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History Colorado taps first State Historians Council
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History Colorado has created the first State Historians Council in its 139-year history. Historian and author Tom Noel will chair the group of historians from across the state for the historical society, which operates the History Colorado Center museum in downtown Denver and others around the state. The council will be charged with interpreting Colorado’s…
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At 80, CU’s Bruce Benson is too busy ‘running stuff’ to slow down for critics
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Bruce Benson turned 80 on the Fourth of July. He decided it was time to graduate into retirement after a glittering, sometimes tense, career in the oil business, Colorado politics and, for the last decade, education as president of the University of Colorado system. He plans to stay on until July 2019, once his replacement…
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Denver Mayor Michael Hancock rolls out Climate Action Plan
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Denver Mayor Michael Hancock talked about it in his State of the City address Monday, and on Tuesday he unveiled Denver’s 80×50 Climate Action Plan to move the city to 100 percent renewable electricity by 2030. The plan provides strategies to address greenhouse gas emissions from three sources: buildings, transportation and electricity generation. The plan…
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Republican AGs group up ad buy to back George Brauchler
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The Republican Attorneys General Association upped its ad buy for George Brauchler Tuesday to $250,000, telling Colorado Politics, “This is just the beginning.” That’s bad news for Phil Weiser, who spent heavily to ward off a Democratic primary challenge from state Rep. Joe Salazar, an underfunded underdog from Thornton. RAGA released the ad, called “Protect,”…
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Mayor Hancock cites ‘bold aspirational goals’ for Denver in State of the City speech
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Denver Mayor Michael Hancock was in his element Monday morning in the political pulpit of Denver’s newest recreation center. His seventh State of the City address presaged his third and final run for mayor next year, in the heart of a contentious mid-term election this year. In a key political moment of his 42-minute address,…
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Rep. Mike Coffman to unveil plan to save net neutrality
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Rep. Mike Coffman, the Republican congressman from Aurora, will unveil his plan to save neutrality on Tuesday. Last year the Republican-controlled FCC repealed the Obama-era rules that prevent internet providers from charging more for higher speeds to some customers – such as major retailers – who can afford better and faster websites, gaining a huge…
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INSIGHTS | Pot foe says kids provided a reason to pass CBD bill
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To say Colorado state Rep. Lois Landgraf loves pot is like setting up a punch line. The Republican from Fountain, however, thinks sick kids are no laughing matter. “I’ve always been against marijuana, but this isn’t that,” she said over the phone one evening about a pot-related bill she fought for last legislative session. She…
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Aaron Harber had questions for Trump prosecutor Robert Mueller
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Before he was President Trump’s tormenter, Robert Mueller had three nice, long chats with Colorado TV talker Aaron Harber. The former FBI director is in the national spotlight again as the special prosecutor investigating whether President Trump or his allies colluded with Russia to rig the 2016 presidential race. This weekend Harber is begins a…
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Colorado Springs Mayor Suthers endorses Fix Our Damn Roads
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Colorado’s former attorney general and Colorado Springs’ current mayor favors using existing tax money over new taxes to fix Colorado’s roads. Jon Caldara announced Friday that John Suthers had endorsed the proposed ballot measure to force the state legislature to put $3.5 billion into transportation improvements, including widening Interstate 25 and Interstate 70 to address…
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Lefty scribe flags Republican Stapleton on wife’s pay
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When left is right, they’re right. Case in point: Jason Salzman of the left-leaning Colorado Times Recorder, who checked the records and caught a mistake missed by Republican gubernatorial nominee Walker Stapleton. Salzman parsed Stapleton’s financial disclosure paperwork required to be a candidate. Salzman then compared that with the tax report of the Harmes C.…
