Joe Hanel

Position: Journal Denver Bureau

Election-reform bill advances to full House

DENVER – Democrats advanced an election bill Monday night that would replace neighborhood polling places with mail ballots. La Plata County Clerk Tiffany Lee Parker, a Republican, was one of the...

DATE: April 18, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

State senate sends Medicaid expansion bill to House

DENVER – The state senate voted Monday to expand government health insurance for the poor, a key part of the federal health care law known as Obamacare. Under Senate Bill 200, adults making 133...

DATE: April 18, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Law requires officers to train for dog encounters

DENVER – Brittany Moore’s German Shepherd, Ava, was standing in the driveway with a rawhide bone in her mouth when a police officer’s bullet pierced the dog’s back. The Erie police officer told her...

DATE: April 18, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

State wants its own slurry bombers

DENVER - Wanted: Three reasonably priced, large-capacity slurry bombers. Need ASAP. Please contact Colorado State Senate.They admit that it sounds at first like a "crazy" idea, but a bipartisan duo...

DATE: April 16, 2013 | CATEGORY: MT - News

State wants its own slurry bombers

DENVER - Wanted: Three reasonably priced, large-capacity slurry bombers. Need ASAP. Please contact Colorado State Senate.They admit that it sounds at first like a "crazy" idea, but a bipartisan duo...

DATE: April 15, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

State legislator loses water fight with Forest Service bigwigs

DENVER - Lobbying from the very highest level of the U.S. Forest Service has scuttled a state representative's bid to keep the federal government from claiming water rights at ski areas.Rep. Jerry...

DATE: April 12, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

House looks at fracking spills

DENVER - In 2008, a spill of hydraulic fracturing fluid on the Southern Ute Indian Reservation made national news when a Mercy Regional Medical Center nurse nearly died from toxic exposure after...

DATE: April 12, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

GOP is sharply critical of election-access bill

DENVER - Coloradans would vote primarily by mail, and they could register to vote on Election Day, under a bill Democrats are proposing at the state Capitol.Neighborhood polling places at schools...

DATE: April 12, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Budget passes with 9 GOP votes

DENVER - House members overcame their hurt feelings and gave a bipartisan vote to the state budget Friday morning, salvaging at least one big accomplishment for 2013 for which both parties can...

DATE: April 10, 2013 | CATEGORY: DS - News

2013 Legislature: Busy and liberal

DENVER - Love 'em or hate 'em, Colorado legislators have done a lot this year.If the session ended today, it would go down as one of the most productive and liberal ever, with new laws allowing...

DATE: April 10, 2013 | CATEGORY: DS - News

Budget passes with 9 GOP votes

DENVER - House members overcame their hurt feelings and gave a bipartisan vote to the state budget Friday morning, salvaging at least one big accomplishment for 2013 for which both parties can...

DATE: April 9, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Budget passes with 9 GOP votes

DENVER - House members overcame their hurt feelings and gave a bipartisan vote to the state budget Friday morning, salvaging at least one big accomplishment for 2013 for which both parties can...

DATE: April 9, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

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