Tag: John Hickenlooper
Salazar named commisioner of agriculture, King to continue at DNR
Governor-elect John Hickenlooper announced today U.S. Rep. John Salazar will be Commissioner of Agriculture.
Hickenlooper made several other appointments today, including naming current agriculture commissioner John Stulp a special advisor on water. Dr. Chris Urbina was named executive director of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. Hickenlooper also said Mike King will remain director of the Department of Natural Resources.
Colorado joins ICE’s Secure Communities program, prompting Polis to label it...
Gov. Bill Ritter Monday signed an executive order for Colorado to participate in the controversial federal Secure Communities program. The program, which operates through the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency (ICE), is now in place in 35 states. Started by President George W. Bush in 2008, the program may be mandatory in all states by 2013. Governor-elect John Hickenlooper says he supports the measure.
Hickenlooper tabs Reeves Brown for Local Affairs
Governor-elect John Hickenlooper today appointed Reeves Brown to head the Department of Local Affairs. He named Ellen Golombek director of the Department of Labor and Employment.
Hickenlooper names wind energy executive as new head of GEO
The administration of governor-elect John Hickenlooper Friday named Denver-based wind energy executive Tanuj “TJ” Deora the new director of the Governor’s Energy Office, created by Gov. Bill Ritter in 2007 to facilitate the state’s burgeoning “New Energy Economy.”
Top campaign stories of 2010–You had to see it to believe...
This was a year of surprises in Colorado politics, from the announcement that Governor Ritter would not seek re-election to the paper-thin victory of...
Hickenlooper appoints Al White to run tourism office
Governor-elect John Hickenlooper today announced that State Sen. Al White will be director of the Colorado Tourism Office and Joan Henneberry will be the Healthcare Exchange planning grant project director. White, from Winter Park, served eight years in the Colorado House of Representatives before he was elected to the Colorado Senate two years ago.
Pro-business in a dismal economy helps, but Hickenlooper faces budget-slashing nightmare
For somebody often awkward in his public speeches, prone to stutter-stepping his way through sentences, Governor-elect John Hickenlooper has superb skills as a salesman. Maybe it goes back to his days as a barkeep in Denver’s LoDo, bantering for a moment before moving onto the next table. Now he’ll be using those same skills as a street-savvy, business-friendly Democrat who will also become the most public face as state government faces the need to quickly cut $1.1 billion from the state budget.
Hasan won’t run again in 2012 for HD56 seat vacated by...
Muhammad Ali Hasan, a Beaver Creek filmmaker and former Republican candidate for state treasurer and state House District 56, says he has no plans to run again in that district in 2012 after the resignation of Democrat Christine Scanlan.
Anti-bullying task force would fit with state’s lean mean approach to...
A group of Colorado rights and education organizations is calling on Governor-elect John Hickenlooper and state lawmakers to establish a task force on school bullying and harassment in Colorado. The organizations cite the alarming rash of recent high-profile incidents around the country where harassment led gay high school and university students to commit suicide.
Would-be Denver mayor Romer talks immigration, education, budget
In his bid to become the next mayor of Denver, State senator Chris Romer is selling his 25 years experience as a banker who specialized in municipal finance issues. He says Denver has achieved great things in lean times in the past and he would look to do the same now, zeroing in on keeping the FasTracks light rail project on track.