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COPO’S BEST OF THE WEEK | Payouts from Polis recall group; governor’s take-down try; big Capitol pay hikes; AOC; Club 20

By 09/28/2019 | updated 6 years ago

Here’s our recap of our best stories of the last seven days from the Colorado Politics staff.

> Polis recall group hands out $11,000 in contributions to board members, employees

> Polis recall group changes state filing after CoPo’s report of gifts

> Polis staff tries to get newspapers to remove story about jobs office

Trump-era Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt, far left, tours the office building in Grand Junction that became the headquarters of the Bureau of Land Management.
Photo by Marianne Goodland, Colorado Politics

> Colorado joins 16 other states in suing Trump administration over Endangered Species Act rollback

> Colorado legislature has hiked costs, partisan staff pay by nearly 23% in 3 years

> Bernhardt, Polis, Gardner, Tipton cheer BLM headquarters move to Grand Junction

> After skipping last year’s conference, Polis talks BLM move, health care at Club 20

> Club 20 kicks off conference with steak fry and award for Colorado state Sen. Don Coram (GALLERY)

> COVER STORY | Is it time to bring gray wolves back to Colorado?

> Q&A with Mark Kennedy | Leading CU toward the ‘fourth industrial revolution’

Visitors reach out to touch Abraham, a 12-year-old wolf-dog mix at Mission: Wolf near Westcliffe. People coming to the sanctuary are invited to visit with the ambassador wolves after a briefing on proper behavior.
(Parker Seibold, The Gazette)

> INSIGHTS | Denver City Council leader Jolon Clark tries to steer from the middle

> TRAIL MIX | Latest sign of McCaskilling in the Rockies

> AOC calls on Democrats to return to progressive, ‘FDR roots’ at Boulder fundraiser

> Colorado Dems support Trump impeachment probe

> Colorado’s Crow: If Trump-Ukraine allegations are true, it’s an ‘impeachable offense’

> Top GOP adviser: If senators ‘cover’ for Trump, ‘we’re going to lose Colorado’ US Senate race (VIDEO)

> Colorado Supreme Court rejects business group’s challenge to secretary of state on fees

> Bennet scores 0% in latest poll of Iowa primary voters (VIDEO)

U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-New York, addresses the Boulder County Democratic Party’s annual fundraising dinner on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2019, in Boulder.
(Ernest Luning/Colorado Politics)

> RTD backtracks on decision, OKs plan for Medal of Honor museum entrance in Denver

> Denver city councilwoman to take 1st step toward charter change for elected sheriff

> El Paso County Democrats ask Polis for town hall on De’Von Bailey shooting

> Colorado oil and gas commission get an earful on SB181 rules

> Denver City Council to weigh in on Proposition CC targeting TABOR revenue

> DeGette slams FDA for slow action on investigating e-cigarettes

> Research looks at limiting president’s power on national monuments

> Right-leaning group’s report gives Colorado a ‘D’ in finances

State Sen. Don Coram, R-Montrose, (left) and state Rep. Perry Will, R-New Castle, (right) at the 2019 Club 20 steak fry. 
Photo by Marianne Goodland, Colorado Politics.

> Denver will now give notice before sweeping homeless camps

> Colorado environment and oil officials clash in Congress over methane emissions

> Denver City Council won’t adopt tighter requirements for approving owner-opposed landmark designations

> CU Anschutz Medical Campus rolls out first national marketing campaign

> Warning signs belie low uninsured rate across Colorado

> Access to mental health, substance abuse treatment in Colorado getting worse, survey finds

> Bottled water on hold as testing gets underway for toxic firefighting chemicals from the Air Force Academy

> Colorado School of Public Health to study toxic ‘forever chemicals’ in El Paso County

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