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Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper kisses Ben Roberts at his campaign headquarters kickoff. The race has officially begun! Photo by Jody Hope Strogoff/The Colorado Statesman
'March madness'
3/05/2010
story_kicker: 'March madness' By Ernest Luning
THE COLORADO STATESMAN
Attending a precinct caucus this year?
Show up early, bring a calculator — oh, and get a haircut.
3/05/2010
By Marianne Goodland
THE COLORADO STATESMAN
Colorado’s success in renewable energy is now pushing the General Assembly to once again ramp up the standards for utilities to generate even more of their electricity from those sources.
3/05/2010
By Jody Hope Strogoff
THE COLORADO STATESMAN
Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper looked in the audience in the direction of his wife, Helen Thorpe, and acknowledged to supporters at his campaign headquarters last weekend that the two of them weren’t completely enthusiastic when they decided to go on this adventure to run for governor. “But I think there is an opportunity here that is compelling and for a lot of different reasons,” Hickenlooper told the large crowd assembled in the foyer of the building at 789 Sherman St., former site of the Denver Democratic Party offices.
3/05/2010
By Jody Hope Strogoff
THE COLORADO STATESMAN
Dan Maes, a Republican candidate for governor, seemed realistic about his underdog status as he addressed supporters at his new headquarters at the northwest corner of Hampden and Broadway in old Englewood. “We’re not about being big, and we’re not about millions of dollars, we’re about you in this room, the people of Colorado. And we have a great team we’ve put together and I’m going to introduce you to them tonight,” Maes said at the Feb. 23 event.
3/05/2010
By Marianne Goodland
THE COLORADO STATESMAN
An alternative plan to shore up the Public Employees’ Retirement Association failed to gain enough support to get it out of the House State, Veterans and Military Affairs Committee this week.
3/05/2010
By Anthony Bowe
THE COLORADO STATESMAN
Three candidates vying for the Republican nomination for state treasurer bucked heads Monday during a debate in front of a small group of business owners in Centennial.
3/05/2010
By Cindy Brovsky
THE COLORADO STATESMAN
Rep. Randy Baumgardner heard the snickers when he introduced a bill concerning burials on private property.
“Some fractions asked if this was about grandma being buried in the back yard — joking stuff,” the Republican from Hot Sulphur Springs said.
3/05/2010
By Jimy Valenti
THE COLORADO STATESMAN
Check your medicine cabinet. A proposed bill banning 15 harmful chemicals in personal care products, including arsenic and formaldehyde, died in a legislative committee this week.
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3/05/2010
By Cindy Brovsky
THE COLORADO STATESMAN
Coloradans could see the amount of life insurance money exempted from creditors double under a proposed bill.
3/05/2010
By Jimy Valenti
THE COLORADO STATESMAN
A bill that lawmakers say will improve health care quality while lowering costs unanimously passed the House Health Committee last Thursday.
3/05/2010
By Jimy Valenti
THE COLORADO STATESMAN
Gov. Bill Ritter and legislative Democrats say they can’t wait on Washington for health care reform.
Ritter introduced a package of bills Feb. 11 designed to improve Colorado’s health care system despite a down economy. The ten bills and an executive order range from simplifying insurance forms to providing better care to women, all with minimal cost to the state.
3/05/2010
By Jimy Valenti
THE COLORADO STATESMAN
A bill that would have made the death of an unborn child as the result of killing the mother a capital offense died a death of its own this week in a legislative committee on grounds that the bill would have attempted to define the controversial topic of when life begins.
But still lots to be done
3/05/2010
story_kicker: But still lots to be done By Brad Jones
FOR THE COLORADO STATESMAN
After shots rang out 11 years ago at Columbine High School, Colorado became the “epicenter of the problem of violence in our schools,” according to Colorado Attorney General John Suthers. Delivering remarks at the state’s annual school safety conference Wednesday, the top prosecutor said there are still lots to be done to secure campuses but also highlighted evidence of progress.
3/05/2010
By Marianne Goodland
THE COLORADO STATESMAN
The major plan put forth by Senate Republicans to balance the 2009-10 and 2010-11 budget went down to defeat on Wednesday.
3/05/2010
By Jimy Valenti
THE COLORADO STATESMAN
A bill honoring Colorado’s military while also boosting revenue for highways passed a legislative committee this week.
3/05/2010
By Anthony Bowe
THE COLORADO STATESMAN
Colorado leaders and education officials rejoiced Thursday when the U.S. Department of Education announced Colorado as a finalist in the Race to the Top program and a stake in $4.35 billion in grants.
Colorado is one of the finalists from 15 state and Washington D.C to have emerged from a pool of 41 applicants that submitted proposals in January. Lt. Gov. Barbara O’Brien noted that Colorado is the only state selected west of the Mississippi.
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