Author: JOEY BUNCH
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INSIGHTS | Ganahl pins fentanyl surge on Polis’ policies
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Heidi Ganahl is an untested candidate in a crowded governor’s race, but where she’s starting provides a strong indication of where Republicans are headed in 2022. Gov. Jared Polis is expected to run on his record of lowering the cost of health care, cracking down on air pollution, promoting greener transportation and making free full-day…
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Governor’s office notes milestones in vaccination push
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This week Gov. Jared Polis reflected on the year since the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine arrived in Colorado. Since then, more than 4 million Coloradans have taken the two vaccine. “Colorado’s mission to get the vaccine into our communities has kept our businesses and schools open and our economy on the path to recovery while other…
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Q&A with Maria Garcia Berry | Cuban immigrant rewrites Colorado history
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In Colorado politics, Maria Garcia Berry gets the job done, whatever the job might be. Most often, they’re the biggest jobs in town. Between her and husband, Chuck Berry, a former 14-year state legislator and speaker of the House, the Berry name is written in the footnotes of Colorado history over the last four decades.…
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INSIGHTS | A West without snow creates a Colorado you won’t know
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I’ve taken this climate change talk with an attentive grain of salt, hoping, I guess, that it was overly hyped for fundraising. That’s melted away over time. You can’t blame me for being a skeptic. I was born doubting most things. When I was a kid, pollution was depicted in the media I consumed, Mad…
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New report links Colorado’s rising crime to criminal-friendly public policy
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The causes might be elusive, but the results are startling: Colorado’s crime rates are soaring, rates that are topping the nation in some categories, notably its rise in property crimes and auto thefts. The solutions might be just as nebulous, but two of the state’s best-known former prosecutors touted a study they co-authored reflecting the…
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INSIGHTS | A fair shake isn’t rent control for Colorado’s threatened seniors
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Rent control is more a ghost than a specter in Colorado political discussions, but the state is reaching a condition where any workable idea deserves a conversation. Social and economic realities are barreling toward us. Americans are aging fast and not well. The Downer Department here at Insights has told you before that older people…
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Q&A with Lisanne McNew | Colorado jobs expert talks ready get to work
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In October, Lisanne McNew took a seat in a comfortable position at the Colorado Workforce Development Council: the head of the table. The El Paso County businesswoman began her term as its chair after stints as chair-elect and as treasurer. That comes after she was appointed by then-Gov. John Hickenlooper to the state jobs board five…
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INSIGHTS | My memories of Justice Greg Hobbs flow like a river
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Greg Hobbs was a lot like the Colorado rivers and lakes he loved: Deep, cool and a little bit of a lot of things. I still haven’t gotten my mind or heart around the fact he’s gone, even through he died Nov. 30 of a pulmonary embolism, two weeks short of his 77th birthday, surrounded…
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INSIGHTS | Denver in vaping’s racial and political haze
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Race permeates political discussions these days, and this week the Denver City Council offered the debate in the flavors of cotton candy, lemon, gummy bear or menthol. Denver is the latest city to consider a ban on flavored vaping products, matching a federal ban on flavors sold by major e-cigarette makers that took affect in…
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Former Supreme Court Justice Greg Hobbs dies at 76
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Former Colorado Supreme Justice Gregory J. Hobbs Jr., the state’s preeminent authority on water law and its history, died Tuesday. He was 76, two weeks short of his birthday. His family released a statement Tuesday evening saying he died “peacefully with his family” after a pulmonary embolism. He is survived by his wife, Bobbie, and…
