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Record number of women file to run for U.S. House seats
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The number of women running for the U.S. House of Representatives set a record Thursday, the vast majority of them Democrats motivated by angst over President Donald Trump and policies of the Republican-controlled Congress. Their ranks will continue to grow, with candidate filing deadlines still to come in more than half the states. In many…
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INSIGHTS: Colorado takes the R-word out of the books and makes it history
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We don’t use that word in Colorado anymore. Not in our laws and not in the government offices that serve all the people. No one deserves to be put down by public servants. No one. It was two Republicans who led the way on Senate Bill 96 to erase the R-word from the books and instead…
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Cover Story: ‘Anybody’s ballgame’ — crowded ballots, wide-open primaries make for a wild governor’s race
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DENVER – For the first time in 20 years, Colorado voters in both parties are faced this year with contested primaries for an open seat for governor. While the race to replace term-limited Gov. John Hickenlooper has been underway for more than a year and front-runners have emerged, the June primary ballot likely won’t be…
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International figures Vicente Fox and Nigel Farage to debate nationalism vs. globalism Tuesday at UCCS
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COLORADO SPRINGS – In an effort to bring “reasoned and respectful debate to college campuses,” two prominent world figures will hash out the merits of globalism vs. nationalism Tuesday at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. Vicente Fox, president of Mexico from 2000 through 2006 and the first leader from an opposition party since…
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DaVita CEO Thiry on gerrymandering: ‘Democracy needs some serious oil’
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GRAND JUNCTION – Denver health-care executive Kent Thiry says he doesn’t want to crash Colorado’s two-party system, but he wants to preserve the state’s engine of democracy with some lubrication and fine-tuning. “Just like an engine needs oil and every now and then, so does our democracy need refining,” he said Saturday at the Spring Conference…
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Federal officials approve drilling on 26,000 acres near Grand Junction
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GRAND JUNCTION – Federal officials have approved plans for a company to drill for oil on the Whitewater Basin in western Colorado. The Daily Sentinel reports the Bureau of Land Management approved Fram Operating LLC’s Whitewater development plan, which calls for drilling more than 100 wells on 26,000 acres near Grand Junction. The bureau’s action…
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Colorado House Black Caucus counts $7.1M in budget wins
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DENVER – The largest group of black lawmakers in Colorado history touted the amendments they secured in the House version of the state budget Thursday. The House Black Caucus took credit for six amendments putting more than $7.1 million into mentoring programs, community corrections treatment services, mental health for peace officers, substance abuse treatment for expecting…
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INSIGHTS: Payroll and PERA give Colorado’s state workers jitters over how and how much
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State employees have enough to worry about right now. It is inevitable they’ll be taking a hit in their paychecks or pensions as Colorado lawmakers try to fill a hole that’s at least $32 billion deep over the next three decades. And it’s not at all clear whether state workers will get a pay raise…
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Groups pushing Colo. redistricting change join up to get on the ballot
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DENVER – Fair Districts Colorado and People Not Politicians, two groups that want to reconfigure how the state draws congressional and legislative boundaries, will work together in a bid to get measures on the ballot in November, they said in a joint announcement Tuesday. “This is a victory for compromise and common sense over partisanship and…
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Report on sexual harassment allegations against Baumgardner raises questions of credibility
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DENVER – The Jan. 18 report on a series of sexual harassment allegations against Colorado state Sen. Randy Baumgardner of Hot Sulphur Springs shows an investigator conflicted over the “he said, she said” nature of the allegations and a lack of witnesses to back up the complainant’s side of the events. As a result, the…