Author: Rachael Wright, Special to Colorado Politics
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Pueblo state representative defects from party, handgun carry permit bill receives first real scrutiny | A LOOK BACK
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Forty-Five Years Ago This Week: After being labelled a turncoat by activist John Van Vranken in The Colorado Statesman, state Rep. Bob Kirscht, R-Pueblo, defended his defection from the Democratic Party on the grounds of “philosophical differences.” The Democratic Party, Kirscht said, was “out of step with the mainstream of thinking in Colorado” and the…
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Colorado Politics Calendar Feb. 9-15
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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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Eagle County leads the way in fire mitigation as winter drought deepens
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In 2011, Eagle County had what it considered a robust Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP), which it developed and then discussed with community leaders. But after the devastation wrought by the 2020 fire season, in which three fires — Cameron Peak, East Troublesome, and Pine Gulch — consumed nearly half a million acres, Eric Lovgren,…
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Colorado state legislator plans introduction of victim compensation bill | A LOOK BACK
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Forty-Five Years Ago This Week: “People to whom I’ve talked to say, ‘Yes’,” said Sen. Barbara Holme, D-Denver, “victims of crime should be compensated.” Holme said she would introduce a victim compensation bill in the upcoming legislative session, but the topic was difficult. “The subject is more tricky than you might think at first,” Holme…
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Colorado Politics Calendar Feb. 2-8
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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’s lobbyists should be banned from the house floor, legislator argues | A LOOK BACK
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Forty-Five Years Ago This Week: State Rep. Bob Stephenson, R-Colorado Springs, created an uproar in the chambers of the House of Representatives after he proposed a rule change that would ban the governor’s lobbyists from the House floor during the session. Stephenson argued that the governor’s lobbyists had recently abused their 100-year-old privilege when one…
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Colorado Politics Calendar Jan. 19-25
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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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Elder Groff attends opening day of state legislature to cheer on son | A LOOK BACK
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Twenty-Five Years Ago This Week: “There is a God,” sighed former state Sen. Regis Groff, D-Denver, as he watched the Democrats assume control of the Colorado Senate for the first time in 40 years. “Now they’re in the cubbyholes,” chuckled Groff, referring to the cramped Senate office quarters that the Democrats had occupied for decades. …
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Colorado Politics Calendar Jan. 12-18
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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 Jan. 5-11
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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,…
