heidi ganahl
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Conservative group sounds alarm over health care’s rapidly rising share of Colorado state budget
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Colorado’s state budget has jumped by more than 19 percent over the last decade, measured in constant dollars, a free-market think tank says in a report delivered at the Capitol this week as lawmakers weigh next year’s budget. And nearly all of that increased spending has gone to health care, the study by the Common…
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Political veteran Dick Wadhams outlines ‘redprint’ for Republican victory in Colorado elections
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Dick Wadhams, who chaired the state Republican Party for two terms and had a hand in electing the statewide officials who set the tone for the Colorado GOP across three decades, has a message for the party: Republicans have never had it easy in Colorado. “This has always been a competitive state; this has never…
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Heidi Ganahl, Brian Watson join Leadership Program of the Rockies board
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CU Regent Heidi Ganahl, founder and CEO of the Camp Bow Wow pet care company, and Northstar Commercial Partners founder and CEO Brian Watson have joined the board of Leadership Program of the Rockies, the organization announced Monday. Both entrepreneurs are graduates of the program, which has been developing and training conservative leaders in Colorado since 1989.…
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Republican legislative leaders say solutions, ‘red meat’ on tap for session
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Leading Republican lawmakers told a group of GOP donors last week to expect some solutions to longstanding problems from the divided Colorado Legislature but said the party won’t be shy about waging a no-holds battle in the messaging war with an eye toward next year’s election. Senate President Kevin Grantham, R-Cañon City, and his House counterpart,…
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Fossil fuel divestment movement looks to DU after hitting dry spell in Colorado
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The fossil fuel divestment movement may be losing steam in Colorado, but activists are hoping to reverse the slide by convincing the University of Denver to sell off its investments in coal, oil and natural gas. The University of Denver Board of Trustees is scheduled to consider at its Jan. 20 meeting a report from…
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New CU Regent Jack Kroll discusses key problems facing CU and the higher education community
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Having won a hard-fought 2016 Democratic primary race for the open seat on the University of Colorado Board of Regents and then cruising uncontested in the general election, 1st Congressional District Regent Jack Kroll, D-Denver, says he is ready to fight the important battles facing the university. Not long before his, 4th Congressional District Regent…
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? Climate change debate heats up race to decide majority on CU Board of Regents
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The pivotal at-large race to determine control of the University of Colorado Board of Regents could hinge on concerns about climate change and free speech. Former Democratic state Rep. Alice Madden injected climate change into the race early on with jabs at the board’s 5-4 Republican majority. The board voted last year against changing the…
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A look inside the invite-only Ivanka Trump Colorado Women’s Alliance breakfast
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The Colorado Women’s Alliance hosted what was billed as a nonpartisan breakfast at the Downtown Sheraton Hotel Thursday, Sept. 22, featuring Ivanka Trump, daughter of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. About 50 Colorado women attended the breakfast; some were not Trump supporters but were willing to listen. Half a dozen television news crews covered the…
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In deep-red Douglas County, top Republicans work to lift dark election mood
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The rally at the Douglas County Fairgrounds Event Center on Tuesday started in typically upbeat fashion. An honor guard launched the meeting with a crisp pass around the room. More than 200 stalwart conservative activists joined together in a hardy rendition of the Pledge of Allegiance. And, when the speeches started and high-profile Republican Party…
