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Colorado launches campaign to ‘Lift the Label’ on opioid addiction
Corey DePooter and Austin Eubanks were nearly inseparable during high school, sharing a love of the same music and hobbies throughout the first two years of high school. At 16, they had their whole lives ahead of them. Then came April 20, 1999. Eubanks and DePooter were both students at Columbine High School and in…
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Sports betting in Colo.? It could be a long ways off (9News video)
Even though the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday threw out federal laws blocking sports betting in most states, don’t expect to be placing bets on the Denver Broncos or another favorite sports team anytime soon in Colorado. That’s because gambling and gaming in Colorado are tightly controlled by a 1992 state constitutional amendment, and any…
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With wide-open presidential field, Hickenlooper and other Democrats are road-testing messages
The future of the Democratic Party has been booking late-night TV gigs, waking up for morning drive-time radio and showing up at watering holes in rural counties to try out new material. Before the start of a 2020 Democratic presidential campaign, at least 25 potential candidates – Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper among them, as well…
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2018 Colo. legislature: Winners and losers from the session
Winners House Assistant Majority Leader Alec Garnett of Denver and Assistant Minority Leader Cole Wist of Centennial: For the second year in a row, these two lawmakers on opposite sides of the aisle took on some of the toughest issues in the session. This year, that included the year’s most controversial bill – the “red flag”…
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Q&A w/Tony Milo | ‘Voters are fed up with sitting in traffic’
Think of Tony Milo as Colorado’s Lorax. Only, instead of speaking for the trees like the fabled Dr. Seuss character, Milo advocates relentlessly for the state’s infrastructure. As executive director of the Colorado Contractors Association, he is the point man in the perennial push for more funding to highways, bridges and other wide-ranging public works.…
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NORAD at 60: Odd-couple countries built successful marriage
On the international stage, America and its northern neighbor make for an odd couple. America is known for its military might. Canada sends small groups of polite peacekeepers. Our president is an aging, salty conservative. Canada has a youthful, svelte liberal. President Trump is a real estate tycoon. Prime Minister Trudeau is a former substitute…
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Hickenlooper signs bill in Colorado Springs that reauthorizes job program for veterans
COLORADO SPRINGS – A pilot program launched by Colorado lawmakers two years ago to help veterans move into the civilian workforce is getting new life. Gov. John Hickenlooper on Friday signed a bill that extends the Veterans’ Service-to-Career Program, whose goal is to provide job services to veterans and their families as they transition from…
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Tillemann says he’ll withdraw from primary if poll shows only Crow can beat Coffman
Democratic congressional candidate Levi Tilleman said Friday he’ll drop out of the 6th District primary if a poll he has commissioned shows that primary rival Jason Crow is the only Democrat who can unseat five-term Republican Mike Coffman in the suburban swing seat. Tillemann told Colorado Politics he expects to have the results in hand…
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Mitt Romney: Can the insider play the insurgent in Senate race?
WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah – Mitt Romney threatening to shut down the government is probably not what Republicans in Washington were expecting from one of the leading establishment figures of their party over the past two decades. The 71-year-old, former presidential nominee is vowing to do whatever it takes to end profligate federal spending and…
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What you need to know about Colo.’s $32B pension overhaul
Just before midnight Wednesday, Colorado lawmakers passed a rescue package for the state public pension program that will have major ramifications for public sector workers, retirees and taxpayers across the state for decades to come. The legislation aims to pay off the Public Employees’ Retirement Association’s $32 billion funding shortfall within 30 years, and calls…