Colorado counties consider forming new state of North Colorado
According to the Denver Post, county commissioners came up with a plan to separate Weld, Morgan, Logan, Sedgwick, Phillips, Washington, Yuma and Kit Carson counties from the rest of the state last...
View ArticleColorado officials talk secession over renewable energy law, other issues
Posted on June 7, 2013 at 12:54 pm by Associated Press in Politics/Policy, Wind Comments() | E-mail | Print (Michael Paulsen / Houston Chronicle) FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) — As some northern Colorado...
View ArticleSplitsville in Colorado? Weld County wooing neighbors to secede from...
In a move that may resonate with some Upstate New York residents, lawmakers in a northeast Colorado county say they want to split from the Centennial State with neighboring counties to form their own...
View ArticleMixed reaction to Weld threat to try secession
FORT COLLINS — As some northern Colorado officials talk about seceding from the rest of the state, not everyone is rolling their eyes. Republican Rep. Cory Gardner of Yuma told The (Fort Collins)...
View ArticleColorado counties mull forming new state, North Colorado
Jan. 7, 2011: This image shows the Colorado State Capitol in Denver.AP GREELEY, COLO. – Officials in eight northern Colorado counties united in opposition to the state's new gun control laws and oil...
View ArticleNew state? Weld County floats secession plan for northeastern Colorado
Weld County's bid to divorce Colorado and form its own state is a powerful rebuke against Front Range interests that no longer align with rural parts of the state, supporters of the idea say. "The...
View ArticleState imposes 'double standard' for green energy
Democrat-controlled Colorado already has done Barack Obama’s bidding by passing draconian limits on the Second Amendment, imposing same-sex civil unions on voters who rejected it and boosting the...
View ArticleFed up with leftists, rural Coloradans talk secession
The leftist focus of Colorado Democrats who were in the majority in the state House and Senate this year – and occupied the governor’s office, has become too much for the patriotic Americans who live...
View ArticleDeath Penalty Supported By Coloradans, Gov. John Hickenlooper Favored In...
Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper. From The Colorado Independent's John Tomasic. DENVER– Coloradans support the death penalty by wide margins, according to a poll released today by Quinnipiac University...
View ArticleColorado Gov. Hickenlooper sends mixed signals on gun magazine limit
Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper speaks on CBS's "Face the Nation" in Washington on Sunday. (Chris Usher, CBS News) Related Feb 24:Hickenlooper: Universal background checks for guns is top priorityFeb...
View ArticleAnarchy, chaos behind Colorado civil unions bill may have long-lasting effects
Democratic Rep. Mark Ferrandino reacts with Rep. Sal Pace, D-Pueblo, at his side after the civil unions bill died before a vote was taken in the House late on the night of May 8, despite there being...
View ArticleColorado Civil Unions Bill Passes Second Senate Hurdle; Bill Likely To...
In this file photo, openly gay Sen. Pat Steadman, right, D-Denver, embraces gay Sen. Lucia Guzman, D-Denver, at a rally in support of Civil Unions at the Capitol in Denver. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski,...
View ArticleAnarchy, chaos behind civil unions bill may have long-lasting effects
Supporters of Senate Bill 2, which would have allowed same-sex couples to form civil unions, rally on the west steps of the Capitol on May 8, the second to last day of the Colorado legislative...
View ArticleColorado Civil Unions First Vote Expected In Senate Committee Wednesday
The Colorado Senate is set to give its first approval to a civil unions bill, which is expected to clear both chambers fairly quickly before landing on the governor's desk to be signed. A Senate...
View ArticleColorado’s Battered Spouse Syndrome
By Ross Kaminsky on 8.30.13 @ 6:10AM Divorce is in the air and along with it the creation of North Colorado, our 51st state. Have you seen the Lifetime movie about the mistreated wife who threatens to...
View ArticleColorado Civil Unions Bill Passes Senate Committee As Expected
A civil unions bill that would allow gay couples in Colorado similar rights to that of married couples has gotten its first approval from Colorado lawmakers on Wednesday. A Senate committee voted 3-2...
View ArticleGay Marriage Supported By Colorado Voters: Public Policy Polling
Colorado's enactment of civil unions is just days away, but according to a recent poll, voters are ready to take it a step further by supporting full marriage rights for same-sex couples. A poll by...
View ArticleRape comment by Rep. Joe Salazar reaps viral reaction
Rep. Joe Salazar. (Denver Post file) Conservatives escalated their attacks on a Colorado Democrat Tuesday over his comments on rape, even falsely tying Rep. Joe Salazar to a 2006 university police...
View ArticleShould Northern Colorado form a new state?
Six other counties have expressed an interest in joining this new state, Yuma, Morgan, Sedgewick, Phillips, Washington and Kit Carson, and even counties in neighboring states of Kansas and Nebraska...
View ArticleFresh faces, hot issues when Colorado legislature opens Wednesday
Chris Martinez, a custodian at the Colorado Capitol for nine years, polishes the brass railings at the Capitol on Friday. "I do the brass once a month. I am glad I am getting it done before they all...
View ArticleBreaking away: Weld and others will be missed, but at what cost?
Jace Roselle, 13, rides a snake-wrapped giraffe on the Kit Carson County Carousel during a break between competitions at the neighboring rodeo in Burlington, Co. (Grant Hindsley, The Denver Post)...
View ArticleWeld and others will be missed, but at what cost?
Jace Roselle, 13, rides a snake-wrapped giraffe on the Kit Carson County Carousel during a break between competitions at the neighboring rodeo in Burlington, Co. (Grant Hindsley, The Denver Post)...
View ArticleIdeas Of What 51st State Will Do
Colorado wants to form the 51st State of the Union, and involves the Greeley region separating from the ‘leftist’ part of Colorado. The push from the left has become humongous. Bill Garcia, chairman...
