Author: Emily Ferguson
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NONPROFIT REGISTER | COGA gave more than $10 million to Colorado charities in 2020
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Colorado Oil & Gas Association Statewide News: Colorado Oil & Gas Association members contributed more than $10 million to hundreds of non-profit organizations across the state in 2020. The COGA’s Community Impact Report highlighted 52,000 volunteer hours as well as efforts to target communities harshly hit by the pandemic, with 80% of oil and gas companies contributing to education-focused…
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WATCH: Colorado Politicking, week of April 16, 2021 | The latest on the state budget, public option
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Where are Colorado legislators at in passing the state budget? How does Gov. Jared Polis’ upcoming election season come into play? And what does any of this have to do with WuTang Clan and the Notorious B.I.G.? Colorado Politics’ legislative reporters Pat Poblete and Marianne Goodland and senior writer Joey Bunch are back to answer…
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‘Colorado Politicking’ tells you all you need to know about statehouse doings, and more
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Colorado Politics has launched a weekly conversation on the top news coming from the #COpolitics universe, and this week’s installment features legislative reporters Pat Poblete and Marianne Goodland along with senior writer Joey Bunch. This week, the policy mavens inform on the latest about Colorado’s public option bill and the state budget. Goodland gives us…
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NONPROFIT REGISTER | Denver Metro BOMA executive director heads to mayor’s sustainability advisory council
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Denver Metro BOMA Denver News: Denver Metro BOMA’s Executive Vice President Stephen Shepard has been appointed co-chair of the Buildings and Homes Standing Committee on Denver Mayor Michael Hancock’s Sustainability Advisory Council. The Sustainability Advisory Council was initially created in 2010 by then-Mayor John Hickenlooper. The council provides advice and recommendations to the staff of Denver’s Office…
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Polis implements mandatatory furlough days to address budget shortfall
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State employees earning more than $50,000 a year will have to take furlough days next year, the governor’s office said Tuesday. The once robust state economy, and government budgets, are tapped out by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Separately, Gov. Jared Polis said Tuesday he was concerned rising infection rates signal a third wave for the…
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PRIMARY 2020 | Live blog: Landslides, upsets and a few nail-biters
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Follow along with Colorado Politics’ live blog Tuesday evening for Colorado’s primary election results. Many are anticipating which Democrat will face U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner in November: former Gov. John Hickenlooper or former House Speaker Andrew Romanoff. (Gardner’s campaign sent out a memo Tuesday with bets on Hickenlooper.) But other races remain: the primary races…
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Mayor Hancock appoints 3 new judges to Denver County Court
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Denver Mayor Michael B. Hancock on Thursday announced the appointments of Michelle Martinez-Thomas, Tanya Wheeler and James Zobel to the Denver County Court. “We had a dynamic pool of candidates for these vacancies, which made this a difficult decision, and these phenomenal jurists were all capable, committed, passionate and progressive legal scholars and exceptional civic-minded leaders,”…
