Tag: Colorado Independent Ethics Commission
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Colorado group files ethics complaints against 12 Democratic lawmakers over Vail retreat
A group filed complaints Wednesday with the state ethics commission against 12 Democratic state lawmakers, alleging they accepted funding from the “dark money” group One Main Street Colorado for a three-day retreat at a luxury hotel in Vail last October. The complaints from Colorado Common Cause alleged the lawmakers accepted illegal gifts from One Main…
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Colorado lawmakers sharply divided over drug abuse bills, bail for first-degree murder defendants; meet Heather Graham, Pueblo’s new mayor | WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
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Today is Feb. 23, 2024, and here’s what you need to know: Debate over proposals tackling drug use, treatment illustrates ideological divide in Colorado Colorado lawmakers on Tuesday tackled two proposals that offer convergent — and divergent — approaches to combatting drug abuse during a discussion that starkly illuminated on ideological disagreements at the state…
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Colorado appeals court says Joe Salazar’s lawsuit against Public Trust Institute can move forward
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The Colorado Court of Appeals has ruled that a lawsuit by a former legislator alleging malicious prosecution by the Public Trust Institute and its former director can move forward. The ruling came with a first-ever determination that an administrative proceeding, which could form the basis for a malicious prosecution claim, must be “quasi-judicial.” In this…
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Colorado ethics commission to move forward on complaint against DNR’s Gibbs
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Colorado Independent Ethics Commission will look into a complaint filed against Department of Natural Resources Executive Director Dan Gibbs tied to a contract awarded to his wife’s employer. Along with a third ethics complaint filed against Mesa County Clerk and Recorder Tina Peters, the commission voted…
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Ethics commission delays complaint against Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Colorado Independent Ethics Commission granted Mesa County Clerk and Recorder Tina Peters a delay in the ethics complaint alleging she illegally accepted plane rides and other gifts from MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell. On a 3-2 vote, the commission decided to wait until a grand…