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Business Hall of Fame inductees are announced | NONPROFIT REGISTER
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JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT-ROCKY MOUNTAIN DENVER METRO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Denver News: Six individuals – five living, one deceased – who have made significant impacts on Colorado, its growth and economy are slated to be inducted into the Colorado Business Hall of Fame at a dinner to be held on Feb. 15. The $500-a-ticket event, presented by…
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‘All families have the right to choose the best educational options for their children’
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How interesting – no, how ugly – were the teachers unions’ pro-Cary Kennedy attack ads during the Democratic primary against Michael Johnston and even Jared Polis. Their crime? They dared to discuss parental choice in education. Middle- and upper-income parents who are dissatisfied with the public school to which their children are assigned have the…
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Republican businessman Barry Farah launches 11th-hour bid for Colorado governor
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Colorado Springs businessman Barry Farah is jumping in the crowded Republican primary for governor Wednesday, barely three weeks before the GOP state assembly, saying he wants to “reform the state of Colorado’s government to have a more humble view of itself.” Farah, 56, told Colorado Politics he decided to mount a last-minute campaign for the…
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Steve Schuck throws support behind lone Republican in Springs CU regent race
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If anyone intends to get in next year’s race for the University of Colorado regent seat from Colorado Springs, they best get cracking. Chance Hill continues to Hoover up the key endorsements, announcing Tuesday morning he nabbed another big one, Steve Schuck. Last week Colorado Politics reported that an endorsement from Secretary of State Wayne…
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YESTERYEAR: Mock convention held to crack open Colorado’s Constitution
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Thirty Years Ago This Week in The Colorado Statesman: An advisory board, which consisted of four dozen office holders, journalists, business leaders, as well as the governor and chairmen of both the state Democratic and Republican Parties, proposed a model constitutional convention to be held in Denver. The purpose of the “mock” convention was to evaluate…
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YESTERYEAR: Election official warns moving primary to August could dampen vote
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Thirty Years Ago this week in The Colorado Statesman … Legislators should be “ashamed” of moving the primary election from September to August, wrote Susan Duncan, president of the Denver Election Commission, in a guest commentary. “These are the dog days of August, when sensible people are paying attention to baseball – not politics,” she…
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YESTERYEAR: Colorado Supreme Court overturns death penalty statute
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Twenty-five Years Ago this week in The Colorado Statesman … The lawyer who led a successful constitutional challenge against Colorado’s death penalty law said no one should have been surprised that the Colorado Supreme Court overturned the statute, pointing out that some legislators had warned it was defective when it passed. University of Denver law professor…
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YESTERYEAR: Denver grapples with economic challenges in wake of oil price plunge
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Thirty Years Ago this week in The Colorado Statesman … Cities across the country were facing challenges in the face of economic pressures – a recent study showed that 60 percent of 660 American cities surveyed were anticipating budget deficits in 1986 – but Denver was not demoralized, said Mayor Federico Peña in his State of the…
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YESTERYEAR: Lawmakers scramble to pass United Airlines deal in special session
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Twenty-five Years Ago this week in The Colorado Statesman … Legislators were working overtime in a special session called by Gov. Roy Romer to put together an incentive deal to bring “a billion-dollar shower of money” to the Denver area by luring a United Airlines maintenance center, a reservations “megacenter” and expanded flight operations by…
