Author: Rachael Wright
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Colorado Sen. John Hickenlooper, Western Slope business leaders talk about access to capital, tariffs
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U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper joined a group of business leaders from the Western Slope on Friday, when they talked about the economic transformation of the region, as well as the challenges it faces, including access to financial capital and limited workforce. “Grand Junction was supposed to be dead and gone twenty years ago,” Hickenlooper told…
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Republican-turned libertarian stricken from ballot by SOS, GOPers jump on Romer bandwagon | A Look Back
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Thirty-Five Years Ago This Week: Libertarian gubernatorial candidate Robin Heid’s campaign to petition onto the November ballot was brought to an abrupt halt when state elections officer Donetta Davidson ruled him ineligible. Davidson said that while Heid had successfully submitted his 1,000 signatures before the August deadline, he was still registered as a Republican and,…
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A LOOK BACK | Legislature works to define contraband, eliminate loopholes
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Forty Years Ago This Week: Rep. Jerry Kopel, D-Denver, and the Statutory Revision Committee were in the process of addressing what items were to be considered contraband to smuggle into a state penitentiary. While it was a crime to smuggle contraband into the penitentiary, not everything that could be smuggled in would be considered contraband.…
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A LOOK BACK | Coors Brewery future questioned during years-long strike
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Forty Years Ago This Week: A four-year AFL-CIO directed strike against Coors Brewery that had resulted in stagnant sales led Bill Coors to write in a company-wide publication, “Due to organized labor, a number of beer consumers dislike us enough to discontinue buying our beer.” Colorado labor leaders had called for the strike after being…
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A LOOK BACK | DNC launches new tech programs, seeking to beat GOP at own game
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Forty Years Ago This Week: After one too many election cycles of losing to the better prepared, better organized Republican Party, Democratic Party leaders said they were beginning to hone in on improved campaign methodology, consisting in part of direct mail fundraising, campaign schools and candidate recruitment. The newest program, said Ann Lewis, political director…
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YESTERYEAR: Ritter, Caldara face off over School Finance Act
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Twenty Years Ago This Week in The Colorado Statesman … A new welfare law was finally agreed upon and the Legislature narrowly averted a special session. “That’s the art of compromise,” Gov. Roy Romer said. He added that he would sign the latest version of the state’s welfare reform law that had successfully met the…
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YESTERYEAR: Broncos stadium project debated, Hickenlooper again wins mayor
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Twenty Years Ago This Week in The Colorado Statesman … The issue of a “new” stadium for the Denver Broncos turned two bill sponsors against one another when Rep. Vickie Agler, R-Littleton, House co-sponsor of SB 97-230 — a bill that allowed for consideration of a re-fit of Mile High Stadium — accepted an amendment that Senate sponsor Mike Coffman,…
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YESTERYEAR: Howard Dean attempts to quell Denver DNC union rebellion; Buckley mired
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Twenty Years Ago This Week in the Colorado Statesman … When she was elected in 1994, Secretary of State Vikki Buckley became the first African-American woman to take statewide office in Colorado. She had spent 22 years working her way up through the ranks of the secretary of state’s office, and eventually became second in command…
