The American Health Care Act, the Republican legislation aimed at repealing and replacing Obama Care, was approved yesterday by the US House of Representatives. Colorado Congressman Scott Tipton was part of the Republican contingent that voted for the bill. Tipton says that the Affordable Care Act or Obama Care is broken, so he could no longer stand Continue reading
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Tipton Votes To Repeal And Replace Obama Care
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UPDATE: Bennet and Gardner Talk Gorsuch Confirmation
The US Senate voted today to confirm Colorado Judge Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court. Gorsuch’s confirmation was extremely partisan, with Republican Senators invoking the Nuclear Option yesterday to prevent Democrats from filibustering the nomination. The Nuclear Option allowed Gorsuch to be confirmed by a simple majority vote. While Democrat Michael Bennet did not support his party’s filibuster of the Continue reading
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Wyoming To Look At Gender Wage Gap
Wyoming lawmakers want to know why the state has the largest discrepancy in pay between woman and men. According to US Census Bureau data, Wyoming ranked 51st of all the states and Washington, D.C., in equality of men’s and women’s wages, with Continue reading
Trump Should Win Vote In NW Colorado
Election Day is Tuesday. If Wild West Radio’s non-scientific presidential poll is any indication, Donald Trump should easily win the vote in Northwest Colorado. 88% of those who responded to the poll, said that they support the Republican nominee for President. This compared to only 6% of respondents Continue reading
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Cheney Wins Wyoming Primary
Liz Cheney, the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney, won the Wyoming Republican Primary for the United States House of Representatives. Cheney will now attempt to win the U.S. House seat once held by her father. Cheney received around 40 percent of the votes in one of the most competitive U.S. primary contest in Wyoming history. Leland Christensen carried 22 percent, followed by Tim Stubson with 17 percent and Continue reading
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Deadline To Affiliate As Republican Or Democrat Tomorrow
If you plan to vote in the local primary elections next month, Friday is the final day to affiliate yourself as either Republican or Democrat. You must affiliate with one party or the other to participate as Colorado utilizes a closed primary system, in which only registered party members may participate in the primary. If you are an Continue reading
Republicans Select Commissioner Candidates
Don Cook and Ray Beck were picked Saturday by Moffat County Republicans at their Assembly to be Moffat County Commissioner candidates for the upcoming June primary election. Cook will represent the Republicans in District 1, and will face off against incumbent John Continue reading
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Colorado May Switch Back To Primaries
Having enough space for everyone to participate in caucuses across Colorado was a big issue on Super Tuesday, especially in areas near Denver where voters were turned away simply because there was not enough room. Because of this party leaders from both the Republicans and Democrats have Continue reading
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Former State Senator White To Run Again As An Independent
Former Republican State Senator Al White announced his intention to again represent Northwest Colorado in Senate District 8. This time as an Independent. White served Northwest Colorado in the House from 2001 to 2008 and in the State Senate from 2008 to 2011, he vacated his State Senate seat in favor of being appointed as the Director of the Colorado Tourism office. Upon his departure, White’s Senate seat was filled by his wife Jean, who was appointed to the position. She held that office for only a short time, failing in a primary bid to retain her seat. Jean White was defeated by Continue reading
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Super Tuesday Caucuses Today
Coloradans will vote today to elect a presidential candidate or delegates to represent them moving forward in the election process. The Presidential caucus process for Democrats and Republicans is substantially different. Democrats will actually vote to determine which Continue reading
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Senator Gardner Calls for Answers on Homegrown Terror
Colorado’s Junior U.S. Senator Cory Gardner was one of eleven Republican Senators that sent a letter to Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James Comey, Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson, and Secretary of State John Kerry asking for answers on questions related to domestic terror. Following a failure of the background check system which in 2013 allowed two terrorists Continue reading
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Coffman Responds to Hickenlooper’s Complaint
Colorado Attorney General Cynthia Coffman is responding to Governor John Hickenlooper’s complaint to the state Supreme Court about lawsuits she filed against the federal government over his objections. Coffman filed a motion Continue reading
