Tag: Ken Salazar
Warden gets national award months after deadly Colorado prison riot
Three months after a deadly Florence penitentiary yard riot that left two inmates dead, prison warden Sara Revell was given an annual Excellence in Prison Management award by the the federal Bureau of Prisons.
The discovery comes after it was reported by The Colorado Independent on Thursday that the same high-security penitentiary has been on lockdown since early August due to a violent inmate-on-inmate assault.
Colorado prison on lockdown, months after deadly riot
U.S. Sen. Ken Salazar demanded this week that the federal Bureau of Prisons release details of its investigation into a Florence penitentiary yard riot that left two inmates dead more than five months ago, but the bureau is claiming that investigation is not yet completed. Meanwhile, the same prison has been on lockdown status since early August after an inmate-on-inmate assault.
Salazar demands answers on Florence prison riot
Today U.S. Sen. Ken Salazar called for the federal Bureau of Prisons to publicly disclose the results of an investigation into a deadly April riot at a Florence penitentiary that left two inmates dead.
Musgrave’s negative ad bites back
Going negative against political opponents is second nature to Republican U.S. Rep. Marilyn Musgrave.
Salazar, Perlmutter oppose ‘right-to-work’ measure
Democratic U.S. Sen. Ken Salazar, a politician known for his moderate stances in Washington, D.C., joined U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter (D-Golden) in breaking the usual political protocol of not wading into local issues to oppose Amendment 47, a “right-to-work” state ballot measure that would restrict the way labor unions organize.
Salazar: ‘Drill, baby, drill’ not enough
When Congress convenes on Monday, if the country's financial system isn't in a complete free-fall, lawmakers plan to take up a comprehensive energy bill aimed at easing voters' fears over this summer's oil shock. Of course, it's been 30 years since Jimmy Carter warned of a "national catastrophe" and urged America to wean itself off fossil fuel — even before Global Warming was a glint in climatologists' eyes — but this is America. Why tackle an impending crisis over decades when you can put it off to the very last minute?
Salazar condemns Musgrave attack ad, calls for probe
Sen. Ken Salazar on Saturday called for an investigation into a new Marilyn Musgrave TV ad, terming the ad's claims "absolutely false in every way." Rep. Musgrave's opponent, Democrat Betsy Markey, also called on the 4th District Republican to "immediately stop airing" the ad, which attacks Markey with claims she enriched herself with "non-competitive Halliburton-style contracts" and "used her congressional job to double her company's contracts."
Udall booed by some at Club 20 debate in Grand Junction
Political fireworks punctuated a meeting of the Western Slope advocacy group Club 20 in Grand Junction over the weekend, with Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Mark Udall being booed by some audience members who were clearly more supportive of his Republican opponent, Bob Schaffer, according to the Grand Junction Free Press.
Conservative groups slam Ken Salazar for his “war on the poor”...
Colorado Senator Ken Salazar, as well as other high-ranking Democrats in the U.S. House and Senate, have come under fire from conservative groups claiming that Salazar's energy policies hurt poor Americans.
Energy concerns reign at Markey-Salazar town hall
High gasoline prices, domestic oil and the right energy alternatives dominated an hour-long town hall forum Wednesday in Windsor hosted by Colorado Sen. Ken Salazar and Betsy Markey, the Fort Collins Democrat challenging incumbent Rep. Marilyn Musgrave for the 4th Congressional District seat.