View ArticleColorado counties to vote on forming new state
Facebook Follow @washtimes Is New York Republican Rep. Peter King correct to impugn those who call NSA's data collection techniques a "scandal"? Login to Vote View results DENVER — Voters in several...
View ArticleNorth Colorado: 51st State Faces 'Problematic' Water Issues
Weld County commissioners want to create a new state to allow northeast Colorado's robust agriculture and oil and gas industries to thrive under regulations of their own design -- rules different than...
View ArticleState Of North Colorado: Rural Counties Favor More Representation Instead Of...
Officials with the 10 most northeastern counties on Monday shifted talks of secession to talks of how to increase their representation in the state Legislature, a change they said would address the...
View ArticleHickenlooper's 'Every Coloradan Has Equal Rights' Celebratory Civil Unions...
Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper. Gov. John Hickenlooper supports civil unions and celebrated yesterday's historic civil unions bill passage in the Colorado House by posting this message on Facebook:...
View ArticleSome Disgruntled Coloradans Seek to Secede
By ANA CAMPOY CONNECT A bevy of liberal laws approved by Colorado politicians this year, from gun-control legislation to measures permitting gay couples to form civil unions, has exposed a cultural...
View ArticleDeGette draws criticism for "pretty stupid" ammo-magazine comment
U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette is drawing national ridicule for an inaccurate statement she made Tuesday about magazines. (RJ Sangosti, The Denver Post) Related Apr 3:Some Colo. sheriffs oppose more gun...
View ArticleColo. governor wants to keep state in one piece
Facebook Follow @washtimes Will the DHS employee with a website preparing readers for a race war be fired? Login to Vote View results DENVER | Advocates of the effort to form a 51st state comprised of...
View ArticleWinners and losers of the 2013 Colorado General Assembly
Matt Milner, Special to The Denver Post Like the 17-year cicadas hitting the East Coast this spring, the 2013 session of the Colorado General Assembly will go down as a hot, noisy spectacle people...
View ArticleAbout to be raped? Democrat suggests 'whistling'
Then he continued, “And you don’t know if you feel like you’re gonna be raped, or if you feel like someone’s been following you around or if you feel like you’re in trouble when you may actually not...
View ArticlePoll: Coloradans support death penalty, disapprove of legislature
Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper speaks at a news conference at the Capitol in Denver on Wednesday, May 22, 2013 where he announced that he was granting an indefinite reprieve to Nathan Dunlap from his...
View ArticleColorado to pay piper after Dems' war on guns
Colorado Democrats have control of the state Senate, House and governor’s office. So this year, under pressure from the White House, they launched into a war on guns, adopting one regulation,...
View Article2 gun-control measures become law
Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper of Colorado signed gun-control laws today that are some of the toughest in the nation. One law limits ammunition magazines to 15 rounds; another requires universal...
View ArticleTune in here for NRA's annual meeting
Stay at home if you wish, but that’s no reason to miss this year’s annual meetings of the National Rifle Association, which are being live-streamed on the WND site. A quick signup process is all...
View ArticleBang! Senate shoots down gun control
The U.S. Senate today failed to back up Barack Obama’s strategy to bring more rules, restrictions, regulations and requirements to America’s gun owners in a series of votes on amendments – results...
View ArticleVoter frustration with government hits critical mass
“What is happening in Colorado is a little bit different than what we have seen elsewhere,” Charles Dunn a retired political scientist with Regent University said. “What we’re seeing is a manifestation...
View ArticleColoradans faced with 'thugs' opposing recall
Colorado voters attempting to recall two state lawmakers who helped pass a rash of draconian gun control laws that were rammed through the legislature now charge that Chicago-style thug tactics are...
View ArticleAnother state installs Obama's gun control
Salazar’s statement came in a debate over a proposal to ban citizens with a concealed-carry permit from being armed on university campuses. Salazar said: “It’s why we have call boxes, it’s why we have...
View ArticleCounty wants to be 51st state
GREELEY, Colo. – A county in Colorado that was immortalized in the novel and 1978 miniseries “Centennial” once again could achieve fame as it finds itself in a unique position among America’s counties...
View ArticleLaw shuts down gun buyback effort
A new Colorado law aimed at shutting down access to guns – by imposing an across-the-board requirement for background checks for all gun deals – has closed down a favorite tool of those opposing...
View ArticleSheriffs sue their own state over gun laws
As recently as Wednesday, the Independence Institute was suggesting the filing was still a few weeks off. Appearing at a rally against another bill, Amy Oliver Cooke, wife of Weld County Sheriff John...
View ArticleTancredo announces governor's bid
Five-time U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo, who staged a powerful challenge to an established Democrat while running as a third-party candidate in 2010, has announced he will bid for the governor’s office in...
View ArticleColorado Civil Unions Bill Passes House Committee With One Republican 'Yes'...
After five hours of testimony, Colorado's civil unions bill, which grants same-sex couples similar rights to that of married couples, easily cleared another hurdle passing in the House Judiciary...
View ArticleColorado May Secede, Plans Boundaries Of 51st State
Northern Colorado wants to secede, with lawmakers starting to draw up boundaries of a new state they say will better represent the interests of their rural region. The succession plan stems from...
View ArticleMarathon Colorado legislative session heats up after introduction of...
The Spot Blog Read the inside scoop on Colorado politics and policies at blogs.denverpost.com/thespot/. Full political news coverage at denverpost.com/politics. It was nearing 10 p.m. on April 4, and...
View ArticleState legislature heated up after Dems introduced gun-control bills
The Spot Blog Read the inside scoop on Colorado politics and policies at blogs.denverpost.com/thespot/. Full political news coverage at denverpost.com/politics. It was nearing 10 p.m. on April 4, and...
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