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Colorado Parks and Wildlife director retires following probe of racially offensive remark
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Dan Prenzlow, director of Colorado’s Division of Parks and Wildlife since 2019, has retired following an investigation into a racially offensive remark he directed at a CPW employee during an April conference. The Department of Natural Resources in a statement indicated the probe – initiated after Prenzlow while speaking at a conference allegedly highlighted a Black…
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Colorado ethics commission to move forward on complaint against DNR’s Gibbs
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The Colorado Independent Ethics Commission will look into a complaint filed against Department of Natural Resources Executive Director Dan Gibbs tied to a contract awarded to his wife’s employer. Along with a third ethics complaint filed against Mesa County Clerk and Recorder Tina Peters, the commission voted unanimously Tuesday to accept the Amendment 41 complaint against Gibbs. It was filed…
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Colo. House approves $29 billion state budget bill on bipartisan vote
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DENVER – The Colorado House of Representatives this morning approved the 2018-19 budget as contained in House Bill 1322 on a 42-22 vote, sending it on to the Senate. All House Democrats voted in favor of the $28.9 billion measure, along with six Republicans, including state Rep. Bob Rankin of Carbondale, who represents the Republican…
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Q&A w/Todd Hartman: Thoughts on a journey from journalist to ‘spox’
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Todd Hartman has served as communications director at the Colorado Department of Natural Resources since 2010; he also did media work for the Governor’s Energy Office. Prior to 2009, he spent 24 years in daily print journalism at four newspapers, including the Rocky Mountain News. For much of his career as a journalist he specialized…
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4-4 no more: Supreme Court, with Colorado’s Gorsuch, will hear church-state case
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Justice Neil Gorsuch’s first week on the Supreme Court bench features an important case about the separation of church and state that has its roots on a Midwestern church playground. The outcome could make it easier to use state money to pay for private, religious schooling in many states. The justices on Wednesday will hear…
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Climate Action Plan bill riles skeptical House Republicans
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On Tuesday, state House members were united in Broncos orange to celebrate the Super Bowl champions. They were not at all united in environmental green when discussing the state’s plan to address climate change. Republicans and Democrats extended floor debate for a second day over a bill that would create measurable goals and deadlines as…
