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

Reaching across the aisle grows harder

Roberts sees geographic divide widening as partisan gulf also deepens

Reaching across the aisle grows harder

Roberts sees geographic divide widening as partisan gulf also deepens

120 days of pent-up progressivism

Democratic achievements, GOP resentment will be legacy of 2013 legislative session

Prevention and firefighting measuress pass easily

DENVER - Lost in the clamor of all the controversial happenings at the state Capitol, Southwest Colorado's lawmakers have quietly succeeded in passing a handful of forest fire prevention bil...

Senator: Buy air tankers quickly

King says dry forests leave no time for study

House sends pot tax to state Senate

DENVER - Now that marijuana possession is legal in Colorado, the decision over how to tax it is falling into familiar patterns. The House on Tuesday voted along party lines, 37 De...

State's farmers hope feds will legalize hemp crops

DENVER - Voter approval of legalized marijuana last November caused a national celebration among pot aficionados, but it is also drawing an enthusiastic reaction from Colorado farm country. ...

House sends pot tax to Senate

DENVER - Now that marijuana possession is legal in Colorado, the decision over how to tax it is falling into familiar patterns. The House on Tuesday voted along party lines, 37 De...

House passes power plan

GOP accuses<br/>Dems of harming<br/>rural economies

Dems falter in push to add gas and oil laws

DENVER – House Democrats have accepted partial defeat in their drive to crack down on the gas and oil industry. They are poised to pass bills that increase fines for pollution and...

Pot tax won’t boost state’s general fund

DENVER — Coloradans ingest an estimated 70 tons of marijuana a year. How much they smoke or eat now that it’s legal will depend, in part, on how much it’s taxed. State ...

County clerks, secretary of state face off on election changes

DENVER – La Plata’s county clerk returned to the state Capitol this week to testify in favor of changing the way Colorado conducts its elections. On Saturday, a group with Republi...