FILE PHOTO: City leaders are calling for Maria Pereira, who represents Bridgeport’s 138th district in the City Council, to resign after making “offensive” comments in an email and giving the middle finger to a member of the public during a meeting last week. Christian Abraham / Hearst Connecticut Media FILE PHOTO: Bridgeport Mayor Joe Ganim and City Council … Read more
Chad Clifford, a lobbyist and police officer, was selected by a Democratic vacancy committee Wednesday night to represent Greenwood Village and nearby Arapahoe County in the Colorado House this year, replacing a first-term legislator who resigned late last year. Clifford will replace Ruby Dickson, House District 37’s first-term legislator who resigned in early December, just … Read more
A Colorado Republican lawmaker is asking a state judge to block a new tax credit increase from taking effect because, he alleges, the state House’s speaker violated constitutional procedure during last month’s special session on property taxes and other relief. Rep. Scott Bottoms, of Colorado Springs, filed the suit in Denver District Court Thursday against … Read more
By Jeff Amy | Associated Press ATLANTA — A spate of false reports of shootings at the homes of public officials in recent days could be setting the stage for stricter penalties against so-called swatting in more states. U.S. Sen. Rick Scott of Florida, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, Georgia U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and … Read more
By NICHOLAS RICCARDI (Associated Press) DENVER — First, Colorado’s Supreme Court ruled that former President Donald Trump wasn’t eligible to run for his old job in that state. Then, Maine’s Democratic secretary of state ruled the same for her state. Who’s next? Both decisions are historic. The Colorado court was the first court to apply … Read more
Democrats talking about saving democracy sound like the military during the Vietnam War. That was when a famous, or infamous, quote during the 1968 Tet Offensive, in which the Viet Cong took over a contested town, made its way to the American people. “It became necessary to destroy the town to save it,” a U.S. … Read more
Two dozen new Colorado laws — concerning issues including how tractors are repaired, how evictions are handled and how elections are run — go into effect on New Year’s Day, shortly before state legislators return to the Capitol and begin the lawmaking process all over again. The bills that are set to kick in next … Read more
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he believes India’s relations with Canada may have undergone “a tonal shift” in the days since the unsealing of a U.S. indictment alleging a conspiracy to murder a Sikh activist on American soil. The prime minister made the remarks in an end-of-year interview with the CBC’s Rosemary Barton. Indian Prime Minister Narendra … Read more
State Rep. Said Sharbini, a Brighton Democrat, is resigning just a year into his term, he said Monday — making him the second freshman lawmaker to quit this month. Sharbini cited the political “vitriol” at the Capitol and low pay for the long hours required of lawmakers. Legislators whose terms began in January, including Sharbini, … Read more
STRATFORD — The Town Council’s new leader is a longtime local attorney and first-time elected official. A divided council on Monday voted 6 to 4 to name Carl Glad, a Republican who was elected last month to represent District 8, which covers much of the town’s north end, as chairperson for the next two years. … Read more
