Tag: Colorado Capitol
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If only walls could talk in Colorado governor’s office | Dick Wadhams
Restoring the office of the governor in the Colorado State Capitol to its historic glory was a worthy project despite its cost. There is probably never a good time to spend $2.4 million on such a restoration but it is important to maintain the Capitol as the very symbol of the state that generations have…
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With all traces removed from Capitol grounds, fate of Union soldier statue remains uncertain
More than five years after it was vandalized and removed, the pedestal that formerly held a bronze statue intended to commemorate Colorado’s role in the Civil War has been taken away from the west side of the state Capitol. The Colorado Civil War Monument was commissioned to memorialize the 500 soldiers who died fighting against…
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Colorado legislators’ cars vandalized at Capitol
Vehicles owned by Rep. Sean Camacho and Sen. Byron Pelton were vandalized Wednesday morning outside state Capitol, CSP says.
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Douglas County commissioners balk at legislation ‘impairing local control’
Commissioners lamented four proposals as diminishing local control as Douglas County continues quest for home rule status.
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Young adults in Colorado raise their voices on both sides of the abortion debate
From Washington, D.C., to the statehouse to their communities, Colorado adolescents and young adults are making their views known on both sides of the abortion debate. They’re marching at rallies, waving signs and protesting, joining issue groups, speaking and writing letters to legislators, taking to social media platforms, donating to causes that support their beliefs…
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‘This is not enough’: East High students to continue fight for gun violence prevention
Students say they’re happy, but not satisfied, with the state’s new gun control legislation
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Woman found guilty in beating death of 80-year-old man
A Denver jury found a woman guilty of beating an 80-year-old man to death while he was sitting on a park bench on the grounds of the state Capitol, the district attorney’s office announced Thursday evening. Stephanie Martinez, 38, was convicted of criminally negligent homicide and second-degree assault on a peace officer in the death…
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NEWS | Scenes from Inauguration Day at the Colorado Capitol
Chanting about police brutality, burning flags, and protesting systemic injustices – all scenes from the Colorado Capitol today after Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th president of the United States. (Video by Katie Klann and Skyler Ballard)
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Artist Reed Bmore honors Elijah McClain with hanging Denver memorial
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Baltimore artist Reed Bmore unveiled a memorial for Elijah McClain near the Colorado State Capitol over Thanksgiving weekend, showing McClain hang above the city while playing the violin with a cat by his side. The wire piece, called “The Violinist” by Bmore on Instagram, hangs…