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  • YESTERYEAR: Astronaut turned would-be Colorado congressman memorialized

    Twenty Years Ago this Week in The Colorado Statesman … A statue of Jack Swigert, Apollo 13 astronaut, was unveiled in Washington D.C., memorializing the fallen Coloradan in Statuary Hall. Swigert died from cancer in 1982 just days before he was to be sworn in as Colorado’s first elected Congressman from the newly created 6th…


  • YESTERYEAR: Broncos stadium project debated, Hickenlooper again wins mayor

    Twenty Years Ago This Week in The Colorado Statesman … The issue of a “new” stadium for the Denver Broncos turned two bill sponsors against one another when Rep. Vickie Agler, R-Littleton, House co-sponsor of SB 97-230 — a bill that allowed for consideration of a re-fit of Mile High Stadium — accepted an amendment that Senate sponsor Mike Coffman,…


  • YESTERYEAR: Romer squares off with Legislature over welfare reform

    Twenty Years Ago This Week in The Colorado Statesman … The possibility of a special session loomed large as Gov. Roy Romer said he would veto a welfare reform bill that let some counties opt out of statewide benefit standards. “If we have to have repeated special sessions to get the job done, so be it,”…


  • The Hot Sheet, July 15, 2016

    The Hot Sheet, July 15, 2016

    VOL. 01 NO. 131 | JULY 15, 2016 | COLORADOSTATESMAN.COM/THE-HOT-SHEET | © 2016By TCS CEO and Editor-In-Chief Jared Wright     DENVER – Another day, another somber moment in human history, another instance of horrible violence in the world. Thoughts and prayers for all of those in Nice, France, following the insidious terrorist attack there. Read on for…


  • Hancock honored as ‘heart and soul’ of Denver at Mizel Institute dinner (PHOTOS)

    Hancock honored as ‘heart and soul’ of Denver at Mizel Institute dinner (PHOTOS)

    More than 2,000 civic, philanthropic and political leaders filled a converted Air Force hanger on Wednesday night to honor Denver Mayor Michael B. Hancock, the 2016 recipient of the Mizel Institute’s annual Community Enrichment Award. The institute’s annual dinner, dubbed “spring political prom” by one wag on Twitter, returned to the Wings Over the Rockies…


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