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Denver City Council cleans up election schedule, celebrates start of National Western Stock Show early
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With a change to when the City of Denver holds its municipal election, City Council tied up loose ends left over from the process. The bill comes as 25 candidates vie to be the next mayor. The bill, referred to as the “fair elections cleanup bill” by Andy Szekeres, the city’s campaign finance administrator, was…
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Untie state foresters’ hands so they can help prevent devastating wildfires
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Recent spring snows won’t eliminate the serious wildfire season that Colorado faces this summer. Worse, state agencies can’t help property owners in the “red zones” (where forests and subdivisions intermingle) remove dense undergrowth or dead and diseased trees near their homes. So, either property owners give up and don’t attempt to mitigate against wildfires, or,…
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College leaders focus on cost, technology, first-gen. students in Colorado
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DENVER – Colorado business leaders, higher-education officials and policymakers converged at the History Colorado Center Wednesday afternoon to discuss how the needs of college students could be better met through funding and technology. Debbie Hughes, vice president of the Business Higher Ed Forum, moderated a panel made up of University of Denver Chancellor Rebecca…
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Big names to lead big redevelopment of the National Western Center in Denver
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Colorado politics told you Thursday that Denver Mayor Michael Hancock, Colorado State University and the National Western Stock Show was about to announce a 13-member board to oversee the $1.1 billion transformation of property at Interstate 70 and Brighton Boulevard. Thursday in the mayor’s office, Hancock and other dignitaries announced the first National Western Center…
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National Western redevelopment to unveil governing board Thursday
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Nominees for the board tasked with overseeing the revitalized National Western Center in Denver will be announced Thursday morning in the mayor’s office. The 13-member group, including a full-time president and CEO, will be led by former Lt. Gov. Joe Garcia. Members will be introduced by Mayor Michael Hancock, Colorado State University President Tony Frank…
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Joe Garcia — remember him? — is Hancock’s pick to lead National Western authority
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Just when we thought he was out, they pulled him back in. Joe Garcia stepped down as Colorado’s lieutenant governor last year, but now he’s Denver Mayor Michael Hancock’s pick to oversee reconstruction of the National Western Complex. “Standing up the work of the Authority Board marks another important milestone in the future of the…
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Hooker: White House report affirms: National dialogue misses details of student debt
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A new White House report on student debt affirms what Colorado State University’s president and other leaders in higher education have been saying publicly for years: Despite rising public concerns about college student debt loads, students at four-year public universities have lower average debt and are better able to repay those loans than students who…
