title item
-
Matthews, Barbour, Brazile talk 9-11, national security and election politics in the summer of Trump
—
by
“It was 1989, and I was on the other side of the Berlin Wall,” said Chris Matthews, host of MSNBC’s “Hardball.” He was kicking off a conversation last Thursday on national security and the 2016 race for the White House. He was invited to be celebrity moderator by the Counterterrorism Education Learning Lab, along with…
-
Former FBI director Mueller warns of ongoing terrorism threat, plays down threats to privacy
—
by
Former FBI Director Robert Mueller minced no words Tuesday in a two-hour public interview with television talk show host Aaron Harber about the ongoing threat of terrorist attack he said shadows the United States. He also attempted to allay concerns about national security state overreach that could trample the privacy rights of American citizens. Mueller…
-
Jeffco GOP debate-watchers weather CNN marathon
—
by
LAKEWOOD — If you were looking to gauge Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s chances of winning the Republican presidential nomination next year, you probably couldn’t have found a better barometer than the crowd at Misfits in swing-district Jefferson County on Wednesday night. Misfits is a biker bar located next to an oil-change shop in Lakewood, in…
-
Smith: A night with the Ku Klux Klan
—
by
On a steamy Friday night in early August 50 years ago, I was taken prisoner by the Ku Klux Klan outside the small town of Oxford, N.C. I was lucky to survive, but because I got into this mess through my stupidity and the stubbornness of my fellow employees at the Congress of Racial Equality…
-
Local-control rules for oil and gas drilling in Colorado coming soon
—
by
Following a lengthy outreach process, draft local-control rules for oil and gas drilling near homes and public buildings in Colorado’s towns and counties are “imminent,” according to Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission Director Matt Lepore. The COGCC rulemaking stems from two recommendations made by Gov. John Hickenlooper’s Oil and Gas Task Force aimed at…
-
Hickenlooper announces Colorado Climate Plan
—
by
Gov. John Hickenlooper on Wednesday laid out a sweeping strategy for combating greenhouse gas emissions called the Colorado Climate Plan. Citing a state report that found “Colorado has warmed substantially in the last 30 years and even more in the last 50 years” and projects that temperatures will spike another 2.5 degrees by 2050, the…
-
Water storage a major concern heard by resource review panel
—
by
Storage! And storage, and, just maybe, more storage. If there was a single message that emerged from the final two hearings on the state water plan, it’s that the East Slope needs more water storage. It’s a message the interim Water Resources Review Committee heard and acknowledged during the hearings, held Monday in Greeley and…
-
Denver budget boosts spending on transportation, sheriff’s department
—
by
Denver Mayor Michael Hancock unveiled a $1.26 billion budget proposal Monday that will provide residents with more affordable housing and transportation options. And the mayor proposed the largest funding increase ever for the sheriff department, which will use the cash boost to pay for reforms at the troubled agency. Hancock touted his proposal at a…
-
Campaign launches to sell ‘aerotroplis’ plan to Denver, Adams County voters
—
by
Local officials gathered in an airport parking lot Wednesday morning to launch a campaign to convince Denver and Adams County residents to vote in favor of a “pilot project” that would bring new manufacturing and retail business to the airport. “We’re here today to celebrate DIA as the biggest economic driver in the region,” said…
-
Bennet support for Iran deal shakes up Senate landscape
—
by
It didn’t take long for U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet to start feeling the heat over his decision to support the Iran nuclear deal. Bennet’s announcement came Friday, the day before Labor Day weekend. By the next business day, the conservative group Advancing Colorado had targeted Bennet in a digital ad campaign that depicts the Democrat…
