Tag: mayor
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Sky’s the (betting) limit come Saturday
Colorado voters gave casinos and three mountain gambling towns an early Christmas on Saturday with the debut of no-limit betting. Don’t expect bet limits to completely disappear — they will be set by individual casinos instead of state law. Most casinos are expected to adopt limits between $500 and $1,000 per wager, but likely will…
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Reactions on the guilty verdict of Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin
As the verdict came down in the trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin in Minneapolis, the news rippled in the Rockies on Tuesday afternoon. At the Colorado Capitol, state Rep. Tony Exum Sr., a Democrat from Colorado Springs, offered the first official post-conviction response: a prayer at a press conference. State Rep. Leslie Herod,…
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Denver landed MLB All-Star Game thanks to Polis’ and Hancock’s hustle
It was no accident that Denver’s Coors Field landed this summer’s All-Star Game after Major League Baseball pulled the event from Atlanta over recent changes to Georgia’s voting laws. But the feat had more to do with preparation and hustle — and possibly the Mile High City’s high, dry air — than the state’s election…
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MLB All-Star Game to be hosted by Colorado Rockies at Coors Field in July
The Major League Baseball All-Star Game will be hosted by the Colorado Rockies on July 13 at Coors Field, baseball officially announced Tuesday. The game was originally scheduled to take place in Atlanta, but was moved from the state after Georgia passed new laws critics say restricts voting access. “Major League Baseball is grateful to…
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Democrats add heft to effort to keep Space Command in Colorado Springs
With U.S. Space Command in the balance, a lawmaker perennially voted as the most conservative member of Congress is turning left for help. U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn isn’t switching parties, but the decision in the final days of the Trump administration to move the command and its 1,400 troops to Alabama has been compounded by…
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Loss of U.S. Space Command a ‘missed opportunity’ for Colorado Springs; what next?
John Suthers has plenty of economic development wins as mayor — a massive Amazon distribution center and Southwest Airlines expanding to Colorado Springs to name two — but he called the loss of the U.S. Space Command to Huntsville, Ala., his biggest setback. “We haven’t had a whole lot of economic development bad news, but…
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Colorado Springs to ask voters to lift word limit on tax questions
Colorado Springs residents will be asked during the April election to lift a 30-word limit on ballot questions focused on tax increases and bonded debt, a request that evolved out of a push to increase a dedicated sales tax for parks, trails and open spaces. Colorado Springs City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to place a…
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Bradley Chubb’s journey, from torn ACL to Pro Bowl, begins and ends with family
A house on a hill can’t be hidden. The phrase above is Carmen Chubb’s abbreviated version of a scripture, Matthew 5:14, that reads, “You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden.” It’s something she believes has guided her family over the years. She repeats it often to her…
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NEWS | Colorado Springs among finalists for permanent home of U.S. Space Command
Colorado Springs Mayor John Suthers discusses Colorado Springs making the finalist list of six cities as the permanent home of U.S. Space Command. (Video by Wayne Heilman)