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LEGISLATORS, you’re on notice.
GOP CHALLENGES HICKENLOOPER on Metro State immigrant tuition vote.
SAD FIRE NEWS: Some people learned Wednesday afternoon that their homes had been consumed by the ferocious High Park fire.
MAKING CANTALOUPES TRENDY AGAIN
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BIG HICKENLOOPER APPOINTMENT: Pam Patton, to the PUC.
PATTON’S HOMETOWN NEWSPAPER sizes her up.
IN TODAY’S N.Y. TIMES: Chaput, battling to preserve statutes of limitations.
WAS ED QUILLEN “a small R Republican — a Jeffersonian?”
NATIONWIDE, STATE BUDGETS enjoy year of relief.
GAINING A FOOTHOLD IN COLORADO AND ELSEWHERE: Civil-service changes.
YES, THAT WAS SEN. STEADMAN attending yesterday’s Colorado Association of Professional Lobbyists’ presentation on ethics by Jane Feldman of the Independent Ethics Commission. Next up for CAPL: June 27, Angela Lawson, Secretary of State Lobbyist Regulation Program. Space is limited; register today.
SPEAKING OF STEADMAN, he tweeted yesterday, “CUT scores released today. They score me 8.70. Average score for Senate Dems was 8.05, and average for Senate Rs 68.95. Incredible.#coleg”
FIRE ALARM YESTERDAY AT CAPITOL. No fire, apparently.
I WANT WHATEVER MATT ARNOLD IS SMOKING
SILLY SEASON: Libertarians to vie for sparse voters.
SILLY SEASON: Former CU regent calls sheriff over regent candidate website.
SILLY SEASON: CU regent hopeful Matt Arnold alters tactics after sheriff’s call.
SILLY SEASON: NRCC puts $18.2M behind first fall ad reservation.
SILLY SEASON: New Era’s Steve Fenberg pushes for new voter registration model.
SILLY SEASON: Ballots are out, and so are donation reports.
SILLY SEASON: Marijuana Legalization Breaks 60% in Colorado Poll.
HOW LONG WILL IT BE before Facebook partners with state legislators on new-business campaigns?
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IT’S THE OFFICIAL START OF THE ELECTION SEASON: Celebrate by buying the 700-page (!) Civica Guide To The 2012 Colorado Statehouse Elections, an e-book that’s now on sale ($9.99) at Amazon.com. If you own an iPad, download the free Kindle app, buy the e-book and begin reading it in five minutes or less! The guide will soon be available at Apple iBooks, Barnes and Noble Nook and Google Books. Best thing: Frequent updates planned as we cycle through election season. Read more here.
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BILL ROUNDUP FOR STATE BILL SUBSCRIBERS, COURTESY OUR VIRTUAL BILL BOX:
* Introduced bills
* Signed bills
* Bills acted upon
* New fiscal notes
* Bill amendments
* New bill versions
* Day’s archived audio
* Day’s archived video
* New lobbyists
* New principals
HICKENLOOPER/GARCIA PUBLIC SCHEDULE
* Lt. Gov. Garcia will participate in The Denver Post Ride the Rockies through Friday, June 15. The 2012 Ride the Rockies route covers 442 miles and 24,937 vertical feet from Gunnison to Fort Collins.
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