Author: Rachael Wright
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6 mountain communities increase lodging taxes, 2 reject the tax hike
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Six mountain communities across Colorado voted on Tuesday to raise their lodging taxes after the state legislature passed a bill allowing counties to triple such taxes and spend the money on a wider range of projects, including public infrastructure, childcare and housing for workers. Lodging tax increases passed in Eagle, Gilpin, Hinsdale, Ouray, Routt and…
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Federal highway funding bill forces Colorado to strengthen DUI laws; Bennet wins state’s most expensive election | A LOOK BACK
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Thirty-Five Years Ago This Week: “Coloradans are being held hostage with our own tax dollars,” state Senate President Ray Powers, R-Colorado Springs, wrote in a guest editorial published in the The Colorado Statesman. Powers called the federal government “relentless in its blackmail scheme to force states to adopt federal DUI standards or face the financial…
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Calendar Nov. 10-16
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MONDAY, NOV. 10 TUESDAY, NOV. 11 WEDNESDAY, NOV. 12 THURSDAY, NOV. 13 FRIDAY, NOV. 14 SATURDAY, NOV. 15 SUNDAY, NOV. 16
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Colorado Politics Calendar Nov. 3-9
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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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Historic race unfolds upon retirement of longest serving speaker of the house| A LOOK BACK
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Thirty-Five Years Ago This Week: With state House Speaker Carl “Bev” Bledsoe, R-Hugo, term-limited, eager Republicans — and a Democrat — were gearing to step into the shoes of the longest-serving house speaker in the Colorado General Assembly. In the running were Reps. Paul Schauer, R-Littleton, Chuck Berry, R-Colorado Springs, and Ruth Wright, D-Boulder. But Wright…
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Calendar Oct. 27-Nov.2
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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 Campaign finance commission convenes to address rising PACs, make other reforms | A LOOK BACK
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Thirty-Five Years Ago This Week: Gov. Roy Romer convened the first meeting of the Colorado Campaign Finance Reform Commission, which was led by Dr. Gene Nichols, dean of the University of Colorado Law School. The Campaign Finance Commission was made up of seven Democrats and seven Republicans, including Dick Freese and Bruce Benson. Colorado Supreme…
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Ballot initiative seeks to help Colorado gambling towns survive, Gov. Romer pushes back | A LOOK BACK
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Thirty-Five Years Ago This Week: All the Black Hawk, Cripple Creek and Central City sponsors of state ballot Initiative 4 were hoping for was to pay for the upkeep of their historic buildings, or so the initiative’s proponents claimed. “They just want to raise enough new money to tide their towns over between tourist seasons,”…
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GOP accuse Dems, Polis of evading Fair Campaign Practices Act | A LOOK BACK
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Twenty-Five Years Ago This Week: Complaints about “dirty tricks” being played as election day drew nearer were rising to a fever pitch. The Colorado Republican Party filed a formal complaint against state Sens. Mike Feeley, D-Lakewood, Ed Permutter, D-Golden, and Stan Matsunaka, D-Loveland, alleging that they had engaged in a conspiracy with State Board of…
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Libertarian candidate barred by SOS; Amendment 24 pushed to save Colorado from uncontrolled growth | A LOOK BACK
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Thirty-Five Years Ago This Week: After Colorado Secretary of State Natalie Meyer ruled Robin Heid was ineligible to run as the Libertarian candidate for governor, the party selected a new candidate, David Aitken. Heid wasn’t happy. “I have been denied access to the ballot by a fake judge, and the Colorado Supreme Court is sitting…
