u.s. army
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Colo. congressional delegation wants Army Futures Command in Denver
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Colorado’s entire congressional delegation has enlisted in a push to convince the U.S. Army to locate its planned Futures Command in Denver. Both of Colorado’s senators and all seven of its members of the House of Representatives signed the letter dated Tuesday to Secretary of the Army Mark T. Esper, CC’ing the Army’s chief of…
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Colo. officials await Army’s chemical-weapons destruction plan for Pueblo depot
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Colorado’s state and federal political leaders are cautiously optimistic the U.S. Army will avoid new hazards as it switches to a new process for destroying chemical weapons in Pueblo. Details of the Army’s changing methods at the Pueblo Chemical Depot are expected to be revealed soon in its upcoming environmental impact assessment. A…
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Holocaust survivor Estare Weiser featured in ad for her son Phil Weiser’s attorney general campaign
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Estare Weiser, one of the youngest living Holocaust survivors, introduces her son Phil Weiser in a digital ad released Thursday by the Democrat’s campaign for Colorado attorney general. Born in the Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany on April 13, 1945, Estare Weiser and her mother were liberated the next day by the Second Infantry Division of…
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Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman draws primary challenge from ‘passionate patriot’ Roger Edwards
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Douglas County Republican Roger Edwards plans to announce Wednesday that he’s challenging U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman in next year’s GOP primary, charging the five-term incumbent with paying lip service to conservative priorities and using “identity politics” to divide residents of the battleground 6th Congressional District, he told Colorado Politics. “It has become exceedingly more difficult…
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Mike Coffman draws second Democratic challenger as Aurora attorney David Aarestad announces run
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Saying he was moved to run when U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman endorsed the GOP replacement to Obamacare, Democrat David Aarestad announced Thursday he’s challenging the five-term Republican in next year’s election. The Aurora attorney is the second Democrat to launch a campaign in the 6th Congressional District, joining Army combat veteran Jason Crow, a Denver…
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Group backing vets furious with Republicans for ‘demeaning’ Coffman challenger Crow’s military service
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A bipartisan organization that encourages veterans to run for office demanded an apology Tuesday for comments made by a national Republican campaign group about combat veteran Jason Crow’s announcement that he’s challenging U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman, also a combat veteran, in next year’s election. While no one apologized, the swiftly escalating war of words — centered…
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Denver attorney, combat veteran Jason Crow launches Democratic challenge to Mike Coffman
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Democrat Jason Crow, a Denver attorney and decorated Army Ranger veteran, announced Tuesday he’s running against U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman in the battleground 6th Congressional District in next year’s election. “As a combat veteran and father of young children, I’m running for Congress because our political system is broken, and we’re not going to solve…
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YESTERYEAR: Arapahoe County gets tempted by the convenience of the old ‘environmental infraction;’ GOP chair battle continues and more
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Thirty Years Ago This Week in The Colorado Statesman … Arapahoe County and the City of Aurora were witnessing a dramatic increase in trash production within their jurisdictions, generated by their accumulating residents thanks to the large population boom. Meanwhile, land developers were seeking to eliminate the biggest resource for trash disposal, the Denver-Arapahoe disposal site at the Lowry Landfill,…
