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Tim HurstJanuary 10, 2024 | updated 2 years ago
Senate President Steve Fenberg’s daughter Marlow, 1, tries to find her preferred seat behind the gavel while her father talks with another lawmaker before convening the first day of Colorado's 2024 legislative session at the Colorado State Capitol building on Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024, in Denver, Colo.(Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) ([email protected]://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)
Senate President Steve Fenberg’s daughter Marlow, 1, tries to find her preferred seat behind the gavel while her father talks with another lawmaker before convening the first day of Colorado’s 2024 legislative session at the Colorado State Capitol building on Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024, in Denver, Colo.(Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) ([email protected]://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)Speaker of the House Rep. Julie McCluskie, left, greets Rep. Manny Rutinel before convening for the first day of Colorado’s 2024 legislative session at the Colorado State Capitol building on Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024, in Denver, Colo.(Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) ([email protected]://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)The last of a group of pro-Palestinian protesters are lead out of the basement of the Colorado State Capitol building after protesting from the gallery of the Colorado House of Representatives chambers during the first day of Colorado’s 2024 legislative session on Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024, in Denver, Colo.(Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) ([email protected]://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)Speaker of the House Rep. Julie McCluskie looks at the large screen showing votes for a joint house resolution during the first day of Colorado’s 2024 legislative session at the Colorado State Capitol building on Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024, in Denver, Colo.(Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) ([email protected]://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)Sen. Kevin Van Winkle’s children Jack, 4, and Hailey, 7, look on from their fathers desk in the Senate chambers before convening for the first day of Colorado’s 2024 legislative session at the Colorado State Capitol building on Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024, in Denver, Colo.(Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) ([email protected]://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)Color guards, from left, Shawn Nelson, Zion Brown, Madison Meyer and Merck Howell wait to present the colors outside the House chambers before the convening of the first day of Colorado’s 2024 legislative session at the Colorado State Capitol building on Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024, in Denver, Colo.(Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) ([email protected]://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)The Brothers of Brass band play the Star Spangled Banner in the Senate chambers during the first day of Colorado’s 2024 legislative session at the Colorado State Capitol building on Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024, in Denver, Colo.(Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) ([email protected]://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)A group of pro-Palestinian protesters chant from the third floor between the House and Senate chambers before being lead out of the Colorado State Capitol building after protesting from the gallery of the Colorado House of Representatives chambers during the first day of Colorado’s 2024 legislative session on Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024, in Denver, Colo.(Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) ([email protected]://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)Sen. Julie Gonzales, left, laughs with Sen. James Coleman during the first day of Colorado’s 2024 legislative session. ([email protected]://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)Beka Venturella, left, and Rep. Karen McCormick, right, gather around to meet Rep. Lindsey Daugherty’s seven-month-old son Theodore Ebinger before convening for the first day of Colorado’s 2024 legislative session at the Colorado State Capitol building on Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024, in Denver, Colo.(Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) ([email protected]://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)Senate President Steve Fenberg speaks during the presentation of the flags during the first day of Colorado’s 2024 legislative session at the Colorado State Capitol building on Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024, in Denver, Colo.(Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) ([email protected]://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)Senate President Steve Fenberg, right, laughs while Sen. Kevin Van Winkle, left, beckons his son Jack, 4, back from behind the podium after he and other children lead the ledge of Allegiance during the first day of Colorado’s 2024 legislative session at the Colorado State Capitol building on Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024, in Denver, Colo.(Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) ([email protected]://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)A group of pro-Palestinian protesters are lead out of the basement of the Colorado State Capitol building after protesting from the gallery of the Colorado House of Representatives chambers during the first day of Colorado’s 2024 legislative session on Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024, in Denver, Colo.(Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) ([email protected]://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)Rep. Matt Soper visits with other lawmakers before convening for the first day of Colorado’s 2024 legislative session at the Colorado State Capitol building on Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024, in Denver, Colo.(Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) ([email protected]://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)Chad Clifford, who was picked to succeed former state Rep. Ruby Dickson, looks at his phone between votes during the first day of Colorado’s 2024 legislative session at the Colorado State Capitol building on Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024, in Denver, Colo.(Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) ([email protected]://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)
