Author: Michael McGrady The Center Square
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Tribal governments to get $8 billion from CARES Act
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Tribal councils are facing unprecedented challenges in countering the spread of the coronavirus across tribal lands, but will see some financial relief from the federal government. Tribal governments across the country will receive $8 billion from the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, or the CARES Act, that was recently signed into law…
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Colorado gaming regulator prepares to award first round of sports betting licenses
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Colorado’s gaming regulatory body is prepared to award the state’s very first licenses for sports betting. Last November, Colorado voters approved Proposition DD, which allowed retail sports betting to be legalized and taxed in the state. The ballot measure passed 51.4 to 48.6 percent, a 44,000 vote margin. Proposition DD set a gaming tax at 10 percent,…
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Colorado, national conservatives reflect at Denver RedState Gathering
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In an unorthodox election year, conservative Republicans had something to get pumped up about this last weekend in Denver. While some pollsters claim Colorado has lost its political classification as a battleground state this election cycle, RedState.com, an unabashedly conservative blog, chose Colorado’s biggest city to rally – and in some cases even console –…
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Lamborn introduces Pence to Colorado Springs supporters
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“Because we need Mike Pence as vice president and because we need those Supreme Court nominees, those are just two of the reasons I support Donald Trump as president,” said U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn, R-CD5, introducing Indiana Gov. and Republican nominee for vice president Mike Pence to the stage Wednesday in Colorado Springs. “I’m just grateful…
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Lamborn, Glenn ride the Trump train in Colorado Springs, receive warm welcome
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“So average.” Kicked up a notch in Donald Trump’s spicy punchline kitchen, those were the Republican presidential candidate’s words to describe his opponent, Hillary Clinton’s nomination acceptance speech in Philadelphia a day earlier. Trump delivered the made-fresh remarks to a gathering of rambunctious fans in a jam-packed events center at the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs…
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Chaps, Gardner continue to prove Senate District 12 GOP primary is one to watch
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Like many of the political races this year, the race for the Senate District 12 Republican primary has not been a cakewalk for either contender. In a race that is nearly deadlocked, current House District 15 Rep. Gordon Klingenschmitt and Robert “Bob” Gardner, a former state representative, are locked in an intensive struggle for the…
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Effort to recall Thornton city councilor for ties to oil industry fails
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Jan Kulmann, a city councilor of Thornton’s Ward 4, who was facing a recall effort from anti-fracking group, North Metro Neighbors for Safe Energy, will not be subject to a recall election this year. According to the Denver Business Journal, the effort from North Metro Neighbors group has all but “fizzled,” out. In an email…
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A tale of two recalls: Castle Rock and Thornton
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This year, some Colorado voters are once again exercising their state constitutional right to recall their elected leaders, an occurrence that is apparently becoming en vogue in the state. Of course, no two recall situations are alike, each of them borne out of unique situations with one common trait – elected officials finding themselves on the…
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Hickenlooper signs bill creating national cybersecurity center in Colorado Springs
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Gov. John Hickenlooper signed legislation on the steps of the El Pomar Center Friday at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. At a bill signing ceremony crowded with state legislators and other high-ranking officials, he jotted his signature to an act establishing Colorado’s formal push to become a national leader in cybersecurity. House Bill 16-1453…
