colorado gov. john hickenlooper
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Tipton bill to protect landowners near federal property wins first approval
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WASHINGTON – A congressional bill to protect property owners’ rights during federal land acquisitions won first round approval Thursday but drew only cautious support from a major Colorado environmental group. The bill was introduced by Colorado U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton, R-Cortez, who is a member of the House Natural Resources subcommittee on federal lands. The…
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Colorado follows a different drummer on federal emission rules
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WASHINGTON – The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment set itself on a collision course with the Trump administration this month when it proposed adopting the California standards for low emission vehicles. The Trump administration wants to largely abandon Obama-era Clean Air Act emission standards, but some environmentally-conscious states want to keep them. So…
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Petroleum Institute’s Gerard in Denver: Policy is key to oil industry’s future
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As U.S. oil and gas companies continue to improve efficiency and productivity, the key to the industry’s future will lay in host of publicly policy decisions from foreign trade to an initiative on the Colorado ballot, Jack Gerard, the head of the American Petroleum Institute, said during a stop in Denver Thursday. “If we get…
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Lt. Gov. Lynne signs marijuana tax fix into Colorado law
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The bill to fix the mistake made in the 2017 omnibus bill for rural Colorado has now made it into law. Lt. Gov. Donna Lynne signed Senate Bill 88 into law Thursday afternoon. The measure restores the ability of 14 special districts to collect retail marijuana taxes, an authority they lost last year. Lynne signed…
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Denver defiant toward Trump after threat on immigration policy
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Words of defiance from state and Denver officials and a federal court’s ruling this week are pushing a dispute over Trump administration immigration policy closer to a confrontation before the U.S. Supreme Court. The Justice Department sent a letter last week to Denver Mayor Michael Hancock threatening to cut off some law enforcement grants if…
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A new transportation chief for Colorado
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Michael Lewis is moving up from No. 2 to the top spot at the Colorado Department of Transportation, the office of Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper announced Monday. Here’s a recap of the new chief exec’s hefty credentials, from the governor’s press announcement: Lewis most recently served as the Deputy Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer…
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Unanswered questions about Hickenlooper’s ‘bipartisan’ Obamacare ‘fix’
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In his Aug. 31 news conference at the State Capitol, and again the following week in testimony before a committee of the U.S. Senate, Gov. Hickenlooper unveiled a “bipartisan plan” for improving the disastrous health care reform system dumped on the nation by very partisan Democrats in 2010. Yet, the “pragmatic proposals” put forward by…
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‘It’s going to be interesting’: State Senate prepping for Hickenlooper PUC appointment confirmations
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Gov. John Hickenlooper and state Senate President Kevin Grantham, R-Canon City, say the process is already in motion to launch Senate confirmation hearings for the governor’s two recent appointees to the state’s Public Utilities Commission. Grantham seems to be looking forward to it. “I think we’ll do it sooner rather than later,” he told The…
