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Colorado Passed Broad Election Reform, Other States Should Follow

Myrna PƩrez | Posted 05.16.2013 | Politics
Myrna PƩrez

Some states continue to push needless restrictions on the ability of citizens to participate in elections, and voters and their advocates must remain vigilant against any such efforts. Still, the trend is unmistakable: After years of backsliding, states are embracing free, fair, and accessible elections.

State Scrambles After Audit Reveals Prisoners Wrongly Released

AP | Posted 05.15.2013 | Denver

DENVER -- Hundreds of Colorado criminals were apparently given erroneous prison sentences, and judges and corrections officials across the state are s...

Colorado Medicaid Expansion Signed Into Law

AP | By IVAN MORENO | Posted 05.14.2013 | Denver

DENVER (AP) — An expansion of Medicaid eligibility that's expected to add 160,000 adults to public health care assistance in Colorado was signed int...

Hick Signs Law Aimed At Stopping Dog Shootings

AP | IVAN MORENO | Posted 05.13.2013 | Denver

DENVER -- They say every dog has its day, but in Colorado they get an entire legislative session. As shelter dogs and cats were designated the offici...

Elections Overhaul Bill Signed

Posted 05.10.2013 | Denver

A sweeping overhaul of Colorado elections was signed into law by Gov. John Hickenlooper Friday. The Colorado Voter Access & Modernized Elections Ac...

Colorado Employees Get More Legal Remedies In Discrimination Cases

AP | Posted 05.07.2013 | Denver

DENVER (AP) — Employees at smaller Colorado businesses will have more legal remedies for discrimination cases under a bill Gov. John Hickenlooper si...

Daily Camera: Hickenlooper Should Grant Dunlap Clemency

The Boulder Daily Camera | | Posted 05.06.2013 | Denver

If Gov. John Hickenlooper does not grant clemency, Nathan Dunlap is scheduled to be executed by the state of Colorado the week of Aug. 18. The so-cal...

Gov.: 'I Am Constantly Attacked For Being In The Pocket Of Oil And Gas'

The Boulder Daily Camera | JOE RUBINO | Posted 05.03.2013 | Denver

Gov. John Hickenlooper has been a lightning rod for the controversy surrounding oil and gas production in Colorado, specifically the industry's use of...

POLL: Colorado Voters Support Gay Marriage

Posted 04.29.2013 | Denver

Colorado's enactment of civil unions is just days away, but according to a recent poll, voters are ready to take it a step further by supporting full ...

Hickenlooper Signs Next Year's State Budget

AP | By IVAN MORENO | Posted 04.29.2013 | Denver

DENVER (AP) — Gov. John Hickenlooper signed next year's budget for Colorado on Monday, a spending plan that includes more funding for public schools...

Hickenlooper On Boston Marathon: 'Our Hearts Ache'

The Huffington Post | Matt Ferner | Posted 04.16.2013 | Denver

The deadly bombing at the Boston Marathon Monday has left at least three people dead and more than 140 others wounded. And although Boston may seem fa...

Denver Cops Speak Out Against Gun Control As Obama Visits Colorado

The Huffington Post | Matt Ferner | Posted 04.03.2013 | Denver

President Barack Obama is back in Colorado Wednesday to pressure Congress to pass federal gun control measures similar to those recently passed in the...

Some Colorado Sheriffs Oppose More Gun Control, Speak Out

AP | Posted 04.03.2013 | Denver

DENVER — With President Barack Obama visiting Colorado to discuss gun control, some of the state's sheriffs are speaking out against more restri...

Hickenlooper To Debate Boulder Commissioner On Fracking

The Boulder Daily Camera | | Posted 03.26.2013 | Denver

Boulder County Commissioner Elise Jones is set to debate Gov. John Hickenlooper on natural gas hydraulic fracturing -- or fracking -- on April 1 in De...

Friday Talking Points -- Happy Sestercentennial Column!

Chris Weigant | Posted 03.22.2013 | Politics
Chris Weigant

The sequester was set in stone for the next six months, so America is now going to learn what "budget cutting" really means.

Colorado Muslims Disgusted At Clements Murder Coverage

The Colorado Independent | John Tomasic | Posted 03.22.2013 | Denver

From The Colorado Independent's John Tomasic. News surrounding the murder Tuesday of Colorado Department of Corrections Chief Tom Clements centers ...

Christina Wilkie

Colorado Governor Deals Blow To NRA

HuffingtonPost.com | Christina Wilkie | Posted 03.20.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper (D) signed three major gun control measures into law on Wednesday morning, just hours after the state's ...

Is Saudi National Involved In Shooting Death Of Colo. Prison Chief?

The Huffington Post | Matt Ferner | Posted 03.20.2013 | Denver

According to anonymous sources that spoke to Fox31, officials will look into the possibility that the recent denial to transfer Saudi national Homaida...

Colorado Governor Signs Landmark Gun Control Bills Into Law

AP | IVAN MORENO | Posted 03.20.2013 | Denver

DENVER — Colorado's governor signed bills Wednesday that place new restrictions on firearms, signaling a change for Democrats who have tradition...

Does GOP Gun Nuttiness in Colorado Portend the Upcoming Gun 'Debate' in Congress?

Jason Salzman | Posted 05.19.2013 | Denver
Jason Salzman

Lawmakers are in the home stretch of passing a set of gun safety bills. This new legislation wouldn't take a single gun away from a real-life, law-abiding person. Yet, by the reaction of some, you'd think the government was on the verge of confiscating every firearm in Colorado.

New Gun Control Bills Bring Political Peril In Colorado

AP | NICHOLAS RICCARDI and IVAN MORENO | Posted 05.19.2013 | Denver

DENVER — After a no-holds-barred White House push for sweeping gun control legislation across the country, Democrats have racked up only one vic...

Governor Hickenlooper Chooses Oil and Gas Industry Over Colorado, Will Be Primaried

Wade Norris | Posted 05.18.2013 | Denver
Wade Norris

If you were to Google the name of Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper as recently as a couple of months ago, you'd see articles such as "John Hickenl...

Colorado Sheriff: I 'Won't Bother Enforcing' New Gun-Control Measures

AP | Posted 03.18.2013 | Denver

GREELEY, Colo. -- A Colorado sheriff says he won't enforce two aggressive gun-control measures waiting to be signed into law by Gov. John Hickenlooper...

Boxers-or-Briefs With Mayor Hancock, Governor Hickenlooper and More

The Denver Diatribe | Posted 05.15.2013 | Denver
The Denver Diatribe

This week's podcast asks some of this city's most important people an array of silly and serious Denver-themed "this or that?" questions. It's "boxers or briefs?" for the Mile High City.

Hickenlooper Not the Only Government Official Trying to Frack Colorado

Gary Wockner | Posted 05.08.2013 | Denver
Gary Wockner

Helen Hankins has also been in the very-uncomfortable glare of public fracking scrutiny, and for a good reason. The Colorado BLM has stirred up a hornet's nest of controversy over the past year proposing fracking in three areas of the state.