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Tag: John Hickenlooper
Hickenlooper names judge who presided over trial of Aurora theater shooter...
Gov. John Hickenlooper, cementing his imprint on Colorado's Supreme Court, on Wednesday appointed Judge Carlos A. Samour Jr. to the state's highest court.
Samour,...
What Colorado lawmakers did for and to schools in 2018
The Colorado General Assembly’s 2018 session ended with a down-to-the-wire compromise on pension reform that left some teachers feeling bruised, but Gov. John Hickenlooper...
As race for Colorado governor heats up, Donna Lynne loses her...
Two top staffers for Donna Lynne's campaign for governor have left or are on the way out amid a staffing shakeup just as the...
Here’s how Colorado schools would spend an extra $100 million (or...
Update: By Friday, the JBC had set aside $150 million to increase funding to schools.
Legislators on the Joint Budget Committee unanimously decided last week...
Lawmakers at odds with Hickenlooper administration over leasing private prison
Gov. John Hickenlooper’s administration doubled down on its calls to open a shuttered private prison, saying efforts by lawmakers to enact sentencing reforms instead...
Colorado’s head oil-and-gas regulator leaves for private energy consulting gig
The head of a government agency that oversees Colorado’s oil and gas industry will leave his post next month to join a private consulting...
Colorado’s superintendents want (a lot) more money for schools and a...
Colorado’s superintendents want to change how the state distributes money to school districts – but only if voters are willing to approve a $1.7 billion...
Hickenlooper delivers final State of the State address
Gov. John Hickenlooper delivered his final State of the State address on Thursday, laying out his priorities for the homestretch of his eight-year tenure...
Can autonomous vehicles solve the “first-mile, last-mile” problem?
It’s called the first-mile, last-mile problem of mass transit, and it has vexed transportation planners forever during the automotive era. Until you make it...
Why Gov. Hickenlooper wants to give some Colorado charter schools $5.5...
If Mike Epke, principal of the New America School in Thornton, had a larger budget, he would like to spend it on technical training...