jon becker
-
Colorado completes final sale of certificates of participation from 2017 transportation bill
—
by
Colorado Treasurer Dave Young announced Wednesday the state has wrapped up the final of four $500 million sales of certificates of participation intended to help finance transportation projects across the state. Certificates of participation are akin to bonds, but under Senate Bill 17-267, the state is putting up as collateral state buildings, under lease-purchase agreements.…
-
Stapleton’s office disputes Democrats’ claim of delay on rural Colo. bill
—
by
Ryan Parsell, deputy to State Treasurer Walker Stapleton, went before a Colorado legislative committee Monday to swat down a characterization that Stapleton’s office delayed issuing lease-purchase certificates for investors, a wonky assertion with campaign-season undertones. Stapleton is the Republican candidate for governor. Democratic Reps. Daneya Esgar of Pueblo and Chris Hansen of Denver, members of…
-
2018 Colo. legislature: Winners and losers from the session
—
by
Winners House Assistant Majority Leader Alec Garnett of Denver and Assistant Minority Leader Cole Wist of Centennial: For the second year in a row, these two lawmakers on opposite sides of the aisle took on some of the toughest issues in the session. This year, that included the year’s most controversial bill – the “red flag”…
-
Mother’s Day reminds Colo. politicos who made them special
—
by
With Mother’s Day brightening the springtime, Colorado Politics reached out to some of the state’s best-known politicos to find out what lessons on life they learned from the woman who gave them life. We begin with Gov. John Hickenlooper’s essay about his own mother, the woman he often references in talks with reporters about the…
-
Capitol M: Week ending May 4 aka pre-Sine Die edition
—
by
A weekly, usually, column on whatever I find interesting, amusing, heartfelt or weird and which occurs under the Gold Dome, aka the Colorado State Capitol. A citation is in order … Not that kind of citation; the tongue-in-cheek kind: First, a little backstory. The two Beckers – Jon, the Fort Morgan Republican and KC, the Boulder Democrat…
-
House committee wants “cooling off” before utility reps could serve on PUC
—
by
DENVER – Pueblo officials are so mad about high electricity rates that they want to clamp down on how soon industry officials can serve on the state Public Utilities Commission in the future. House Bill 1281 would establish a four-year “cooling-off period” before anyone who has been an officer or director for a regulated utility could…
-
Colo. House approves $29 billion state budget bill on bipartisan vote
—
by
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…
-
Oil and gas accident reporting bill clears committee over industry objections
—
by
A bill to focus and enhance reporting of oil and gas industry spills and accidents cleared the House Transportation and Energy Committee Wednesday over the objections of the oil and gas industry. The bill, House Bill 1157, passed with the committee’s eight Democrats voting for it and the five Republicans opposing it. The legislation is a…
-
House Republicans attempt to block expulsion vote; joint caucus grills investigator
—
by
Colorado House Republicans tried to stall an expulsion vote on Democratic Rep. Steve Lebsock Thursday, including a call for a prosecutor to get involved. The chamber was a flurry of activity heading into the final hours of the investigation into 11 allegations of sexual misconduct, as Lebsock tussled with his own members and Republicans sought…
-
Colorado state Rep. Jon Becker announces he won’t seek re-election
—
by
Colorado state Rep. Jon Becker, a Fort Morgan Republican, told Colorado Politics that he will forego a bid for his fourth and final term in the Colorado House, just three weeks after deciding to mount a re-election campaign. He intends instead to run for the board of county commissioners for Morgan County, a seat he…
