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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…
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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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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…