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Doug Benevento appointed Region 8 administrator for Environmental Protection Agency
President Donald Trump appointed Doug Benevento as Environment Protection Agency administrator for Region 8, which includes Colorado and five other western states. The former chief of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment is currently an executive at Xcel Energy and was an elected member of the Douglas County School Board until he resigned that…
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YESTERYEAR: World leaders descend on Denver for G-7; health care forum exposes tragedies
Twenty Years Ago This Week in The Colorado Statesman: Little old Colorado was plunged into the deep end of international politics when Denver hosted eight world leaders from the Group of Seven. Denver rolled out the carpet for national leaders from the USA, Canada, France, Germany, Japan, Italy, Russia and the United Kingdom, and on the…
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Colorado political power couple Mike and Cynthia Coffman divorcing
U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman and his wife, Colorado Attorney General Cynthia Coffman, are divorcing, Colorado Politics learned Monday. The couple made the decision over the weekend. In a joint statement, they said: “After much soul searching we have made the painful decision to get a divorce. This has been a difficult choice for both of…
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YESTERYEAR: GOP reviles Ritter signed construction defects legislation
Thirty Years Ago this Week in The Colorado Statesman … Elie Wiesel and Emil Hecht received honorary degrees in Humane Letters from the University of Denver at “A Triumph of Conscience” dinner which was attended by 1,400 distinguished eventgoers. Dr. Dwight Smith, Chancellor of the University of Denver, said the honors were bestowed on “two whose contributions to the welfare…
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Emily’s List endorses Democrat Cary Kennedy for Colorado’s 2018 gubernatorial race
A national Democratic fundraising group that backs women running for office endorsed Colorado gubernatorial candidate Cary Kennedy on Wednesday. “Colorado has a long history of strong women’s leadership, but has never before elected a woman as governor,” said EMILY’s List President Stephanie Schriock in a statement. “Cary will not only break through that glass ceiling…
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4 Colorado ex-governors + 1 current guv + 1 Lynn Bartels = a fun read
All of Colorado’s living ex-governors and the one who’s still in office – that John Hickenlooper fella – sat in on the same panel discussion Thursday, weighing in on the heavy issue of partisanship in contemporary politics. Yes, all five of them: Dick Lamm, Roy Romer, Bill Owens, Bill Ritter and Hick himself. They of course…
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Colorado GOP names Daniel Cole, Adam Johnson to state party posts
The Colorado Republican Party has named Daniel Cole as its new communications director and Adam Johnson as political director, Cole announced Monday in a chatty, informal letter he said reflects his approach to the job. The two mark the first hires at the party since former El Paso County Republican Party Chairman Jeff Hays took…
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Gubernatorial hopefuls castigate, laud Hickenlooper for granting pardon to Lima-Marin
Colorado’s leading gubernatorial candidates mostly reacted along party lines Friday to word that Gov. John Hickenlooper, a Democrat, had pardoned Rene Lima-Marin in hopes of heading off plans by immigration officials to deport the Aurora man to Cuba. Democrats Mike Johnston and Cary Kennedy cheered the move, both citing what they termed the governor’s “humanity,”…
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Hickenlooper pardons Rene Lima-Marin in effort to head off deportation to Cuba
Calling it a “question of justice,” Gov. John Hickenlooper on Friday granted a full and unconditional pardon to Rene Lima-Marin, the Aurora man who has faced deportation to Cuba since being freed from prison earlier this week in a spectacular case that caught the attention of the nation. “We were convinced this was the right…