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Former Hickenlooper spokeswoman to speak for Anschutz Medical Campus

Jun 19, 2018

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JOEY BUNCH

The new chief communications officer for the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus is a familiar name in Colorado politics, health care and marketing. Kathy Green was the spokeswoman for Gov. John Hickenlooper from 2014 to January 2017, when she left to do consulting work. Before joining Hickenlooper, Green had represented the Governor’s Office of…
Hickenlooper announces appointments to communications office

Feb 10, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Gov. John Hickenlooper on Friday announced he was making two appointments to his communications office. The governor’s new director of strategic communications will be Marie Logsden, and his new press secretary will be Jacque Montgomery, his office said. They start work on Monday, Feb. 22. Holly Shrewsbury has been serving interim director of communications since…
Colorado attorney general supports Bureau of Land Management leases

Jan 11, 2017

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Tom Ramstack

Colorado Attorney General Cynthia Coffman is throwing her support behind the U.S. Bureau of Land Management as it defends itself in court against environmentalists opposed to oil and gas development projects. The environmentalists are pursuing a federal lawsuit to halt Bureau of Land Management oil and gas leases in Colorado, Wyoming and Utah. The oil…
Green to leave job as Hick’s spokeswoman

Jan 10, 2017

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Mike McKibbin

Kathy Green, communications director for Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper, will be transitioning out of the administration to return to consulting, Hickenlooper announced Monday, Jan. 9. Green started working for the state of Colorado in 2011 as communications and marketing director for the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade, and the Colorado Tourism Office.…
Colorado Dems, enviros wary of Trump cabinet picks

Dec 30, 2016

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David O. Williams Special to Colorado Politics

Despite a growing list of climate change doubters and fossil fuel industry supporters and executives comprising the list of Trump administration cabinet nominees, Democratic Colorado lawmakers and environmentalists are hopeful the state’s clean energy economy and outdoor recreation industry can continue to thrive. Mostly, though, there’s a growing sense of dread from the conservation community…
More ‘bad dudes’ headed for Colorado? Politicians stand ground against Obama on Gitmo transfer

Nov 30, 2016

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Tom Ramstack

Colorado political officials are pressing forward, asking the Obama administration to abandon a proposal that could send accused terrorists from the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, detention center to correctional facilities in the central part of the state. Two of the four sites being considered in an upcoming White House report that recommends transferring some of the…
Trump’s election poses challenge for Colorado environment policy

Nov 22, 2016

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Tom Ramstack

Gov. John Hickenlooper’s stated goal of attaining “the cleanest air possible” took a severe blow this month after the election of Donald Trump as president. Hickenlooper is a supporter of some version of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan, which would require tighter restrictions on power plant emissions. Trump’s new resources as president could easily allow…
Cooke still point man in legislative battle against Clean Power Plan

Jan 26, 2016

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John Tomasic

The network of electric providers, conservative think tanks and local government officials working to head off implementation of the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan has a point man at the Colorado Legislature, and he is not missing a beat. Two weeks into the 2016 legislative session, Sen. John Cooke, a Republican from the heart of…