Tag: Jeff Bridges
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Artists as corporations? Colorado is changing the game
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Bipartisan A-Corp concept would make Colorado the first in the country to allow artists to treat their crafts as businesses Yancey Strickler, a co-founder of Kickstarter, thinks of creative people as much more than simply artists. Those who learn how to make their financial way in the world are, in fact, leaders. Innovators. Entrepreneurs. “We…
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Phil Weiser wins top spot in Colorado’s Democratic gubernatorial primary at party’s state assembly
Attorney General Phil Weiser’s name will appear first on Colorado’s Democratic gubernatorial primary ballot after his overwhelming win Saturday at the party’s state assembly in Pueblo. Weiser joins U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet in the June 30 primary for the office held by term-limited Gov. Jared Polis. Bennet, who successfully petitioned onto the ballot, didn’t participate…
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Seligman, Bridges, Gonzales lead downballot races heading into Colorado Democrats’ state assembly
As Colorado Democrats prepare to designate candidates to the June primary ballot at the party’s state assembly in Pueblo on Saturday, three candidates appear poised to win top-line designation in downballot statewide races, according to data compiled by the state party. There isn’t much suspense about the outcome in the two top-ticket races — for…
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Here are the Democratic candidates for University of Colorado’s at-large regent seat
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Two Democrats are vying to secure their party’s nomination for the University of Colorado’s at-large regent seat, the only statewide position up for grabs this year. The position is one of three open seats within the university’s governing body, which is currently made up of…
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Colorado lawmakers introduce 705 bills in 2024 session, 525 approved
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Final statistics on the bills offered by lawmakers during the 2024 session are in. As previously reported by Colorado Politics, lawmakers introduced 705 bills. That’s the most since 2019 when 721 bills were introduced, but far short of the record set in 2003, at 735.…
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Aurora’s attempt to ‘double dip’ in state, local cigarette tax money, blocked by appeals court
Colorado’s second-highest court on Thursday decided state lawmakers intended to continue prohibiting local governments from receiving their share of centrally-collected cigarette tax revenue if they enact their own sales taxes on cigarettes. A three-judge panel for the Court of Appeals agreed a 2019 law designed to give localities more control over nicotine products nevertheless blocked…
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New $40M program in Colorado will help fund construction of affordable homes
A new housing program will spend $40 million on constructing affordable homes throughout the state — focused on innovative housing structures, such as modular and 3D printed homes. The Colorado’s new Innovative Housing Incentive Program, announced by Gov. Jared Polis on Friday, is expected to help create up to 5,000 high-quality, low-cost housing units in the…
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Q&A with Sen. Jerry Sonnenberg | At the end of 16 years of public service
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save State Sen. Jerry Sonnenberg, R-Sterling, is the only one of 100 lawmakers in the 2022 session who has served for a full 16 years: four consecutive two-year terms in the House followed by two consecutive four-year terms in the Senate. First elected in 2006 to…
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Resolution to ask voters to stop the time switch to be introduced in state Senate
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save This could finally be the year voters decide if they’re sick of resetting clocks twice a year. Sen. Jeff Bridges, D-Greenwood Village, plans to introduce a resolution later this week to settle the time-switching debate in Colorado once and for all. Bridges’ concurrent resolution seeks…
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Imagination Library of Colorado launches statewide expansion
When last we saw Republican former state Sen. Jack Tate, he was headed off to his hometown of Nashville, Tenn., to help manage a nonprofit called Project Return and take care of his mother. But longing to come home to his Colorado family, he’s now managing another nonprofit that he had a hand in setting…