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

Past and present election bills roil Republicans

DENVER - Republicans stepped up their opposition Monday to the new election system Democrats ushered in last year, calling for a two-year timeout just as school boards are gearing up for the...

Republicans lose effort to shoot down gun laws

DENVER - The first Republican attempt to repeal last year's gun laws failed Monday. The hearing was carefully scripted on both sides, and the outcome was never in doubt. ...

Past and present election bills roil Republicans

DENVER - Republicans stepped up their opposition Monday to the new election system Democrats ushered in last year, calling for a two-year timeout just as school boards are gearing up for the...

Republicans lose effort to shoot down gun laws

DENVER - The first Republican attempt to repeal last year's gun laws failed Monday. The hearing was carefully scripted on both sides, and the outcome was never in doubt. ...

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DENVER – Fishing is fun, but the fun is no longer funded. A $500,000 cut to the Fishing is Fun program is just one way that Colorado Parks and Wildlife is trimming expenses by $10...

Spruce beetles continue pillage

338 square miles of forest claimed in 2013

Dems reject delay of renewables mandate

DENVER – Democrats on Wednesday turned back an attempt to delay a renewable-energy mandate they passed last year. Republicans have charged that the mandate is part of a “war on ru...

Plan for districts to elect commissioners advances

Bill could empower voters in smaller areas such as Dolores

County officials ask Legislature for raise

DENVER - County officials who want a raise got a mostly warm reception Tuesday at the Legislature, which has the power to boost their salaries. Four lawmakers are drafting a bill ...

Plan for districts to elect commissioners advances

Bill could empower voters in smaller areas such as Mancos

County officials ask Legislature for raise

DENVER – County officials who want a raise got a mostly warm reception Tuesday at the Legislature, which has the power to boost their salaries. Four lawmakers are drafting a bill ...

Opponents of ‘Amazon tax’ reopen court battle

DENVER – Opponents of Colorado’s “Amazon tax” were back in court Friday to try to get a judge to block it again. When the Legislature passed the law in 2010, it was a novel way to...