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POLL: Colorado’s next lieutenant governor Round 2
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Following the announcement that Lt. Gov. Joe Garcia is stepping down, Gov. John Hickenlooper is faced with naming a new lieutenant governor. Make your selection in the above poll and then cast a vote in Round 1.
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Hickenlooper has options for Garcia replacement
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With Joe Garcia’s announcement this week that he will soon be stepping down as lieutenant governor, speculation has quickly turned to who Gov. John Hickenlooper will tap to fill the post. Will the new No. 2 simply be a placeholder to serve out the term-limited administration’s final three years in office? Or will the Democrat…
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Garcia stepping down as lieutenant governor to take higher ed post
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Lt. Gov. Joe Garcia announced Tuesday that he will be stepping down next year to take a new job. The Pueblo Democrat said in a statement that he plans to start work as president of the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, a Boulder-based advocacy organization, before July 1. Lt. Gov. Joe Garcia speaks at…
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Supporters, opponents line up as universal health care proposal qualifies for state ballot
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Like many progressives, Irene Aguilar once felt disheartened that President Barack Obama’s signature legislation, the Affordable Care Act, didn’t do more to reform the nation’s broken health care system. That was before she became a member of the Colorado Legislature. “I was really disappointed in him until I spent one session in the General Assembly,…
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In wake of Obama’s rejection of pipeline, Bennet stands behind Keystone vote
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Democratic U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet stood behind his vote earlier this year in favor of the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline after the Obama administration rejected it on Friday after seven years of study and contentious debate. “For years, the Keystone XL pipeline has been overhyped on both sides of the debate,” Bennet said in…
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Jeffco voters recall three conservative school board members
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The political landscape in the state seemed to shift beneath Jefferson County Tuesday night, or at least that’s how it felt on Union Boulevard in Lakewood, as county school board election results flashed onto screens at election parties set up across the street from one another, delivering news of a landslide victory that recalled the…
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Denver voters OK National Western, DIA ballot measures
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Denver voters on Tuesday approved ballot measures to open Denver International Airport up for commercial development and make improvements to the National Western Center and surrounding neighborhoods but shot down a proposal to increase the city’s sales tax to help residents pay for college. It was a big night for Denver Mayor Michael Hancock, who…
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Legislative battle could be brewing over SCFD renewal
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A legislative battle might be brewing over the scheduled renewal of the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District, slated for the ballot next November. The SCFD Board of Directors late last month approved a plan that will be introduced to the General Assembly in January, including a readjustment to the funding formula providing for a modest…
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Strode: Former Gov. Lamm backs universal health care
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Former Colorado Gov. Richard Lamm is playing an active role supporting the proposed Initiative 20, dubbed “ColoradoCare,” the ballot measure to provide universal health care in Colorado. Although he admits it’s an “uphill battle,” Lamm, a Democrat, says he’s solidly behind it. In the first part of a two-part interview with Catherine Strode, Lamm discusses…
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Hickenlooper, Salazar fire up Clinton supporters
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Hundreds of supporters of Hillary Clinton packed the north Denver home of former Interior Secretary and former U.S. Sen. Ken Salazar on Monday for an organizing event meant to “catapult” the presidential candidate out of the 2016 caucuses to the Democratic nomination. “We’ve got to make sure the news coming out of Colorado isn’t just…
