Joe Hanel

Position: Journal Denver Bureau

Spruell part of 2nd Amendment lawsuit

DENVER – Montezuma County Sheriff Dennis Spruell stood with 17 other uniformed sheriffs Friday in a packed lobby of a Denver office building to announce a Second Amendment lawsuit against Gov. John...

DATE: May 21, 2013 | CATEGORY: MT - News

Spruell part of 2nd Amendment suit

DENVER – Montezuma County Sheriff Dennis Spruell stood with 17 other uniformed sheriffs Friday in a packed lobby of a Denver office building to announce a Second Amendment lawsuit against Gov. John...

DATE: May 20, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Tri-State lobbies gov. to veto renewables mandate

DENVER – The company that supplies coal-powered electricity to rural Colorado is waging a media campaign to try to convince Gov. John Hickenlooper to veto a renewable energy bill. It’s the biggest...

DATE: May 20, 2013 | CATEGORY: Business

2014 goal: Minimize energy mandate

DENVER - For Rep. Don Coram, 2013 was a paradoxical year in the Legislature - a personal success, but a disaster for his party. The Montrose Republican, whose district includes Montezuma County,...

DATE: May 15, 2013 | CATEGORY: DS - News

Reaching across the legislative aisle growing harder

DENVER - Ellen Roberts is no longer a Party of One. Since she entered the Legislature in 2007, the Republican senator from Durango has found herself alone, or with perhaps one or two allies, in...

DATE: May 15, 2013 | CATEGORY: DS - News

Reaching across the aisle grows harder

DENVER – Ellen Roberts is no longer a Party of One. Since she entered the Legislature in 2007, the Republican senator from Durango has found herself alone, or with perhaps one or two allies, in...

DATE: May 14, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Reaching across the aisle grows harder

DENVER – Ellen Roberts is no longer a Party of One. Since she entered the Legislature in 2007, the Republican senator from Durango has found herself alone, or with perhaps one or two allies, in...

DATE: May 14, 2013 | CATEGORY: MT - News

120 days of pent-up progressivism

DENVER – Will Rogers once said, “I’m not a member of any organized political party. I’m a Democrat.” The 1920s humorist wouldn’t recognize the Democrats running the show at the Colorado State...

DATE: May 9, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

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 bills....

DATE: May 8, 2013 | CATEGORY: DS - News

Senator: Buy air tankers quickly

DENVER - A state senator continues to look for $17 million for his idea to buy an airborne firefighting fleet, but his allies doubt they can secure the money by next Wednesday, when the Legislature...

DATE: May 2, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

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 Democrats to 27...

DATE: May 2, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

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.That's...

DATE: May 2, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

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