rep. millie hamner
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NOONAN | Record of outgoing legislative leadership: incremental change
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The opening of the 2011 General Assembly marked the first year of Gov. John Hickenlooper’s administration. It was the year that Kevin Grantham, Senate president, and Crisanta Duran, House speaker, started their eight years in the Senate and House. Other prominent leaders in that elected class include Sen. Lucia Guzman, Senate minority leader; Rep. Millie…
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Hickenlooper’s budget focuses on PERA, K12, higher-ed funding
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Gov. John Hickenlooper on Monday laid out his budget wishlist with the six members of the Joint Budget Committee, focusing on increased funding for K-12 and higher education, boosting the state’s reserve and finding a way to bail out (again) the Public Employees’ Retirement Association (PERA). The state budget, as proposed by Hickenlooper, is $28.5…
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Baby, it’s cold outside … but still warm indoors with a little help from the state
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The Colorado House agreed Tuesday to extend an initiative that helps heat the homes of more than 58,000 low-income Colorado families. Lawmakers approved House Bill 1116, sponsored by Reps. Millie Hamner, D-Dillon, and Tony Exum Sr., D-Colorado Springs, appropriating $13 million a year in severance tax revenue through 2023 to help subsidize heating bills and in some cases upgraded insulation for those of modest…
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#Coleg Q&A: Rep. Rankin on bridging the ‘two Colorados’
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Rep. Bob Rankin, R-Carbondale, has lived the urban-rural divide in Colorado. He has lived along the southern part of the Front Range in Colorado Springs, in Aspen when he started a tech consulting firm, and now in the rural northwestern Colorado town of Carbondale, population of 6,553. The push this legislative session to provide greater…
