birle, Washington Examiner | SOURCE: COLORADO POLITICS Republicans are slated for a tight election to keep control of the House of Representatives in November, as infighting has plagued the GOP's narrow majority in the chamber over the last 12 months. A Decision Desk HQ/NewsNation poll conducted from Jan. 16-18 shows that Republicans have a narrow advantage over Democrats on the generic congressional ballot, with the GOP leading 44%-43%. The GOP won the congressional ballot nationwide 50.6%-47.8% in 2022. Republicans hold a 219-213 majority in the chamber but have been dogged by a dysfunctional conference that has had difficulty with several matters, from passing spending bills to electing House speakers. Eight members of the House GOP joined De...
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Vulnerable House Republicans seek boost from Mayorkas impeachment over Biden inquiry
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Vulnerable House Republicans seek boost from Mayorkas impeachment over Biden inquiry

By Rachel Schilke, Washington Examiner | SOURCE: THE GAZETTE House GOP members facing difficult races in November are leaning on the momentum of the impeachment inquiry into Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to boost their chances instead of the one into President Joe Biden. Republicans are entering the 2024 election season looking to present as many political wins as possible, but months of infighting and struggles over top leadership have made that difficult. Now House GOP lawmakers are worried they will have nothing to come to the table with, leaving their most vulnerable members at risk who could make or break a House majority. While Republicans have called for the impeachment of both Biden and Mayorkas since they gained the majo...
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Rosen: Democracy is safe, but Biden threatens the Republic
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Rosen: Democracy is safe, but Biden threatens the Republic

By Mike Rosen | SOURCE: COMPLETE COLORADO PAGE TWO In essence, Joe Biden kicked off his reelection campaign mumbling through a theatrically contrived speech in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania arranged to coincide with the third anniversary of the January 6, 2021 debacle at the U.S. Capitol.  Staging this at the site of George Washington’s Revolutionary War headquarters in front of a backdrop of American flags, Biden shamefully misappropriated the father of our country as an implicit endorser of his re-election. Biden’s handlers seem convinced Trump will be his opponent. The oft-repeated slogan of his tirade loaded with exaggerations, paranoia and demagoguery was that Trump was “a threat to democracy,” echoing the drumbeat Democrats, progressives, and the liberal media have long pound...
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Dean Phillips downplays No Labels bid: Going to ‘win as a Democrat’
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Dean Phillips downplays No Labels bid: Going to ‘win as a Democrat’

By Julia Johnson, Washington Examiner | SOURCE: THE GAZETTE Rep. Dean Phillips (D-MN) downplayed a possible 2024 bid with the centrist organization No Labels on Monday, saying he plans to "win as a Democrat." When asked about the chances of joining the group's ticket if it was interested, Phillips said, "I'm a Democrat — I have been a lifelong Democrat." Phillips told host Brian Kilmeade, "I'm a Democrat. I'm going to run as a Democrat, and I'm going to win as a Democrat." Speculation ramped up last weekend over his joining a future No Labels ticket when he didn't rule the possibility out. Phillips defended the organization against charges it would act as a spoiler to elect former President Donald Trump. "If they put someone at the top of the ti...
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Colorado officials thought they had 3 more years to spend $1.5B in federal COVID aid. They have 11 months.
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Colorado officials thought they had 3 more years to spend $1.5B in federal COVID aid. They have 11 months.

By Brian Eason | SOURCE: THE COLORADO SUN Colorado state budget writers are in a race against the clock to spend $1.5 billion in leftover federal pandemic aid before the end of 2024 thanks to new guidance from the U.S. Treasury Department. The deadline is two full years sooner than state lawmakers and Polis administration officials had expected. That has set off a mad scramble to rewrite the budget for the current fiscal year, which ends June 30, to allow the state to spend federal American Rescue Plan Act dollars faster than lawmakers intended. The time crunch arose from shifting guidance from federal officials on how they define “obligated,” a term that doesn’t exist in state law. Federal law has long required ARPA recipients to “obligate” all of their funding by th...
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Nancy Mace endorses Trump in slight to Nikki Haley
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Nancy Mace endorses Trump in slight to Nikki Haley

By Julia Johnson, Washington Examiner | SOURCE: THE GAZETTE Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) endorsed former President Donald Trump on Monday, another snub to former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley from a Republican ally in her home state. "Today, I’m endorsing Donald J. Trump for president," Mace said in a statement. "I don’t see eye to eye perfectly with any candidate. And until now, I’ve stayed out of it. But the time has come to unite behind our nominee." Trump endorsed Mace's primary challenger in 2022, while Haley offered her own endorsement to the South Carolina Republican, who won reelection. Mace has offered criticism of Trump in the past, drawing his ire. But in the last year, she appeared to show flashes of sympathy and support f...
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On a dead-end street in north Denver, migrants are surviving winter with the help of an army of volunteers
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On a dead-end street in north Denver, migrants are surviving winter with the help of an army of volunteers

By Jennifer Brown | SOURCE: THE COLORADO SUN Footprints in the snow lead from the sidewalk to a path through the weeds, opening to a field that is almost invisible from the road.  North of Interstate 70, in a part of Denver filled mostly with warehouses and gas stations, the tents are flapping relentlessly in the wind. About 10 migrants from South America hunkered down here during four days of subzero temperatures, and the volunteers who brought them heaters and propane, hot meals and fresh water, are prepared to help hundreds more as Denver pushes migrants out of their city-provided hotel rooms in the coming weeks.  The dozen or so brightly colored tents were mostly concealed from view by the field’s dirt mounds, despite that they were just across the South Platte River from...
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