Author: JOEY BUNCH
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Polis tells NoCo leaders his 10-year road plan won’t take that long
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For the past decade, Colorado political leaders have tried to squeeze more money out of the state budget and into fixing overcrowded and poorly maintained interstates and highways. Gov. Jared Polis said Tuesday it won’t take another decade to accomplish that goal. Shortly before the economic setbacks caused by COVID-19, Polis presented his 10-year plan, though…
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Q&A with Bradley Wood | Keeping families together is about more than cost
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Bradley Wood doesn’t have children of his own, but he has a special place in his heart for each of the roughly 75 families that pass through the Central Visitation Program in Denver metro area each week. Because of his nonprofit, families that otherwise couldn’t afford supervised visitation with their children – because of a divorce or…
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Federal judge tells lawyers to pay up in Dominion voter fraud case
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A federal judge in Denver on Monday afternoon ordered lawyers who filed a sprawling lawsuit to raise doubt about the 2020 presidential election to pay the attorneys’ fees for those they accused. Denver attorney Gary D. Fielder and Ernest John Walker, who practices in Michigan and Colorado, filed a class-action lawsuit challenging the results of…
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INSIGHTS | BLM lost diversity coming to Colorado, others shouldn’t follow
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Diversity was never Grand Junction’s long suit. We knew that two years ago, but nobody wanted to say anything when the Trump administration moved the headquarters for the Bureau of Land Management to Colorado. That was a daisy. The agency controls more than 245 million acres in 12 states, including 8.3 million acres on Colorado’s…
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INSIGHTS | Bennet’s challengers face identity crises, O’Dea steps out
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The immediate challenge facing the eight – and counting – hopefuls in the Republican primary for U.S. senator isn’t the incumbent. It’s anonymity. When everyone shares a platform and a common enemy, it’s hard to see much difference in nuanced talking points. That’s why it was a win-win exchange when Fort Collins developer Gino Campana called out…
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INSIGHTS | Colorful Colorado is dingy on the environment
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Colorado – the state of blue skies, white-capped mountains and Red Rocks – isn’t as green as you might think. In fact, we’re downright dingy, which is a sad thing to have to admit in the middle of Colorado Recycles Week. Eco-Cycle and CoPIRG released their fifth annual joint report on the state of recycling and composting…
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Colorado leaders call dibs on federal infrastructure money
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Northern Colorado leaders were quick out of the gate Monday afternoon after Gov. Jared Polis and other state politicos joined President Joe Biden in Washington to sign the $1 trillion infrastructure package. Colorado could receive as much as $3.7 billion, plus $225 million for bridge replacement and repairs over five years. The package also includes…
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Rachel Marion named CEO of Denver Metro Commercial Association of Realtors
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Rachel Marion is the new CEO of the Denver Metro Commercial Association of Realtors, the trade group announced Tuesday morning. Marion currently is part of the senior leadership team at Denver International Airport. She begins her new job with the association on Nov. 22, succeeding Katie Kruger. “Rachel brings a comprehensive resume of skills and…
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Colorado politicos react to Aurora shooting
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Colorado Gov. Jared Polis and two state lawmakers representing Aurora reacted to Thursday afternoon’s shooting at Nome Park near Aurora Central High School that wounded six teenagers. Six victims, ages 14 to 18, were taken to local hospitals in what was described by police as a drive-by shooting. “I am so saddened by the violence…
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Rep. Kyle Mullica announces bid for state Senate seat
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State Rep. Kyle Mullica announced Monday he will seek a spot in the state Senate next year to represent Senate District 24 in Adams County. A Democrat, Mullica was elected to represent House District 34 in 2018 and won reelection in 2020, both by comfortable margins. So far, the field includes former state Rep. Joe…
