kevin grantham
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COVER STORY | Drawing the line on gerrymandering
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Democratic and Republican leaders in Colorado have at least one thing in common: Neither side trusts each other or the courts to be fairer to Colorado voters than Colorado voters would be to themselves. That’s the idea driving amendments Y and Z on the state’s November ballot to allow independent commissions to draw electoral district…
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Republicans raise the $10K needed for Trump portrait at Capitol in less than 36 hours
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What started out as something of an embarrassment has turned into a successful effort to raise the funds necessary to commission a portrait of President Donald Trump for the Colorado state Capitol’s Hall of President’s gallery. In about 32 hours, a GoFundMe campaign set up by Colorado Senate President Kevin Grantham of Cañon City raised…
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PRIMARY PREVIEW: 5 Republican races to watch for the Colo. legislature
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There are 18 contested races for Colorado legislative seats in the June primary. These are CoPo’s picks for the top five Republican races to watch. (And check back with ColoradoPolitics.com at lunchtime for the top races for Democrats.) Senate district 2: Clear Creek, El Paso, Fremont, Park and Teller counties. Why this race matters: The…
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Hickenlooper signs bill reauthorizing Colo. civil rights agency
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Surrounded by more than a hundred supporters, civil rights commissioners and the staff of Colorado’s civil rights agency outside the state Capitol, Gov. John Hickenlooper Tuesday signed into law the bill that keeps the agency on course for the next nine years. House Bill 1256 reauthorizes both the Division of Civil Rights and the Colorado…
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INSIGHTS: Legislation to shape state politics for decades barely got noticed
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The day after the legislative session ended May 9, most of the Capitol’s top brass met with reporters to size up what had happened the previous four months. They had big-ticket compromises to brag about, for sure. Putting $3 billion into transportation counts. So does fixing a $32 billion shortfall in the state public employees’…
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Lawmakers kick off Colo. anti-gerrymandering campaign, with gov. on board
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Senate President Kevin Grantham, a Republican, and House Speaker Crisanta Duran, a Democrat, signed resolutions Wednesday to ask voters to put more balance in how legislative and congressional districts are drawn. In November Coloradans will decide if independent commissions should do that job or leave the task to politicians and judges after the census every…
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2018 Colo. legislature, by the numbers
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The 2018 General Assembly session that wrapped up on May 9 is notable for a lot of reasons, starting off with the first expulsion of a sitting lawmaker in more than 100 years. And there are lots of other notable numbers to come out of the session: Number of bills: 721. Is it a record?…
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Colo. legislative leaders size up accomplishments, stress
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The morning after the four-month Colorado legislative session adjourned, Democratic and Republican leaders lauded their achievements Thursday, noting the stress brought on by controversy and conflict. The General Assembly put billions into transportation, shored up the public employees’ pension plan, reauthorized the state’s civil rights watchdog agency and tweaked how and where beer is sold.…
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Gavel falls on Colo. legislature’s brawls and breakthroughs
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Denver Zoo brought birds and reptiles to show off at the Colorado Capitol Wednesday – fitting for the last day of a four-month legislative session that was at times a wild kingdom of laws, policies and politics, and at others a close encounter with the #MeToo era. Lawmakers finally wrapped up their work in the…
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Senate sends transportation funding bill to the governor
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None of the Republicans in the state House of Representatives supported it earlier in the day, but Senate Republicans collected a unanimous vote Tuesday night to send a bill to the governor that will eventually put almost $3 billion into the state’s beleaguered transportation system. Senate Bill 1 puts $495 million into roads, bridges and…
