Bill Ritter was sworn in this morning as Colorado’s 41st governor on the west steps of the state capitol. In his 15-minute speech, Ritter stressed his commitment to renewable energy, education and health care reform – all cornerstones of his…
Gov.-elect Bill Ritter named two more people to cabinet posts today. Pending Senate confirmation, Karen Legault Beye will head the Colorado Department of Health and Human Services, and current 1st Judicial District Judge Peter Weir will head the Department of…
Governor-elect Bill Ritter announced his first cabinet appointments today, and both names will be familiar to Democrats.
Former congressman David Skaggs was appointed to head the Colorado Department of Higher Education, and former Denver Auditor Don Mares was…
Being the main figure of an entire political party is a lot like being the quarterback of a football team: When you win, the quarterback gets too much of the credit, and when you lose, the quarterback gets too…
Truth is stranger than fiction. Especially when it’s tangled up in the waning days of Gov. Bill Owens’ political career.
One has to wonder whether conservative politicians ever read classic novels that feature stories of working class struggle. …
Governor-elect Bill Ritter told legislators and reporters yesterday that the issue of renewable energy would be his top priority when he takes office in November – something you already knew if you read Colorado Confidential’s Q&A with Ritter…
I’m not willing to say anything definitive at this point, because I certainly haven’t made up my mind, but I will go on the record with this:
I am not ruling out coaching the Denver Broncos at some…
Last week Colorado Confidential reporter Jason Bane caught up with Governor-elect Bill Ritter as he worked at his transition office in Denver. Ritter talked candidly about his transition efforts, his reflections on the campaign, and about what policy issue he…
In late August, when it first started to look like Bob Beauprez might not be able to close the gap on Democrat Bill Ritter in the race for governor, some in the Beauprez camp began spinning the yarn that…
The Washington Post has listed the campaign of Republican gubernatorial candidate Bob Beauprez as one of the ten worst in the entire country:
Rep. Bob Beauprez (R-Colo.): Beauprez’s poor campaign was all the more surprising for being so
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