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Amid ethics investigation and alleged fabricated letter of support, Colorado Sen. Lewis resigns
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Amid ethics investigation and alleged fabricated letter of support, Colorado Sen. Lewis resigns

By Marianne Goodland | Colorado Politics Sen. Sonya Jaquez Lewis, D-Longmont, who is under investigation for violating Senate ethics rules, announced her resignation Tuesday morning. Her resignation comes in the wake of revelations that she "fabricated" at least one letter of support from a former aide in her 17-page response to the ethics committee on Jan. 31. Questions have also been raised about the authenticity of four other letters of support. According to the Senate ethics committee, which met Tuesday morning, her resignation was effective Monday night at 7:15 p.m. READ THE FULL STORY AT COLORADO POLITICS
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Senate committee questions Sen. Sonya Jaquez Lewis’ response to ethics complaint
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Senate committee questions Sen. Sonya Jaquez Lewis’ response to ethics complaint

By Marianne Goodland | Colorado Politics The Senate Ethics Committee began its discussion on the ethics complaint against Sen. Sonya Jaquez Lewis, D-Longmont, on Tuesday but appeared to take a dim view of how she responded to the complaints. Last week, the committee released dozens of documents about the complaints against Jaquez Lewis, who was re-elected to her second and final term last November. Included in that release: a 14-page response filed by the senator, who has been accused of abusive behavior against five legislative aides dating back to at least 2022. READ THE FULL STORY AT COLORADO POLITICS
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Bipartisan Senate committee to review ethics complaint against state Sen. Jaquez Lewis
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Bipartisan Senate committee to review ethics complaint against state Sen. Jaquez Lewis

By Marianne Goodland | Colorado Politics Senate President James Coleman announced on Tuesday that the ethics complaint against Sen. Sonya Jaquez Lewis, D-Longmont, is moving to a committee. Jaquez Lewis has been accused of mistreating her aides. According to the Colorado Sun, a workplace misconduct complaint filed on Nov. 15 with the Office of Legislative Workplace Relations alleged she paid an aide to do landscaping work and tend bar, and that she paid him with a campaign check. She did not report those expenditures in her campaign finance reports. She also paid the aide to knock on doors for an Adams County commissioner candidate in the June primary who faced off against the wife of one of Jaquez Lewis' legislative rivals, according to reports.   READ THE FULL STORY AT COLORA...
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Ethics complaint filed against state Sen. Sonya Jaquez Lewis over aide allegations
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Ethics complaint filed against state Sen. Sonya Jaquez Lewis over aide allegations

By Jesse Paul | The Colorado Sun A constituent of embattled state Sen. Sonya Jaquez Lewis lodged an ethics complaint against the Longmont Democrat last week, alleging that Jaquez Lewis has failed to uphold her office with integrity and the public interest by mistreating her Capitol aides.  The complaint could lead to the most serious consequences yet for Jaquez Lewis, who has already been stripped of her committee assignments and barred from having state-paid staffers at the Capitol in light of the aide allegations. If leadership in the Senate agrees to advance the ethics complaint — as they’ve indicated they will do — it would initiate a committee investigation that could lead to a recommendation Jaquez Lewis be expelled from the chamber. It takes a two-thirds vote of t...
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Colorado senator barred from having state-paid aides after repeated complaints from staffers
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Colorado senator barred from having state-paid aides after repeated complaints from staffers

By Jesse Paul | The Colorado Sun Colorado Senate leaders Tuesday barred a Democratic state lawmaker from having state-paid aides after two of her most recent staffers filed a workplace misconduct complaint claiming she used one of them to do chores like yard work and bartend at a party at her home. The complaint marks the second time in the past year state Sen. Sonya Jaquez Lewis of Longmont has been accused of mistreating her legislative aides. “This is now clearly a recurring issue,” outgoing Senate President Steve Fenberg, D-Boulder, said in a letter to Jaquez Lewis. “In good conscience we cannot support placing an aide in your office while this behavior and complaints continue.” READ THE FULL STORY AT THE COLORADO SUN
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