Author: Jesse Paul
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Cory Gardner says of Trump’s NFL comments: “There are far more important things that we ought to be focusing on”
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U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner said Sunday morning that “there are far more important things that we ought to be focusing on” when asked about President Donald Trump’s controversial weekend comments about the NFL. “You spoke out about the president’s tepid reaction to the violence in Charlottesville,” John Dickerson said to the Colorado Republican on CBS’ “Face the Nation.”…
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Newt Gingrich, in Denver speech, says state and local leaders should embrace “Trumpism”
Former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich said state and local leaders should embrace “Trumpism,” and he urged congressional Republicans to ensure legislative progress or risk losing power to Democrats come the 2018 elections. “I think that making America great again has to be, in many ways, a state and local challenge,” Gingrich said in a…
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Denver International Airport announces nonstop service to Paris
Denver International Airport has landed a nonstop flight to Paris. The airport and Mayor Michael Hancock announced Thursday that Norwegian Air will start flying to France on April 9, 2018. It’s the fourth international destination that DIA has added in three months. The airport says Paris is its largest unserved market in the world. “A…
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Gov. Hickenlooper, 11 GOP governors urge Senate to reject repeal-only vote
Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper joined his Republican counterparts Tuesday — including Ohio Gov. John Kasich and Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval — in urging the U.S. Senate not to repeal Obamacare without a replacement. “Congress should work to make health insurance more affordable by controlling costs and stabilizing the market, and we are pleased to see…
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More problems on horizon for troubled Colorado immigrant driver’s license program
Colorado’s driver’s license program for people living in the U.S. illegally has been hobbled since its start three years ago, and efforts to fix and better fund the initiative have been caught in partisan gridlock. An application backlog, possibly years long for some, is estimated to run in the tens of thousands. Just three Division…
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30 percent of Colorado voters 50 and older support House-passed health care bill, AARP survey finds
Roughly three in 10 likely voters in Colorado age 50 or older support the U.S. House-passed version of the American Health Care Act, according to a poll released Thursday by the AARP that also found the state’s residents are overwhelmingly against cutting Medicaid funding. The survey found that 81 percent of likely Colorado voters age…
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Cory Gardner calls for North Korea to be deemed a terrorism sponsor in wake of Otto Warmbier’s death
U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner on Wednesday called for a tough response to North Korea in the wake of Otto Warmbier’s death this week, specifically saying that the regime of Kim Jong Un should be deemed a sponsor of terrorism. “The murder of an American should lead to the immediate designation of North Korea as a…
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Trump budget cuts, GOP health care bill could hurt programs that aid a half-million Colorado kids, DeGette says
U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette on Monday called for a stop to the “hyperpartisan” politics she says are fueling the GOP health care bill that — along with President Donald Trump’s proposed budget cuts — would slash money from programs that help more than half a million Colorado children. “This is going to jeopardize the welfare of…
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John Hickenlooper and John Kasich set to talk on CNN about their health care bill concerns
Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper is slated to join his Republican counterpart from Ohio, John Kasich, on CNN Monday night to talk about their concerns with the pending federal health care bill. Hickenlooper, a Democrat, and Kasich — who ran a failed 2016 bid for the presidency — and five other governors signed a letter sent to…
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Extra-windy March boosts wind, solar power’s share of Colorado’s energy to 24 percent
Solar and wind power for the first time accounted for 10 percent of a month’s electricity generated in the U.S., according to a new report that also shows Colorado deriving nearly one-quarter of its electricity from those renewable sources. That’s according to a U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) report released this week that shows roughly…