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MONTPELIER Sen. Patrick Leahy has a decision to make, and everyone’s waiting.In the coming months, the 81-year-old Vermont Democrat is expected to disclose whether he will seek a ninth term in the U.S. Senate or step down. The retirement of the. ....
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weekly political column. Tim Newcomb Time was when the most boring reporting assignment in Montpelier would have been to cover state auditor Alexander Tino Acebo, a Barre Republican who held the job from 1970 to early 1993. A classic green-eyeshade, no-news-is-good-news number cruncher, Acebo, who died in 2019, coasted from one reelection to the next without generating a headline. That all changed after a brash, ambitious, liberal Democrat, Ed Flanagan, got elected to the job in 1992 upon Acebo s retirement. Flanagan, who died in 2017, began issuing non-audit performance reviews about all the mismanagement he said he was finding in state agencies, much to the annoyance of the Democratic governor, ....
This past week, Colorado Senate President Leroy Garcia, Jr. (D) was selected to serve as the immediate past president of the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL). He joins the bipartisan organization’s leadership team serving the nation’s 7,383 state lawmakers and legislative staff. Garcia was appointed to serve the remaining term of former Vermont Speaker Mitzi Johnson (D), who lost her election in November. The position exists as one of seven officers who help steer NCSL to best serve legislators and legislative staff by guiding important policy and budgetary decisions. Colorado State Capitol. Photo courtesy of Pixabay. “I am honored to have been selected to serve on NCSL’s Officer’s ....
Colorado Senate President Leroy Garcia Jr., a Democrat representing Colorado Senate District 3, has been named the immediate past president of the National Conference of State Legislatures, a bipartisan organization that seeks to support state legislatures and foster interstate cooperation. Garcia s position will allow him to help steer the NCSL s policy and budgetary decisions through the summer. “I am honored to have been selected to serve on NCSL’s officers team,” Garcia said. “NCSL’s research, training programs and networking opportunities are integral to the success of the Colorado Legislature, and I am looking forward to working with other leaders from around the country as NCSL’s immediate past president.” ....