State lawmakers returned to the Colorado Capitol with past tensions and acrimony hanging over the session, as Speaker Julie McCluskie and Senate President Steve Fenberg tried to set the tone.
The return of Colorado's legislature to the Capitol this week brought lofty talk from legislative leaders about the need for civility. It also came with a harsh reality: the acrimony and vitriol that marred last year's proceedings have done anything but fade away.
State lawmakers returned to the Colorado Capitol with past tensions and acrimony hanging over the session, as Speaker Julie McCluskie and Senate President Steve Fenberg tried to set the tone.
Socialist activist turned politician Tim Hernandez is not wasting any time raking in the cash to lock down a new career handed to him by a select group of Democrat Party activists know as a vacancy committee.
Hernandez was appointed to the 4th district state House seat with 39 supporters on the com
House Speaker McCluskie recently reprimanded state Rep. Elisabeth Epps in a letter for her “significantly disruptive…disrespectful behaviors” during the Colorado General Assembly 2023 special session.