More voters participated in Colorado’s June 26 primary election than ever before. Unaffiliated voters were mailed ballots for the first time and both political parties had contested races. As for the top of the ticket, the governor’s race has been […]
This Tuesday’s primary election will narrow down Colorado’s gubernatorial race from eight to two major party candidates – who will go on to compete in the general election. Our statehouse reporter Bente Birkeland has more. This is the first primary […]
Governor John Hickenlooper is being criticized for nine bills he vetoed this year. As Bente Birkeland reports, that’s the most vetoes he’s issued since taking office. https://objects-us-east-1.dream.io/kgnu-news/2018/06/060618HickMarijuanaVetoes.mp3 Marijuana advocates are upset that he vetoed a bill to allow some […]
Governor John Hickenlooper signed his final bills as Governor on Tuesday at the state capitol. And as Bente Birkeland reports, he discussed this week’s Supreme Court’s decision on the Masterpiece Cakeshop case. “Nobody wants to – in any way […]
Governor John Hickenlooper has vetoed five bills in the last two business days, on everything from marijuana consumption to tobacco prices to open records for autopsies. Our statehouse reporter Bente Birkeland has more. The Governor called a proposal to […]
The U.S. Supreme Court says Colorado’s Civil Rights Commission was hostile and biased against a man’s religious beliefs when he refused to make a wedding cake for a gay couple in Lakewood. Birkeland has more. https://objects-us-east-1.dream.io/kgnu-news/2018/06/060418MasterPiece.mp3 In its 7 […]
The four Democratic candidates hoping for the party’s nomination in the gubernatorial race are Cary Kennedy, Donna Lynne, Mike Johnston and Jared Polis. Lynne, Johnston and Polis took part in a debate on climate issues at DU on June 2nd. […]
The commission handles civil rights cases. It was up for a review and initially both Republicans and Democrats disagreed on how it should look. Democrats didn’t want to make any changes, while Republicans had a number of requests – including […]
