Author: Rachael Wright, Special to Colorado Politics
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Colorado coal use seen as in decline in 1980s | A LOOK BACK
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Forty-Five Years Ago This Week: “Contrary to popular belief, it appears that growth in Colorado’s coal industry during the 1980s will be surprisingly sluggish,” said the findings in the Colorado Energy Research Institute’s “Focus Series.” The institute’s conclusions on the state of energy in Colorado were not surprising to many. In 1979, Colorado had an…
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Colorado Politics Calendar Mar. 30-Apr. 5
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CoPo’s weekly political calendar will help you find political and public-policy events throughout Colorado. It includes candidate and issue campaign events, public policy meetings, court hearings, state and local party conventions, assemblies, debates, rallies, parades, speaking engagements, traveling dignitary appearances, water meetings, book signings, county commission hearings, city council meetings and more. As a subscriber,…
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Governor warns energy development both a boon and a risk to Colorado | A LOOK BACK
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Forty-Five Years Ago This Week: “The real opportunity and the dangers before us are both real,” said Gov. Dick Lamm in his January state of the state address before the Colorado General Assembly. Lamm argued that energy development would continue to impact Colorado, including the federal ownership of a large portion of the state’s resources.…
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Colorado Politics Calendar Mar. 23-29
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CoPo’s weekly political calendar will help you find political and public-policy events throughout Colorado. It includes candidate and issue campaign events, public policy meetings, court hearings, state and local party conventions, assemblies, debates, rallies, parades, speaking engagements, traveling dignitary appearances, water meetings, book signings, county commission hearings, city council meetings and more. As a subscriber,…
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Polly Baca elected to DNC | A LOOK BACK
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Forty-Five Years Ago This Week: After her loss to Republican U.S. Rep. Hank Brown the previous year in the race for the 4th Congressional District, state. Sen Polly Baca-Barragan, D-Thortnon, was elected as one of the three vice-chairs of the Democratic National Committee. “It was exciting but a lot of hard work,” Baca-Barragan said. “I…
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Colorado Politics Calendar Mar. 16-22
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CoPo’s weekly political calendar will help you find political and public-policy events throughout Colorado. It includes candidate and issue campaign events, public policy meetings, court hearings, state and local party conventions, assemblies, debates, rallies, parades, speaking engagements, traveling dignitary appearances, water meetings, book signings, county commission hearings, city council meetings and more. As a subscriber,…
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LDS activist excommunicated from the church speaks out on women’s rights across Colorado | A LOOK BACK
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Forty-Five Years Ago This Week: “Women must demand — now and if necessary at the peril of our lives — that we be granted civil rights in the same way rich white men in this country were granted them: constitutional decree,” said Sonia Johnson, co-founder of Mormons for the Equal Rights Amendment. Johnson spoke in…
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Colorado Politics Calendar Mar. 9-13
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CoPo’s weekly political calendar will help you find political and public-policy events throughout Colorado. It includes candidate and issue campaign events, public policy meetings, court hearings, state and local party conventions, assemblies, debates, rallies, parades, speaking engagements, traveling dignitary appearances, water meetings, book signings, county commission hearings, city council meetings and more. As a subscriber,…
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Colorado Politics Calendar Mar. 2-9
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CoPo’s weekly political calendar will help you find political and public-policy events throughout Colorado. It includes candidate and issue campaign events, public policy meetings, court hearings, state and local party conventions, assemblies, debates, rallies, parades, speaking engagements, traveling dignitary appearances, water meetings, book signings, county commission hearings, city council meetings and more. As a subscriber,…
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First reapportionment commission meeting held after passage of Amendment 9 | A LOOK BACK
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Forty-Five Years Ago This Week: 1981 marked the first year, following the passage of Amendment 9 years earlier, that the newly formed reapportionment commission would meet. According to the amendment, the commission had to hold its first meeting no later than Aug. 1 and would have 90 days to publish its preliminary plan for reapportionment…
