Tag: jared polis
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Swire Coca-Cola breaks ground on manufacturing facility in Colorado Springs
Roughly three months after announcing an expansion in Colorado Springs, Swire Coca-Cola has broken ground on its new manufacturing facility in the city. The company’s 620,000-square-foot facility will be built in the Peak Innovation Park, near the Colorado Springs Airport. In 2023, the company opened a 145,000-square-foot distribution facility that employs 170 people near the…
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U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet qualifies by petition for Colorado’s Democratic gubernatorial primary
U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet on Tuesday became the first gubernatorial candidate to qualify for Colorado’s June primary ballot after state election officials determined the three-term Democrat’s campaign submitted enough valid petition signatures. Bennet is running against Attorney General Phil Weiser in the Democratic primary to determine the nominee for the office held by term-limited Gov.…
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EDITORIAL: Guv finally gets it on prisons — but will lawmakers?
For a change, Gov. Jared Polis is all in on making room for more inmates in Colorado’s correctional institutions. It’s an encouraging turnabout following his years of support for “decarceration.” That unwieldy word sounds like some kind of disease — and might as well be — though it refers to systematically emptying prisons to the…
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10th Circuit distances itself from prior decision making it easier to toss prisoner lawsuits
The Denver-based federal appeals court distanced itself March 4 from its own recent decision that made it easier for prison officials to end civil lawsuits by transferring incarcerated plaintiffs between facilities. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit agreed that Gov. Jared Polis could be sued over state prison…
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Democrat Michael Bennet turns in petitions for Colorado’s gubernatorial primary, plans to skip caucuses
U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet, a Democratic candidate for governor, submitted nominating petitions for Colorado’s June primary ballot on Friday, his campaign and the Colorado Secretary of State’s Office said. Bennet plans to rely on his petitions to get on the ballot, skipping the caucus and assembly process, his campaign said. The three-term senator is facing…
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Susan Blanco new Colorado Supreme Court justice
Chief Judge Susan Blanco of Larimer and Jackson counties is the newest member of the Colorado Supreme Court, Gov. Jared Polis announced on Tuesday. “A few words come to mind: Innovation. Excellence. Creativity. Hard work. These are values we need across society,” said Polis during a news conference announcing Blanco’s appointment. Blanco, 48, became a…
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Who are the 3 finalists for the Colorado Supreme Court?
A citizen-led nominating commission has chosen the finalists for a vacancy on the Colorado Supreme Court, the first opening in five years on the seven-member court. The vacancy arose after the unexpected resignation of Justice Melissa Hart, who formally departed on Jan. 5 following an extended “leave of absence” since the fall. The three finalists…
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The governor and the inmate: Trying to make sense of Polis and Peters | Eric Sondermann
Amidst the excess of news and outrage competing for our attention, much time and oxygen have been expended in trying to make sense of Jared Polis’s angst-ridden consideration of a sentence reduction for Tina Peters, former county clerk and now an ungrateful guest of the Colorado prison system. For any just emerging from some deep…
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Polis’ ‘libertarian’ streak is a false narrative | Jimmy Sengenberger
Just because you say something doesn’t make it true — even if the national media eat up the narrative. I’m talking about the idea that Gov. Jared Polis is just a middle-of-the-road, “libertarian” Democrat. It’s a false narrative, but one Fox News and The Wall Street Journal often parrot — probably because he’s the token…
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Colorado Democrats react to Alex Pretti’s death in Minnesota
Colorado’s Democrats called for an “impartial” investigation into the death of a man shot by a federal agent during an immigration operation on Saturday. Meanwhile, the chief of the Border Patrol defended the shooting, saying Alex Pretti inserted himself in an ongoing law enforcement operation. Gov. Jared Polis called the shooting “tragic and unacceptable.” Pretti’s…