2016 election
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Not everything is rosy with jobs in Colorado
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For Colorado residents hunting for jobs that pay enough to live on, reports of the state’s low unemployment rate and rapid population growth can be very disheartening. It seems everyone else has a job except you, often a depressing thought. However, a recent study digs deeper into the numbers and finds that job hunters’ perceptions…
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Highlight reel: Colorado’s wild and woolly 2016 election season
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Symbolic of the divisiveness of our politics, many Coloradans will look back at the 2016 election with violent contempt, reflecting on a political year that saw the rise of President-elect Donald Trump, while others will reminisce with sublime glee over a cycle where voters bucked the political establishment. In a year full of tectonic shifts…
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Primary election measures signed by Hickenlooper
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Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper signed Proposition 107, a measure calling for presidential primary elections to be held every four years, and Proposition 108, a measure allowing unaffiliated voter participation in primary elections, on Tuesday, Dec. 27. Proposition 107 was approved by 64 percent of state voters in the Nov. 8 general election. The measure allows unaffiliated…
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Nicolais: North Carolina to skew checks and balances? Does it even matter?
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The political drama unfolding in North Carolina recently trumped even the transition of the new president-elect for many political junkies. An acrimonious gubernatorial election between incumbent Republican Patrick McCrory and Democrat Roy Cooper led to a nearly month-long standoff as Cooper won with a razor-thin margin. Now that acrimony has spilled into sweeping new laws…
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The Hot Sheet – Denver plunges potty politics, protests don’t stop Trump, your $11 million sign, the can’t-miss Tweet, Colo drivers get an elf and … MORE!
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VOL. 01 NO. 209 | DECEMBER 20, 2016 | COLORADOSTATESMAN.COM/THE-HOT-SHEET | © 2016 DENVER – This time of year is general known as “dead” in most newsrooms. Many reporters are snug in their too-little padding office chairs working (sort of) on year-end stories, new year stories and holiday features. Not the case this year. Between…
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The Hot Sheet – Colo electors do what?, Polis offers group hug, chill with Holiday PC, haters only want ratings and … MORE!
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VOL. 01 NO. 208 | DECEMBER 19, 2016 | COLORADOSTATESMAN.COM/THE-HOT-SHEET | © 2016 DENVER – Happy Hyperbole (insert Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Winter Solstice … or whatever your holiday of choice is here)! More on that down the line. But first, with just 31 days until the presidential inauguration, electors across the country head to their…
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Williams readies constitutional amendment
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A constitutional amendment that would reduce the lengthy and repetitive language regarding judicial retention questions on election ballots is on Colorado Secretary of State Wayne Williams‘ wish list for the upcoming state legislative session. Williams and his staff outlined his legislative plans to the Bipartisan Election Advisory Committee Thursday, Dec. 15. The committee includes county clerks,…
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The Hot Sheet – Pistol packin’ teachers, GOP ends Tweet-gate, electors have HIGH hopes, must see ‘conservative’ TV and … MORE!
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VOL. 01 NO. 206 | DECEMBER 15, 2016 | COLORADOSTATESMAN.COM/THE-HOT-SHEET | © 2016 DENVER – As our grandmothers used to say, “It’s going to be a Merry Christmas for the electric company!” You might also say the same for the attorneys involved in the rogue Hamilton ‘faithless’ Electors legal maneuvers. With billable hours at stake,…
