Author: Valerie Richardson
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Fossil fuel divestment movement looks to DU after hitting dry spell in Colorado
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The fossil fuel divestment movement may be losing steam in Colorado, but activists are hoping to reverse the slide by convincing the University of Denver to sell off its investments in coal, oil and natural gas. The University of Denver Board of Trustees is scheduled to consider at its Jan. 20 meeting a report from…
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? Climate change debate heats up race to decide majority on CU Board of Regents
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The pivotal at-large race to determine control of the University of Colorado Board of Regents could hinge on concerns about climate change and free speech. Former Democratic state Rep. Alice Madden injected climate change into the race early on with jabs at the board’s 5-4 Republican majority. The board voted last year against changing the…
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Hickenlooper faces repeat of 2013 as Soros, Steyer pour cash into Democratic legislative races
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If progressive mega-donors George Soros and Tom Steyer really wanted to help Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper, they might consider funneling a few bucks to legislative Republicans. Instead, the big-spending liberals are sinking hundreds of thousands of dollars into flipping control of the state Legislature to Democrats, targeting the three most competitive state Senate races in an attempt to…
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Court faces tough Dem primary fight in bid for state Senate seat
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Democratic state Rep. Lois Court’s campaign for the state Senate is looking less like a sure thing and more like a dogfight. Two young, up-and-coming Democrats – 9to5 state director Erin Bennett and emergency-room physician Steve Sherick – are emerging as serious challengers to the venerable Court in her bid for the party’s nomination in…
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Bennet support for Iran deal shakes up Senate landscape
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It didn’t take long for U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet to start feeling the heat over his decision to support the Iran nuclear deal. Bennet’s announcement came Friday, the day before Labor Day weekend. By the next business day, the conservative group Advancing Colorado had targeted Bennet in a digital ad campaign that depicts the Democrat…
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Bennet under pressure on Iran nuke deal amid reelection backdrop
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Every day that goes by without Sen. Michael Bennet making a decision on the Iran nuclear deal, the pressure builds. Bennet, a Democrat, has been buffeted by a deluge of ads, petitions and op-eds on the proposed agreement that rises as the number of Democratic senators who remain undecided dwindles. The latest whip count shows…
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Tri-State seeks exemption to mercury rule for Nucla plant
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The Supreme Court’s recent ruling against the EPA’s mercury regulations came as much-needed good news for Tri-State Generation and Transmission, Colorado’s second-largest electricity provider. Tri-State filed an emergency motion July 31 asking for a special exemption from the 2012 Mercury and Air Toxics rule for its 110-megawatt coal-fired Nucla Station. The energy co-op has until…
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Calhan’s young mayor lands in deep end of disappearing water mystery
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Nobody is quite sure what happened to the 2.5 million gallons of water that suddenly went missing in Calhan, but mayor Bryan Eurich is confident there’s a good explanation. At 29, Eurich grew up in Calhan and has lived there almost all his life. As a result, he says, it’s hard for him to imagine…
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CSU president Frank limits use of fetal tissue, but Lamborn says it’s not enough
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Colorado State University president Tony Frank has moved to limit the university’s use of fetal tissue following a national uproar over Planned Parenthood’s handling of post-abortion tissue and organs provided for medical research. In a letter to Republican Rep. Doug Lamborn, Frank said he will suspend the purchase of fetal tissue for medical research from…
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Foreign-policy experts call for larger U.S. role in Middle East at CELL event
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Two foreign-policy experts told a sold-out Denver crowd Wednesday that the Obama administration and its successor need to take a more active role in the Middle East as threats to the region’s stability intensify. Former U.S. Ambassador Christopher R. Hill and American Enterprise Institute visiting scholar Mary Habeck didn’t always see eye-to-eye, but they did…
