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Alice Madden, Governor Ritter's Climate Advisor, Stops Taking Money From The Center For American Progress

Posted 11.12.2009 | Denver

Read More: Green Jobs, Alice Madden, Bill Ritter, Center for American Progress, Colorado New Energy, Denver News

The Denver Post reports that Alice Madden, Governor Ritter's climate change coordinator has resigned from here role at the Center for American Progres...

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Jim Carpenter Interview: Governor's Chief Of Staff Answers Your Questions

Posted 11.12.2009 | Denver

Read More: Bill Ritter, Colorado Budget, Jim Carpenter, Colorado Governor, Denver News

Last week, the Huffington Post sat down for a Q and A session with Governor Ritter's Chief of Staff Jim Carpenter. Carpenter addressed some of your q...

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Tom Tancredo Governor's Race: Former Congressman Says "I Think I Will Run"

Posted 11.12.2009 | Denver

Read More: Scott McInnis, Josh Penry, 2010, Bill Ritter, Colorado Governor, Tom Tancredo, Denver News

Former Congressman and and presidential candidate Tom Tancredo told Westword Thursday that he will likely enter the race for Governor of Colorado, cha...

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Josh Penry To Leave Governor's Race And Endorse Rival McInnis: Report

Posted 11.10.2009 | Denver

Read More: Josh Penry News, Josh Penry, John Salazar, 2010, Josh Penry Colorado, Josh Penry Dropping Out of the Governor's Race, Penry, Scott McInnis, Mcinnis, Bill Ritter, Colorado Governor, Chris Cillizza, Colorado, Denver News

In a statement emailed to supporters Josh Penry said he is backing out of his bid for the GOP nomination for Governor because he didn't want to jeopar...

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New Energy Economy -- Next Steps for Colorado and the Nation

Leslie Weise | Posted 11.09.2009 | Denver

Read More: Energy, Wind Power, Governor Ritter, Energy Efficiency, Green Jobs, Fossil Fuels, Xcel, Alternative Energy, Renewable Energy, Green Energy, Bill Ritter, Green Energy Economy, Solar Power, Denver News
Leslie Weise

There are many obstacles to transition our dependency on traditional fossil fuels to cleaner energy solutions, and Ritter has demonstrated the courage to confront those obstacles.

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Bill Ritter Moves To Shorten Waiting Period For Natural Gas Drilling Applications

Posted 11.09.2009 | Denver

Read More: Josh Penry, Don Marostica, Scott McInnis, Natural Gas, Bill Ritter, Colorado Gubernatorial Election, Colorado Governor, Colorado 2010, Denver News

Governor Bill Ritter is moving to shorten the waiting period for oil and gas permits in Colorado after facing criticism from Republican opponents that...

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Scott McInnis Says Life Experiences Have Moved His Position On Abortion To The Right

The Denver Post | Lynn Bartels | Posted 11.08.2009 | Denver

Read More: Josh Penry, Scott McInnis, Right to Life, 2010, Abortion, Dave Shultheis, Bill Ritter, Colorado Governor, Denver News

Gubernatorial candidate Scott McInnis said last week he opposes abortion, but in Congress he earned a reputation as a moderate and a maverick on the i...

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For Sale: Top Post in Ritter Administration

Jessica Corry | Posted 11.06.2009 | Denver

Read More: Josh Penry, Colorado Politics, Bill Ritter, Denver News
Jessica Corry

A lesson in political philosophy from Gov. Ritter: When a corporation influences public policy by writing checks, it's evil. When a liberal foundation does the same, the move marks a step forward.

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Colorado Higher Education Budget: Long Term Fiscal Planning Commission Suggests More Independence For Universities

Denver Daily News | Gene Davis | Posted 11.06.2009 | Denver

Read More: Fiscal Planning, Colorado Budget, University of Colorado, Bill Ritter Budget, Bill Ritter, Colorado Higher Education, Denver News

Because higher education has been hit with the burden of state budget cuts, a bi-partisan commission comprised of lawmakers and community leaders want...

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Bill Ritter Announces Cuts To Education, Asks For New Revenue Streams

Posted 11.07.2009 | Denver

Read More: Colorado Fiscal Policy, Colorado Budget, Arra, Budget Cuts, Budget, Colorado Education Cuts, Stimulus, Bill Ritter, Denver News

Governor Ritter announced Friday his budget proposal for the 2010-2011 fiscal year, which includes $260 million in cuts to K-12 education funding, and...

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Fair Taxes/Fair Share

Joel Judd | Posted 11.05.2009 | Denver

Read More: Taxes, Tax Loopholes, Mental Health, Colorado Budget, Bill Ritter, Grand Junction, Denver News
Joel Judd

We cannot give away tax dollars for tax credits for large corporations without proof that they work.

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Josh Penry's Examples Of Patronage In New Energy Office Turn Out To Be False

The Denver Post | Lynn Bartels | Posted 11.04.2009 | Denver

Read More: New Energy, Josh Penry, 2010, Green Energy, Bill Ritter, Colorado Governor, Patronage, Denver News

The director of the Governor's Energy Office recently interviewed 20 people from scores of applicants and hired someone who had worked on Republican B...

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Josh Penry, Mike Coffman Butt Heads Over Pinon Canyon

Posted 11.02.2009 | Denver

Read More: Josh Penry, 2010, Mike Coffman, Colorado GOP, Pinon Canyon, Scott McInnis, Bill Ritter, Colorado Governor, Denver News

Long a hot-button political issue in Colorado, the proposed Pinon Canyon Army Base expansion seems now to be dividing Republicans heading into the 201...

