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Rep. Roberts Says Fort Lewis Bill Wasn’t Racially Motivated

“At no time did I view the bill as racially motivated, and in the time I’ve known the bill sponsor, Rep. Karen Middleton, she has struck me as one very experienced in, and a great advocate for, higher education,” Roberts writes in The Durango Herald.

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Municipal League Exec: Threats To Local Control Are Growing

Sam Mamet, executive director of the Colorado Municipal League, said about half of the 800 or so bills that will be proposed this year in Denver will affect the authority of municipalities in some way.

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GOP Tantalized By Colo. House Prospects, But Dems Have Strength

There’s a reason for Colorado Republicans’ optimism for reclaiming the Colorado House in November 2010.

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Quest For Colorado’s Senate: Dems Have Strong Upper Hand

Colorado Democrats need to win only eight of 19 open seats in 2010 to retain control of the state Senate, a State Bill Colorado analysis shows.

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Pre-Session Surprise: Curry’s Party Switch Costs Her Leadership Positions

State Rep. Kathleen Curry, D-Gunnison, will relinquish her positions as speaker pro tem and chairwoman of the House agriculture committee after changing her voter registration from Democrat to unaffiliated.

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Commentary: GOP Needs More Candidates Like Lew Webb

“What a hatchet job the Republican Party – along with The Durango Herald – did on Lew Webb, the one-time candidate for the state representative of the 59th District,” Paul Bynum writes.

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Webb, Republican In HD-59 Race, Called ‘Too Conservative,’ Drops Out

Republican Lew Webb has dropped out of the race to replace Ellen Roberts as state representative for the 59th District because local GOP party leaders deemed him too conservative, he said Wednesday.

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