Author: Rachel Alexander
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Denver voters OK National Western, DIA ballot measures
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Denver voters on Tuesday approved ballot measures to open Denver International Airport up for commercial development and make improvements to the National Western Center and surrounding neighborhoods but shot down a proposal to increase the city’s sales tax to help residents pay for college. It was a big night for Denver Mayor Michael Hancock, who…
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Tymkovich elevated to chief judge of 10th Circuit Court of Appeals
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As the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals begins its new schedule of cases this week Judge Timothy Tymkovich has heard a couple of child porn cases, a campaign finance case, even a case involving a $7 million bicycle accident at the Air Force Academy. Last Wednesday, in a ceremony at the federal courthouse in…
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Pikes Peak Posse saddles up
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With the goal of supporting agriculture and Colorado’s 4-H kids, political, civic and business leaders from Colorado Springs joined the Pike Peak Posse last month to travel south to the Colorado State Fair in Pueblo. Organizer Steve Schuck credits the influence of Colorado Springs Mayor John Suthers for the turnout. Larry Bagley and Colorado Springs…
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Douglas County appeals voucher program to U.S. Supreme Court, cites religious discrimination
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Students in the Douglas County School District who want to take advantage of the district’s controversial voucher program will have to wait to hear if the U.S. Supreme Court will consider reversing the Colorado Supreme Court decision that struck it down. Backers of the district’s Choice Scholarship Pilot Program want the nation’s highest court to…
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Colorado Concern’s Richardson: State’s economy ‘very good and getting better’
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There’s not much about Colorado’s economy that Blair Richardson isn’t able to discuss. As chairman of the board at Colorado Concern, Richardson leads the alliance of more than 100 of the state’s top executives, who work to advance the interests of the business community. And he is excited about the state of Colorado’s economy. The…
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Chamber kicks off campaign to boost healthy communities
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The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation kicked off a two-year national campaign to encourage businesses to help make communities healthier with a recent forum in Denver. “We wanted to go where there’s best practices. Denver is it,” said Marc DeCourcey, vice president of the foundation and head of its Corporate Citizenship Center. A healthy population…
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Supreme Court sends TABOR challenge back to appeals court
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The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday sent a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Colorado’s Taxpayer Bill of Rights back to an appeals court for review. The high court first granted a petition to hear the lawsuit, then vacated an earlier judgment handed down by the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals, and then remanded the case…
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Fields, Ryden running in primary for SD 29 seat
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With Senate Minority Leader Morgan Carroll, D-Aurora, leaving the chamber in 2016 due to term limits, two state representatives are set to square off for the Democratic nomination to take her place representing Senate District 29. State Reps. Su Ryden and Rhonda Fields, both Aurora Democrats, have announced their candidacies for the seat. Fields held…
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U.S. Supreme Court set to report whether it will hear TABOR case
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Colorado court watchers are waiting with bated breath for the nation’s highest court to say whether it will consider a case challenging the Taxpayer Bill of Rights. The U.S. Supreme Court isn’t considering the merits of a 2011 lawsuit, brought by a group of current and former elected officials, including state Sen. Andy Kerr, D-Lakewood,…
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Bentley encouraging more women to consider oil and gas industry
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The oil and gas industry isn’t exactly known as a bastion of equality between the sexes. According to an industry study the workforce in 2010 was 81 percent male nationwide. Tracee Bentley, the new executive director of the Colorado Petroleum Council, is leading the group’s effort to bring more women into the industry with the…