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Scott McInnis: Ritter Should Emulate Pennsylvania On Natural Gas

The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel | Gary Harmon | Posted 11.02.2009 | Denver

Read More: Scott McInnis, Natural Gas, Ed Rendell, Ed Rendell Natural Gas, Bill Ritter, Colorado Natural Gas, Denver News

Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell, who bypassed an opportunity to levy a tax on natural gas drilled in his state, has the right approach to drilling, Scott...

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Colorado Higher Education Bracing For Tuition Increases, Layoffs Under Governor's New Budget

The Denver Daily News | Peter Marcus | Posted 11.02.2009 | Denver

Read More: Bill Ritter, Colorado Budget, Stimulus, Higher Education Funding, Colorado Higher Education, Denver News

The president of the Colorado Community College System says "everything is on the table" as higher education braces for yet more painful cuts. Gov....

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Jim Carpenter Interview: What Would You Ask Bill Ritter's Chief Of Staff?

Posted 11.02.2009 | Denver

Read More: Bill Ritter Chief of Staff, Colorado Governor Interview, Bill Ritter, Colorado Governor, Jim Carpenter, Denver News

The Huffington Post Denver will be interviewing Governor Ritter's Chief of Staff Jim Carpenter Wednesday afternoon, and we'd love to ask him some of y...

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Colorado Education Standards Remarkably Low

Posted 10.30.2009 | Denver

Read More: Federal Education Standards, Education Funding, Colorado Public Education, Bill Ritter, Csap, Denver News

Colorado is one of several states that report a large percentage of students who meet state standardized testing requirements, but fall far short of f...

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Terrance Carroll, Josh Penry Trade Barbs After Governor's Budget Announcement

Posted 10.30.2009 | Denver

Read More: New Energy, Josh Penry, Barbara O'Brien, Terrance Carroll, Bill Ritter, Budget Cuts, Colorado Budget, Denver News

Governor Ritter's surrogates and his opponents traded barbs Thursday over the Governor's recently announced budget cuts. In response to the the Govern...

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Bill Ritter Budget Cuts: Oil And Gas Communities Concerned About Severance Tax Grants Being Withheld

Posted 10.29.2009 | Denver

Read More: Grand Junction, Natural Gas, Colorado Budget Cuts, Oil, Colorado Budget, Bill Ritter, Greenhouse Gasses, Severence Tax, Denver News

Colorado communities that rely heavily on oil and natural gas drilling are voicing concern over one segment of Governor Ritter's budget cuts that have...

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Sallie Clark, El Paso County Commissioner, Rumored To Be Scott McInnis's Running Mate

The Colorado Springs Independent | Posted 10.29.2009 | Denver

Read More: Colorado Governor, Scott McInnis, Sallie Clark, 2010, Colorado Springs, Bill Ritter, El Paso County Comissioner, Denver News

The buzz in political circles is that El Paso County Commissioner Sallie Clark is under consideration as Republican gubernatorial candidate Scott McIn...

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Josh Penry Proposes Abolishing Government Agencies In Response To Ritter Budget Announcement

State Bill Colorado | State Bill Colorado | Posted 10.28.2009 | Denver

Read More: Governor's Race, Josh Penry, 2010, Colorado Budget, Bill Ritter, Colorado Governor, Denver News

By Don Knox, STATE BILL COLORADO Senate Minority Leader Josh Penry, a gubernatorial rival to current Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter, respond...

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The Economic Wind for New Energy Is Stiffening

Anne Butterfield | Posted 10.28.2009 | Denver

Read More: Wind Power, New Energy Economy, Xcel, Green Jobs, Coal Industry, Comanche 3, Boulder, Renewable Energy, Wind Energy, Bill Ritter, Coal, Denver News
Anne Butterfield

Despite a new wind turbine in Boulder, the elephant in the middle of the New Energy Economy is Comanche 3, the 750 megawatt coal plant in Colorado coming online as soon as next month.

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Colorado Budget Cuts: Higher Education To Bear Brunt Of Cuts, But Not Until 2010-11

AP | STEVEN K. PAULSON | Posted 10.30.2009 | Denver

Read More: Colorado Higher Education Cuts, Ritter Budget Cuts, Bill Ritter, Colorado Budget, Colorado State Budget, Colorado Budget Cuts, Ritter Higher Education Cuts, Colorado Governor's Budget Cuts, Denver News

DENVER — Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter laid out his plan to cut another $286 million from the state budget on Wednesday, including reductions in Med...

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San Luis Valley Solar Project Pits New Energy Economy Against Entrenched Land Interests

Denver Business Journal | Cathy Proctor | Posted 10.28.2009 | Denver

Read More: Louis Bacon, Solar Power, San Luis Valley, Forbes, Bill Ritter, Moore Capital, Alternative Energy, Denver News

A big fight is brewing over a proposal to run a new, $180 million power line through Colorado's San Luis Valley -- and many see it as a referendum on ...

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Colorado Air Division Thumbs Nose at Governor Ritter

Jeremy Nichols | Posted 10.27.2009 | Denver

Read More: Clean Air, Valmont Power Plant, Bill Ritter, Xcel, Climate, Boulder, Air Polution, Carbon Dioxide, Clean Energy, Coal, Global Warming, Colorado, Denver News
Jeremy Nichols

The Colorado Air Pollution Control Division rejected calls to keep CO2 emission in check at the Valmont coal-fired power plant in Boulder. Are there any limits on carbon in Colorado?

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