Author: Jennifer Kerns
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Boulder sets its sights on soda
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While attention has been focused on Colorado’s battle over beer and wine, advocates of a soda tax in Boulder have been making their move to place a measure on the November ballot. Healthy Boulder Kids has filed ballot language which proposes a two-cent-per-ounce excise tax on sugary drinks including sodas and other beverages made with sugar, sweeteners,…
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Beer brawl continues to brew
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An initiative is headed to the November ballot to “modernize” Colorado’s liquor licensing and alcohol industry, allowing grocery stores and convenience stores to sell full-strength beer and wine if passed by the voters. The measure would end Colorado’s 83-year rule that allows only 3.2 percent alcohol to be sold at such stores. Proponents of the initiative…
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Meet the GOP assembly’s nominee for U.S. Senate, Darryl Glenn
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At the Colorado Republican assembly, Darryl Glenn walked onto stage and gave his nomination speech for U.S. Senator the way he has done everything else in his life — with a bang. With no notes, no teleprompter and no cue cards, Glenn gave a rousing speech that was met with a roaring standing ovation. The speech,…
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Littleton city council green-lights drafting of recreational pot ordinance
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Proponents of recreational marijuana sales achieved a huge victory in Littleton this week when the city council agreed to draft an ordinance allowing retail sales within city limits, something which has been banned in Littleton since 2013 — even after Colorado voters authorized the substance with the passage of Amendment 64 in 2012. The victory comes…
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Bennet will have a fight, but how much of one is TBD
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There is a reason so many Republican candidates are in the race to take a shot at unseating Democratic U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet … besides the fact the GOP’s stronger top-tier bench of candidates all decided not to run. Colorado’s open Senate seat is one of nine seats nationwide that has been identified as competitive,…
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Fractivists gush over 2016 ballot initiatives
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Anti-fracking environmental activists aim to have three proposals on the November ballot that would make it tougher for the energy industry to engage in hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” in Colorado. The three initiatives — numbered 63, 75 and 78 — filed by Coloradans Resisting Extreme Energy Development are the last proposals standing from the nearly…
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Neville shocker: Hardline state senator kept off ballot by Darryl Glenn and his fiery speech
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In a surprise eleventh-hour upset, State Senator Tim Neville — until today considered a GOP frontrunner in the Colorado U.S. Senate race — was knocked out of the running by El Paso County Commissioner Darryl Glenn, an underdog candidate who gave an impassioned twelve-minute speech on the floor of the state Republican Party convention that fired…
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Live: State Republicans gather, prep for state delegate assembly
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Colorado Cruz Control Sen. Ted Cruz has cleaned house again. All of the elected delegates in congressional districts 4 and 5 have pledged their support for Cruz. In congressional district 2, one delegate committed to Cruz and two remain unpledged. So far in the delegate race, four of the seven uncommitted delegates pledge in principle…
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Will GOP U.S. Senate candidates catch a national wave?
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A vacuum of well-known GOP leaders willing to step up and run for U.S. Senate in Colorado has created one of the largest fields of candidates in state history seeking to oust a sitting Democrat U.S. Senator. More than a dozen GOP candidates including state senators, county commissioners, veterans and entrepreneurs are vying to topple…
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For first time in nearly 40 years, CU Board of Regents’ future hangs in balance
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The year was 1979. The Eagles’ top song “The Long Run” was a hit on the radio. The Denver Broncos finished second in the AFC West Championship under coach Red Miller. And it was the last year that Democrats held a majority on the University of Colorado Board of Regents. The Eagles were right: it…
