Tag: Kevin Priola
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Colorado lawmakers renew debate about sites allowing drug use under supervision
Colorado lawmakers have renewed deliberations on a proposal to allow sites for people to use drugs under supervision in order to — backers say — do it more safely and prevent overdoses. The legislature’s discussion largely mirrors the talking points of five years ago, when lawmakers last brought a bill to allow such a center…
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Aurora’s attempt to ‘double dip’ in state, local cigarette tax money, blocked by appeals court
Colorado’s second-highest court on Thursday decided state lawmakers intended to continue prohibiting local governments from receiving their share of centrally-collected cigarette tax revenue if they enact their own sales taxes on cigarettes. A three-judge panel for the Court of Appeals agreed a 2019 law designed to give localities more control over nicotine products nevertheless blocked…
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State Supreme Court declines to hear appeal on Priola recall
The Colorado Supreme Court turned down an appeal from the backers of an effort to recall state Sen. Kevin Priola, a move that pushes future recalls efforts back until after the General Assembly goes back into session on Jan. 9. The issue is who gets to sign the recall petitions for Priola, a Henderson Democrat…
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Recall of party-switching state senator halted by Denver judge
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A Denver District Court judge on Monday temporarily halted a recall of state Sen. Kevin Priola, a boon for Democrats as they seek to retain the Colorado state Senate. Judge Marie Moses issued a temporary injunction blocking any further action by the Colorado Secretary of State’s Office on the recall of Priola, a newly-minted Democrat from…
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GOP groups outspending Democratic allies in Colorado Senate races
The latest campaign finance reports show the “soft money” group dedicated to supporting Republicans running in Colorado Senate races is outspending its Democratic counterpart by nearly a 2-to-1 margin. The Senate Majority Fund’s independent expenditure committee, which backs Senate Republican candidates, and All Together Colorado, the Democrats’ soft side IEC, collectively spent about $6 million on…
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Kevin Priola used text messages during party switch to avoid open records scrutiny
In the week prior to Colorado Sen. Kevin Priola announcing that he was flipping political parties, the soon-to-be-Democrat said in a text message to his soon-to-be party leader that he would share certain information with him but wanted to avoid the state’s email system so as not to leave a paper trail subject to public…
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Democrats sues Jena Griswold, one of their own, over Kevin Priola decision
A lawsuit filed in Denver District Court Monday against the Colorado Secretary of State challenges her decision to allow voters in the new Senate District 13 to determine the fate of state Sen. Kevin Priola, the Republican-turned-Democrat from Henderson. Priola currently represents Senate District 25, primarily based in eastern Adams County. The lawsuit, which seeks…
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Effort to recall Sen. Kevin Priola has 60 days to collect over 18,000 signatures
The race to recall state Sen. Kevin Priola began on Friday, with proponents given 60 days to collect more than 18,000 signatures in order to force a special recall election. In late August, Priola announced he was changing parties from Republican to Democrat after serving on the state House and Senate as a Republican since…
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State Sen. Dennis Hisey accused of voting irregularity
Sen. Dennis Hisey, R-Colorado Springs, has been accused of voting in a district in which he does not live. The Colorado Ethics Institute, founded in 2020 by former Colorado Democratic Party Chair Rick Palacio and former journalist Curtis Hubbard, asked Republican District Attorney Michael Allen of the 4th Judicial District in Colorado Springs to investigate…