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  • At 80, CU’s Bruce Benson is too busy ‘running stuff’ to slow down for critics

    At 80, CU’s Bruce Benson is too busy ‘running stuff’ to slow down for critics

    Bruce Benson turned 80 on the Fourth of July. He decided it was time to graduate into retirement after a glittering, sometimes tense, career in the oil business, Colorado politics and, for the last decade, education as president of the University of Colorado system. He plans to stay on until July 2019, once his replacement…


  • YESTERYEAR: Hickenlooper, others launch project to grapple with climate change

    Ten Years Ago this week in The Colorado Statesman … Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper was joined by Lakewood Mayor Steve Burkholder, Fort Collins Mayor Doug Hutchinson, Colorado Forum director Gail Klapper, former Colorado State University president Al Yates and others to unveil the Colorado Climate Project, aimed at developing a plan to reduce the state’s…


  • Backers kill ballot measure to lift TABOR revenue caps

    Backers kill ballot measure to lift TABOR revenue caps

    Supporters of a state ballot measure to set a 10-year time-out on TABOR revenue restrictions called it quits Tuesday, blaming what could be a crowded fall ballot, the high cost of getting across a complicated argument to voters and an “uncertain political climate.” “In November, Colorado voters are going to be asked to decide on up…


  • The Hot Sheet, February 9, 2016

    The Hot Sheet, February 9, 2016

    By TCS Publisher & Editor-in-Chief Jared Wright@_JaredWright_ Tuesday, February 9, 2016 DENVER – Happy New Hampshire Primary Tuesday, everyone! (Is there something else happening today?) Some folks in the Granite State have already voted, including in communities Dixville Notch (nine voters — all employees of the Balsams Grand Resort Hotel), Harts Location and Millsfield. According to New Hampshire…


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