edie hooton
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INSIGHTS: Hickenlooper spiked the ball with his veto pen
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Gov. John Hickenlooper picked a fine time to get jiggy with his veto pen: on his long stroll out the door. Friends and sometime allies who got their bills axed at the finish line are angry at the governor, and some are ascribing it to his political ambitions. Politics is the furnace that heats the…
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Bill aimed at drug abuse has tough time against Colorado doctors’ orders
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Legislators talk a lot about fighting the drug abuse epidemic, but the fate of a bill aimed at helping by connecting doctors writing prescriptions directly to pharmacies is going to down to the wire House Bill 1279 is supported by the Colorado Retail Council, which includes pharmacies who say it’s a common-sense measure to reduce the…
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Fracking bills die predictable deaths in Colorado’s House and Senate
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The fracking war in the Colorado legislature continued to be one of attrition, as a Republican bill to force communities to pay up if they ban oil-and-gas operations was killed by Democratic majority in the House. The Republican majority in the Senate returned the gesture by killing a Democratic bill to give more regulatory control…
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Trail Mix: The road to Colorado’s 2018 election, Feb. 11 edition
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I’LL SEE YOUR BERNIE AND RAISE A JOYCE FOSTER … The battle of the bold-faced names is on in the House District 9 Democratic primary, where three-term incumbent state Rep. Paul Rosenthal is facing two candidates seeking to dislodge him from the southeast Denver seat. Less than a week had passed since Bernie Sanders –…
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Colorado bill to force candidates to release tax returns not winning GOP support
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House Democrats passed a bill Friday that would require presidential and vice presidential candidates to release the latest five years of their tax returns in order to appear on voter ballots in Colorado. House Bill 1328, sponsored by Democratic Reps. Edie Hooton from Boulder and Chris Hansen from Denver, joined a list of similar bills…
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Wayne Williams not so keen on state bill to require presidential candidates to release tax returns
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Secretary of State Wayne Williams says his office can comply with proposed legislation to require that presidential candidates release their tax returns in order to appear on Colorado’s ballot, but he doesn’t think the bill is needed. House Bill 1328 would require presidential and vice presidential candidates to release their federal income tax returns for…
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Trump era liberal strife still evident in Dem Boulder town halls; but what does it mean for Colorado?
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It was another weekend in the first months of the Trump administration and so another weekend of packed political town halls in heavily Democratic Boulder County, Colorado. “Resistance” energy in the region seems as fresh as it was the day after the inauguration, but it’s difficult to gauge to what degree Boulder might be a…
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Democratic bill would force Trump to release tax returns to appear on Colorado’s 2020 ballot
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Presidential candidates – including President Donald Trump – would have to release their tax returns if they want a spot on Colorado’s ballot and a shot at winning the state’s nine electoral votes under legislation introduced Friday by Democratic lawmakers. The sponsors of House Bill 1328 say the bill was inspired by Trump’s refusal to…
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Boulder asks court to dismiss drilling lawsuit, calls complaint moot
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The Boulder County versus the state of Colorado oil-and-gas lawsuit may not make it to court. The county on Tuesday filed a motion to dismiss the complaint filed last month by Colorado Attorney General Cynthia Coffman in which she demanded the county lift its ban on new drilling projects. In its motion, Boulder argued that…
