betsy devos

Bennet mixes Denver and D.C. over Gorsuch and DeVos

Feb 7, 2017

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JOEY BUNCH

Colorado’s U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet took a good bit of Denver to Washington, D.C., Monday as he debated the nomination of Betsy DeVos as secretary of education in the Trump administration. Last weekend brought D.C. to Denver as he met in LoDo with Trump’s nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court, federal appeals court Judge Neil…
Dial-a-protest: Just pick your cause and stick to the script

Feb 6, 2017

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DAN NJEGOMIR Colorado Politics

The fever-pitch debate over the Trump administration’s Cabinet and court picks has inspired a separate dust-up over the tactics employed by the warring sides in those nomination battles. It’s as pronounced at the state level in places like Colorado as it is nationally, with partisans (elected and otherwise) stepping into the fray. The administration’s defenders and detractors – particularly those…
Hick, wary of Trump, calls him disruptive but wants him to succeed

Feb 2, 2017

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Peter Marcus

Gov. John Hickenlooper said on Wednesday that President Trump has taken a disruptive approach to governing, perhaps because of ulterior motives. “Many of President Trump’s appointments were unorthodox. It’s hard to understand exactly what he’s trying to make, and some of it I’m guessing is just trying to create a kind of disruptive atmosphere,” Hickenlooper…
Kerr leads in state lawmaker movement opposed to DeVos nomination

Feb 1, 2017

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John Tomasic

State Sen. Andy Kerr fully intends to continue a national state lawmaker pressure campaign in opposition to the nomination of Betsy DeVos as education secretary. Kerr, a Lakewood Democrat and Jefferson Country school district social studies teacher, sent a letter this week signed by more than 400 state legislators to U.S. Sens. Lamar Alexander, R-Tennessee,…
Bennet votes no on DeVos nomination

Feb 1, 2017

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Mike McKibbin

A Senate committee voted twice Tuesday, Jan. 31, to recommend Republican donor and school choice advocate Betsy DeVos for education secretary, as two GOP senators expressed reservations. After a heated debate that included allegations of plagiarism against DeVos, senators on the Health, Education, Pensions and Labor Committee voted 12-11 along partisan lines to support DeVos’…
Hill urges Bennet to eschew politics in DeVos nomination vote, touts her as Colorado-style education reformer

Jan 31, 2017

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John Tomasic

State Sen. Owen Hill, a Colorado Springs Republican and school choice champion, held a telephone press conference Monday on which he lauded multi-millionaire school reform advocate Betsy DeVos as the right person to head the U.S. Department of Education for the Trump administration. The call was meant to put pressure on Colorado U.S. Sen. Michael…
State Sen. Hill to champion embattled Trump education nominee DeVos in telepresser

Jan 27, 2017

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John Tomasic

State Sen. Owen Hill will host a tele-press conference Monday to help generate support for the confirmation of Betsy DeVos, Donald Trump’s choice to head the department of education. Hill, a Republican from Colorado Springs, chairs of Senate’s education committee and has been a leading school choice advocate at the Capitol for years and a…
Preparing for White House, Trump to attend Army-Navy game

Dec 10, 2016

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Ken Thomas

President-elect Donald Trump is partaking in one of the nation’s most storied football rivalries, saluting U.S. troops at the annual Army-Navy game on Saturday as he prepares to enter the White House. The future commander-in-chief planned to attend the 117th game between the military academies at West Point and Annapolis, which is being held on…
Harber: An accidental look back: Pundits, the press and Trump

Dec 6, 2016

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Aaron Harber

OK, I admit I am a bit behind on my reading as I recently perused the April 30 edition of The Wall Street Journal. Albeit accidentally, it was a good exercise as I read David Greenberg’s extensive column comparing the Republicans’ situation on that date to that in 1976, to wit: “But as in 1976,…
The Hot Sheet — Athana…what,what,what? wants GOP-Supreme; Pueblo County has an identity crisis, Silver Tsunamis, Palacio buh-byes & MORE …

Nov 30, 2016

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Colorado Politics

VOL. 01 NO. 195 | NOVEMBER 30, 2016 | COLORADOSTATESMAN.COM/THE-HOT-SHEET | © 2016 DENVER – Never is there an inappropriate moment for some air guitar … Good morning fellow Colorado-critters and welcome to the midweek Hot Sheet extravaganza. For those believers, today’s date means we’ve got just 25 full days of shopping madness left before Santa’s sleigh…