Bill Ritter

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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Western Slope Uranium Mill: Only State Needs To Approve Before Ground Can Break

The Denver Post | Bruce Finley | Posted 10.27.2009 | Denver

Read More: Mark Udall, John McCain, Nuclear Power, Uranium, Colorado Department of Health and Environment, Energy Fuels Inc., Yellowcake Uranium, Western Slope Uranium, Bill Ritter, Colorado, Denver News

A Canadian company's push to build the United States' first new conventional uranium mill since the Cold War has cleared local hurdles -- despite envi...

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Bill Ritter Budget Cuts: Governor To Announce New Round Of Cuts After Medicaid Enrollment Increases

The Denver Post | Tim Hoover | Posted 10.27.2009 | Denver

Read More: Medicare Enrollment, Todd Saliman, Bill Ritter, State Budget, Colorado Cuts, Medicaid, Colorado Budget, Denver News

Gov. Bill Ritter's office on Wednesday will reveal its plans to rebalance the state budget, likely meaning more cuts to state programs. The planned c...

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Josh Penry Rails Against Higher Ed Hiring, Even As His Family Benefits, And Reports Defend It As Necessary

CO. Independent | CO Independent | Posted 10.26.2009 | Denver

Read More: Grand Junction Daily Sentinel, Scott McInnis, Josh Penry, Mesa State, Higher Education Hiring Penry, Higher Education Colorado, Bill Ritter, Colorado Governor, Denver News

State Senate Majority leader and gubernatorial candidate Josh Penry, R-Grand Junction, has been attacking Gov. Bill Ritter for months an...

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Q & A with Governor Bill Ritter

David Thielen | Posted 10.27.2009 | Denver

Read More: Bill Ritter, Colorado, Colorado Politics, Green Energy, Colorado Budget, Green Jobs, Denver News
David Thielen

I think making us the center for green energy is Ritter's primary driver and the new jobs are a wonderful additional benefit.

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Colorado Solar Plant To Create 300 Denver Jobs

AP | Posted 10.26.2009 | Denver

Read More: SMA Solar Technology, Solar Invertors, Solar Power, Colorado, John Hickenlooper, Bill Ritter, Alternative Energy, Sma Jobs Denver, Sma Solar, New Technology, Sma Manufacturing Denver, Sma Solar Technology Denver, Denver News

DENVER — A Germany-based solar company plans to open its first North American manufacturing site in Denver. Gov. Bill Ritter and Denver Mayor J...

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Josh Penry Grand Junction Donations: Penry Leads Fellow Native Scott McInnis In Donations From Grand Junction

The Denver Post | Posted 10.26.2009 | Denver

Read More: Grand Junction, Fund-Raising, Scott McInnis, Sean Duffy, Josh Penry, 2010, Bill Ritter, Colorado Governor, Denver News

Faced with two hometown Republican candidates for governor, Grand Junction residents overwhelmingly voted with their wallets for state Sen. Josh Penry...

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Obama, Ritter Standing By Villafuerte Despite GOP Attacks

The Denver Post | Posted 10.24.2009 | Denver

Read More: Dick Wadhams, Immigration, Stephanie Villafuerte, Obama, Bob Beauprez, Cory-Voorhis, Bill Ritter, Denver News

President Barack Obama on Friday stood behind Stephanie Villafuerte, his nominee for Colorado U.S. attorney, while state Republicans called for her to...

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Why Colorado Matters in the Health Care Debate

Sen. Mark Udall | Posted 10.23.2009 | Denver

Read More: Michael Bennet, Mark Udall, Health Care Reform, Senate, Public Option, Health Care, Bill Ritter, Colorado, Denver News
Sen. Mark Udall

Colorado has often set an example for Washington to follow. But our fight in the Senate to pass meaningful health reform over the next few weeks won't be easy. We need to unite in this fight.

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Stephanie Villafuerte, Former Ritter Aid Tapped By Obama Administration, Implicated In 2006 Immigrant Scandal: Denver Post

The Denver Post | Karen E. Crummy | Posted 10.23.2009 | Denver

Read More: District Attorney, Carlos Estrada-Medina, Cory Voorhis, Chuck Lepley, Stephanie Villafuerte, Immigrant Plea Deal, Bill Ritter, U.S. Attorney, Fbi, Denver News

President Barack Obama's nominee as Colorado's next U.S. attorney told the FBI two years ago that she never spoke to anyone in the Denver District Att...

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