The Colorado Independent

Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013

Government Accountability/Reform

In Denver debate, Planned Parenthood’s Richards looking to see women’s health tied to economy

By | 10.03.12 | 6:57 pm

DENVER– With the first presidential debate set to begin here at the University of Denver campus in a matter of minutes, Cecile Richards, national president of Planned Parenthood Action Fund, told the Colorado Independent she would like to see the candidates discuss some of the ways women’s access to health care is tied to the national economy and the financial prospects of the nation’s citizens.

Pueblo City Council: Not wobbly on domestic partner benefits, just disorganized

By | 09.13.12 | 10:12 am

Pueblo City Council made headlines Monday when it voted 5 to 1 to indefinitely table an ordinance that would have extended benefits to the domestic partners of gay city employees. The move came as a shock to the sponsor of the proposal, to the members of the public who packed the council chambers and to state political analysts long used to seeing solidly Democratic Pueblo lead on gay rights.

Personhood drive fails to clear signature hurdle in Colorado; supporters plan protest

By | 08.29.12 | 1:37 pm

DENVER– The Colorado secretary of state announced today that the petition drive to land an anti-abortion “personhood” initiative on the November ballot failed to qualify, missing the mark by roughly 4,000 signatures. Personhood Colorado plans to protest the signature tallies released by the secretary of state and is confident the measure will appear for a vote this year.

At gay-rights event, GOP Rep. Nikkel speaks on battling bigotry to advance civil unions

By | 08.29.12 | 6:45 am

Colorado state Representative B.J. Nikkel, R-Loveland, this weekend said the experience of bigotry and intimidation she experienced last spring during the debate over a same-sex civil unions bill has strengthened her position in support of the bill. She said that, even though she’s not running for reelection and won’t be at the capitol to vote, she’s confident that conservatives will come to see the bill as consistent with their social values and that next year’s version of the bill will pass with significant Republican backing.

Longmont ballot initiative fuels debate over fracking

By | 08.17.12 | 5:08 am

Longmont residents this November will vote on whether or not to ban within city limits the oil and gas drilling technique known as fracking.

Survey suggests HIV laws intimidating, counterproductive

By | 08.10.12 | 11:10 am

WASHINGTON, DC — Nearly half of HIV-positive respondents to a recently released survey on HIV criminalization say they believe they will not receive a fair hearing in the criminal justice system if they ever face charges for failing to disclose their status to sexual partners.

Gessler’s proposed changes to election rules draw heated objections

By | 07.26.12 | 6:06 am

Over the course of a five-hour rulemaking hearing Monday, Colorado Secretary of State Scott Gessler probably got the message that a lot of people are unhappy with proposed rules that would stop county clerks from mailing ballots to inactive voters in some elections, change the way canvass boards are selected and give county clerks more power to determine how much access election watchers have.

Colorado election watchers see officials chipping away at public oversight

By | 07.20.12 | 6:09 am

BOULDER– Marty Neilson, Republican Party election watcher, walked out of the Boulder County Clerk’s building in disgust as workers there tabulated primary voting results the last week of June. Neilson said she couldn’t see anything of substance and felt like she was participating in a sham exercise in oversight.

Scorecard singles out conservation heroes, villains in 2012 Colorado legislative session

By | 07.13.12 | 1:00 pm

The economy and the environment “both won” in Colorado’s legislative session this year, according to an annual scorecard that a leading state environmental group released Thursday.

DeGette seeks to win permanent health insurance for seasonal firefighters

By | 07.12.12 | 3:10 pm

U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette is moving forward with a bill she introduced Tuesday that would extend health insurance coverage to seasonal firefighters and their families.

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