former gov. bill ritter
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Insidious Initiative 97 would destroy Colorado’s oil and gas economy
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After decades of hard work, Colorado has a diverse and growing economy. Every sector of that economy is important, but the energy sector plays a critical role. Colorado’s business community will always be ready to defend it. Energy producers in Colorado literally fuel every other sector of the economy. With locally sourced and affordable energy,…
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BARBARA O’BRIEN | Five goals for Colorado’s next governor
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COMMENTARY: This is part of our series of contributed essays, “Imagine a Great Colorado.” See below for more. It was the honor of a lifetime to serve as Colorado’s 47th lieutenant governor. Talking with people everywhere from small towns to cities gives you a deep respect for the character of the state. Driving from Grand…
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Q&A with Sandra Hagen Solin | A Capitol insider talks transportation, #MeToo
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Sandra Hagen Solin is among those lobbyists who are pretty much at the top of their game at the Capitol and beyond – having recently brought the 25-year-old firm she founded and owns, Capitol Solutions, under the umbrella of the national law firm Kutak Rock to head up and build its government-relations practice. “I have the…
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CIRULI: Will Colorado’s next guv keep water at the top of the agenda?
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More than a decade ago, Colorado learned that it faces a projected shortfall of more than 400,000 acre-feet of water by 2040. The amount, if stored and if conservation techniques were implemented simultaneously, would supply water to 2 million people. But during the past 10 years, the state has continued to attract people – now,…
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Former Gov. Bill Ritter gets on board with 6th CD Dem contender Crow
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Jason Crow, one of three Democrats angling to unseat five-term Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman in metro Denver’s perennially hotly contested 6th Congressional District, picked up the endorsement today of Democratic former Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter. In a news release issued by Crow’s campaign, Ritter, who served one term as governor from 2007 to 2011,…
