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Nominees selected for upcoming Colorado Supreme Court vacancy
Three nominees have been selected for a Colorado Supreme Court vacancy that will occur when Chief Justice Nancy E. Rice retires July 1. The nominees, announced Wednesday by the Colorado Judicial Department, are Maria Berkenkotter of Boulder, Karen L. Brody of Denver and Carlos A. Samour Jr. of Lone Tree. The trio was selected during…
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Gov. candidates talk education plans at Denver Chamber forum
What would Colorado be like if its public schools were the best in the nation? That’s a question posed in a new survey from Colorado Succeeds and the Common Sense Policy Roundtable, with results unveiled Tuesday in a forum at the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce. That question, and how they would move Colorado in…
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2018 Colo. legislature: What’s next on the issues that drove the session?
The biggest issues of the 120-day Colorado legislative session are far from done just because they’ve been voted on. Transportation is still a snowball rolling downhill toward November, and the dollars that will eventually be steered into roads, bridges and transit are hardly settled. Lawmakers created a $32 billion solution to the state’s public-pension plan,…
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Gardner introduces bill to get cops better body armor
Colorado U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner and Rep. Mike Coffman of Aurora introduced bills to save and honor law enforcement Tuesday during National Police Week. Gardner introduced legislation to equip every U.S. law enforcement officer with body armor that can withstand a shot from a rifle. The vests he’s talking about are called Type III. Gardner’s…
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Ag Secretary Perdue comes to Colo. looking for answers to food waste problem
Food is a just-in-time, on-demand kind of thing in the U.S. People expect it on the shelf anytime they want it, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year. They expect it to look perfect – good enough to take iPhone photos of at restaurants and sending the images to friends.…
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State of Colo. boosts savings to $730M (but it may not be enough)
Thanks to a boost from a recent tobacco industry settlement, the state of Colorado plans to sock away an extra $90 million next year in its reserves. But by one credit rating agency’s analysis, it’s still woefully unprepared for the next economic downturn. In the waning days of the 2018 legislative session, which ended May…
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Supreme Court’s sports-betting decision’s at the intersection of "sin and revenue"
Paul Klee is a sports columnist for The Gazette, parent newspaper of Colorado Politics. The NFL just cured its TV ratings illness, Las Vegas just inched closer to hosting a Super Bowl, and it just became tougher than any other time in American history to rig a sporting event. Pretty nice li’l day, don’t you think?…
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Advocacy group blames Colo. for rise in worker marijuana use
WASHINGTON – A national anti-marijuana group is blaming Colorado as one of the states propelling a rise in marijuana use among the U.S. workforce. That follows a new medical laboratory report showing that usage of cocaine, methamphetamine and marijuana is rising in the national workforce. States that legalized marijuana showed the biggest increases in pot…
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2018 Colo. legislature: Key players size up the game
Colorado Politics reached out to leading organizations that keep an eye on the Capitol for their analyses of the four-month session that ended May 9. Here’s a roundup. Colorado Education AssociationThe state teachers’ union closely followed changes to the public employees’ pension plan, which passed on the last night of the session. The $32 billion…
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Poll results convince Democrat Tillemann to stay in 6th CD race
Democrat Levi Tillemann on Monday said he plans to stay in the 6th Congressional District primary after a private poll his campaign commissioned shows he’s leading Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman by 5 points – better than the statistical tie the same poll found between Jason Crow, the other Democrat in the race, and the five-term…