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Clinton organizes for caucuses, raises money in Colorado swing
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BOULDER – Flanked by a power lineup of some of Colorado’s most influential Democrats, including former U.S. Sen. Mark Udall, U.S. Rep. Jared Polis and state House Speaker Dickey Lee Hullinghorst, Hillary Clinton made her first official campaign stop in this college town on Tuesday since announcing her current run for the White House. Speaking…
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Colorado’s five living governors celebrate historic residence
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Gov. John Hickenlooper welcomed his four predecessors and supporters of a fund to maintain the governor’s residence into the stately Boettcher Mansion on Friday night. “It really does add real value and promise to the institution of the governor of Colorado,” Hickenlooper told some 200 gathered at a fundraiser for the Governor’s Residence Preservation Fund…
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Ballot push heats up as drilling rules plod along
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A group drafting ballot measures aimed at giving Colorado residents more control over oil and gas drilling in neighborhoods told The Colorado Statesman on Wednesday that the lack of action by state regulators has given “greater impetus” to their cause. The Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission this week was unable to reach consensus on…
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Hickenlooper thwacks hornet’s nest with position on Syrian refugees
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Gov. John Hickenlooper drew a storm of criticism in the wake of his announcement Monday that Colorado would welcome Syrians who are fleeing their war-torn country and who had been admitted to the United States through the federal government’s refugee program. “Our first priority remains the safety of our residents,” Hickenlooper said. “We will work…
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JBC’s Hamner will lean on committee to find solutions
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It was a tough day to be the new chair of the Legislature’s Joint Budget Committee. Gov. John Hickenlooper and his budget chief Henry Sobanet on Thursday rolled out for the six-member committee a well-worked-over $27 billion plan for the next year that landed with a clang. It proposed cutting $370 million from state services…
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Republican lawmakers put Planned Parenthood on trial
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At a hearing on fetal tissue sales and medical research held by conservative state lawmakers Monday, there was shock and outrage and determination to do something to end the practices and to hold Planned Parenthood responsible for what nearly all of the people in the packed Capitol committee room were convinced were barbaric and likely…
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Impresario Seawell’s many lives celebrated
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Impresario. It’s an old Italian word you don’t hear very often, designating someone who made sure the public had entrée to the arts. Donald Seawell may be gone, but generations of Coloradans to continue to benefit from Denver’s premier impresario. “We were in awe of him,” says Dean Singleton, executive board chairman of MediaNews Group…
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Poised Fiorina wins debate among Denver GOP watchers, while aggressive Kasich reaps disdain
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At Choppers Sports Grill in Cherry Creek, the watch party crowd for the Fox Business Network Republican presidential debate liked former Hewlett Packard CEO Carly Fiorina best, voting her top dog in a poll that ranked Florida Sen. Marco Rubio second and retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson third. There were roughly 80 people watching the Republican…
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Mining industry backs ‘Good Samaritan’ fix for Gold King
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Mention the practice of re-mining to anyone familiar with Colorado mining history, and the specter of the 1990’s Summitville disaster — dwarfing last summer’s Gold King Mine spill into the Animas River — is likely to loom large. Taxpayers have doled out more than $150 million to try to clean up the mess left by…
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Brown urges state to consider reviving Narrows water project
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The state water plan is just a week away from being finalized, but last-minute suggestions are still coming in, including a letter from the interim Water Resources Review Committee. One of those is from state Rep. J. Paul Brown, R-Ignacio, suggesting a storage solution for the South Platte River that could provide about a half-million…
