Author: JOEY BUNCH
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Q&A Celia Dietrich | Colorado-grown talent advises companies on grooming theirs
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Celia Dietrich, the founder and executive chair of Dietrich Partners, is a homegrown talent, which is good, because her skill is in helping public and privately held companies make the most of theirs. In December her Denver-based management consulting firm released its “Rocky Mountain Region Middle Market 2021 Sentiment and 2022 Outlook.” Fast Facts What…
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BEST OF INSIGHTS | Polis answers questions about his reelection weaknesses
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Editor’s note: Welcome to the Best of Insights feature, highlighting senior writer Joey Bunch’s best work. This extended version of Insights originally ran in September 2021 and includes as much as possible from the governor’s responses about issues bound to be part of his reelection campaign next year, seasoned with a well-sourced veteran’s insights. Jared Polis…
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INSIGHTS | Who will educate Colorado’s kids once teachers burn out?
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It’s not like teachers had it made before the pandemic. We saw them marching around the Capitol in 2018, then some of them booed the governor, John Hickenlooper, while he tried to support them in a lunchtime speech. The issue then for teachers across the state was low pay. For rural communities, the issue is…
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COVID HERO | Nick Muerdter links vaccine needs to people
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Nick Muerdter never set out to be a hero. He did what he always does with a warm heart for others. He took a complex problem and delivered a simple solution, which gave older Coloradans one less thing to worry about when trying to find a life-saving vaccination. That’s why Gov. Jared Polis sees the…
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Colorado organizations net $75k in EPA grants
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Five Colorado organizations will receive $75,000 each from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for local projects that help improve and sustain the health of their community. Those receiving awards from the Environmental Justice Small Grants program are: Groundwork Denver, which provides energy efficiency and winterization assistance Ute Mountain Ute Tribe in Towaoc Rocky Mountain Sustainable…
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INSIGHTS | Werthwein was never the issue with Colorado’s behavioral health system
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Throwing somebody under the bus is an odd visual, but it’s a full-contact sport in politics and governing. The phrase appears to have been born in Britain on Dec. 10, 1980, when Financial Times reporter Elinor Goodman wrote about the dustup within the Labour Party. Michael Foot won the race to lead the party the…
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Bennet, Hickenlooper lay out state’s windfall for transportation, airports
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As is political tradition, Colorado’s U.S. senators, Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper, are saluting federal money headed to their home state. Thanks to the bipartisan infrastructure bill passed by Congress last month, Colorado’s roads and bridges are in line for $716 million, while airports are expected to land more than $86 million in the current…
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BEST OF INSIGHTS | My big break in the Big Apple was a political life lesson
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Editor’s note: Welcome to the Best of Insights feature, highlighting senior writer Joey Bunch’s best work. This article originally ran in August 2021. The whole thing came down to one problem: How do I cover the 15 feet over to that Dunkin’ Donuts store? This story about me is also about politics, so hang with…
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INSIGHTS | Crime, justice and cost are mounted on victims
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A great deal of energy and political capital is spent at the Colorado Capitol on criminal justice reform, which is not a bad thing, except when it leaves victims out of the equation. We have to remember that criminals aren’t where they are for praying too loudly in church. At the same time, justice must…
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Hickenlooper talks about his green goal in online town hall
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U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper still has high hopes of putting a price on carbon and safeguarding public lands in Colorado. The Democratic Senate freshman from Denver had hoped to include a tax on carbon in President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better stimulus package. He holds out that hope, Hickenlooper told constituents in a virtual town…
