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Gov. John Hickenlooper names Michael Hartman to head Colorado Department of Revenue

Jul 12, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Gov. John Hickenlooper on Tuesday announced that Michael S. Hartman will be taking over as executive director of the Colorado Department of Revenue at the end of the month. He’s replacing Barbara Brohl, who said last month she would be stepping down after six years in the position. Hartman is senior vice president at Mutual…
DU, Colorado light rail stations seen as mobility hubs

May 24, 2017

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Mike McKibbin

After nearly a decade, Denver Regional Transportation District’s University of Denver and Colorado light rail stations need to become more visible gateways to surrounding communities, rather than the “back doors” they now represent to their neighborhoods, according to a study of the two stations and their mobility possibilities. “It is time these stations transition from…
Barbara Brohl to step down as Department of Revenue chief this summer

May 22, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Gov. John Hickenlooper on Monday announced that Colorado Department of Revenue Executive Director Barbara Brohl is stepping down from the position she has held for nearly six years. During her tenure, Brohl helped put in place the world’s first regulatory system for the recreational marijuana industry created by Colorado voters with a 2012 constitutional amendment.…
Construction litigation reform roller-coaster concludes with unthought-of unanimous votes

May 11, 2017

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Ernest Luning

It was almost anticlimactic when the bipartisan construction defects litigation reform bill passed unanimously in the Senate on May 4, sending the much-anticipated legislation to Gov. John Hickenlooper’s desk. While there had been plenty of drama surrounding the measure throughout most of April, after the governor, House sponsors and prominent stakeholders announced a deal had…
Noonan: TABOR is 25 and too alive and too well

Apr 7, 2017

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Paula Noonan

Colorado’s population in 1992 was 3.5 million. Census projections put the state’s population in 2017 at 5.5 million. In 1992, 812,308 citizens – 53.68 percent of voters – said yes to the Taxpayer Bill of Rights (TABOR), and 700,906 citizens – 46.32 percent of voters – said no. Not to make too fine a point,…
Free MetroRide could ease 16th Street Mall shuttle crowding

Apr 4, 2017

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Mike McKibbin

Relief for the always-crowded free 16th Street Mall shuttle service in downtown Denver is a main goal of an upcoming study. The study will focus on another free circulator route that city and Regional Transportation District officials think could be pulling more weight. The two entities are poised to approve an intergovernmental agreement that would…
ICYMI: Boulder tells county to butt out, homeless camping ordinance in court, pot stores steal workers

Apr 3, 2017

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Mike McKibbin

? The City of Boulder is many things to many people, sometimes largely depending on your personal, political views. Some view them as one of the more forward-thinking local governments, others call them the “People’s Republic of Boulder.” Well, a story in the Boulder Camera reported that since the city is running out of space to…
Small lot parking exemption talks continue

Mar 24, 2017

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Mike McKibbin

One proposed amendment to Denver’s small lot parking exemption was not viewed favorably by the city’s Community Planning and Development department, as a lengthy dispute over how the city should approach the issue continues. In August, City Council approved a seven-month moratorium on the zoning code’s small zone lot parking exemption for certain projects. The…
ICYMI: Ezzard comes home, CO middle of the road on taxes, first end-of-life patient dies

Mar 21, 2017

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Mike McKibbin

? Here’s a whatever-happened-to update: If you remember Martha Ezzard from her time as a Colorado legislator, you should probably check out the story in the Denver Business Journal. A couple of decades ago, Ezzard and her husband, Dr. John Ezzard, moved to Georgia to run an Ezzard family farm. They turned it into a…
Democrat Steve Lebsock says he’ll ‘probably be a no vote’ on transportation tax legislation

Mar 15, 2017

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Ernest Luning

State Rep. Steve Lebsock, D-Thornton, says he’s inclined to vote against the bipartisan transportation funding package introduced last week because residents of Adams County and other north metro areas are “tired of getting (the) short end” on road and transit projects. Citing a long list of slights, Lebsock said in a series of tweets and…