Joe Hanel
Position: Staff reporter
Phone Number: (303), 839-1765

State job growth expected to be strong in 2014

DENVER – Colorado will be among the top five states for job growth next year, economists from the University of Colorado predicted Monday. And unlike the first tentative years of ...

House passes Tipton’s energy bill

Rep. Scott Tipton celebrated the passage of his Planning for American Energy Act through the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday. The bill requires the secretary of the Int...

Poll: Christie leads Clinton in Colorado

DENVER – New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie would beat former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Colorado if the 2016 presidential vote were held today, a poll released Wednesday found. ...

Forest Service calls truce in spat over ski-area water

The U.S. Forest Service surrendered last week in a fight about water rights. The agency told Congress that it no longer plans to force ski areas to turn over their water rights as...

Hickenlooper proposes strict gas rules

DENVER - Gov. John Hickenlooper proposed the nation's strictest rules on methane air pollution from gas and oil fields Monday. Environmental groups and three gas and oil companies...

Poll: Hickenlooper slides, but still leads GOP field

DENVER - Less than half of Colorado voters think Gov. John Hickenlooper deserves re-election, but he still maintained or even expanded his lead over Republican challengers in a poll released...

Poll: Hickenlooper slides, but still leads GOP field

DENVER – Less than half of Colorado voters think Gov. John Hickenlooper deserves re-election, but he still maintained or even expanded his lead over Republican challengers in a poll released...

Hickenlooper proposes strict rules on methane

DENVER – Gov. John Hickenlooper proposed the nation’s strictest rules on methane air pollution from gas and oil fields Monday. Environmental groups and three gas and oil companies...

Documentary takes on radioactive social debate

DENVER – There’s a scene in “Uranium Drive-In” showing an ordinary act in rural Colorado that’s rarely caught on film. A rancher ropes a calf, takes out a knife and, with the calf...

Forest Service calls truce in ski-water spat

The U.S. Forest Service surrendered last week in a fight about water rights. The agency told Congress that it no longer plans to force ski areas to turn over their water rights as...

Would-be governors debut on TV

GOP candidates quickly find a common foe in Hickenlooper on ‘Aaron Harber Show’

Campaign reform group: Fight money with money

DENVER – A university group looking for solutions to the flood of money in politics has come up with an unusual solution – more money. Colorado has some of the lowest campaign don...