Joe Hanel

Position: Journal Denver Bureau

Big week begins in Colorado politics

DENVER — The election is still 35 days away, but the long campaign reaches its Colorado crescendo this week.The main event will be Wednesday, when President Barack Obama and Republican candidate...

DATE: Oct. 2, 2012 | CATEGORY: Local News

Verde Colorado pairs enviros and Hispanics

Editor’s note: This is the Cortez Journal’s weekly roundup of campaign news.DENVER – Hispanics and environmentalists are two of the most potent groups in the Democratic Party’s coalition, but they...

DATE: Sept. 29, 2012 | CATEGORY: Local News

Ryan: ‘We have better ideas’

FORT COLLINS — With a Powerpoint presentation and a question-and-answer session, Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan’s visit Wednesday seemed at times more like a college seminar than...

DATE: Sept. 29, 2012 | CATEGORY: State Nation World

Tipton, Pace face off in 30-minute debate

CRIPPLE CREEK – Candidates for Congress debated in a casino here Friday, but no one hit the jackpot in the brief match that touched on familiar themes.Rep. Scott Tipton, R-Cortez, touted his record...

DATE: Sept. 29, 2012 | CATEGORY: Local News

‘Personhood’ backers sue for ballot slot

DENVER — Sponsors of the anti-abortion Personhood amendment sued the state Thursday, claiming they were unfairly denied a spot on the November ballot.The proposed amendment to the state...

DATE: Sept. 29, 2012 | CATEGORY: State Nation World

Economist: Political uncertainty could impact economic future

DENVER — Colorado’s economy stands on a knife edge between good times and another recession, and Congress can push it one way or the other, a state economist said Thursday.Both the state and...

DATE: Sept. 22, 2012 | CATEGORY: Local News

Tipton launches TV ad campaign

Rep. Scott Tipton is running his first television ad of the 2012 campaign, a spot that targets his Democratic opponent, Sal Pace, on Medicare.Tipton, R-Cortez, talks about the need to preserve...

DATE: Sept. 22, 2012 | CATEGORY: Local News

Congressional candidates up their attacks

Editor’s note: This is the Cortez Journal’s weekly roundup of campaign news.Both major candidates for Congress in Western Colorado jabbed each other on the air over Medicare this week. Democrat Sal...

DATE: Sept. 22, 2012 | CATEGORY: Local News

Marijuana: To leagalize or not?

Several years into Colorado’s experiment with legalized medical marijuana, advocates of the drug want to decriminalize its use for everyone, regardless of health conditions.Amendment 64 seeks to...

DATE: Sept. 19, 2012 | CATEGORY: MT - Living

Marijuana: To legalize or not?

Several years into Colorado’s experiment with legalized medical marijuana, advocates of the drug want to decriminalize its use for everyone, regardless of health conditions.Amendment 64 seeks to...

DATE: Sept. 18, 2012 | CATEGORY: Business

Candidate cited for shoplifting

Editor’s note: This is the Journal’s weekly roundup of campaign news.The Democrat who recently entered the campaign for Montezuma County’s state House seat was charged with shoplifting earlier this...

DATE: Sept. 15, 2012 | CATEGORY: Local News

Candidates return to the issue of the economy

GOLDEN — Two days after the killing of the American ambassador to Libya, the presidential campaigns returned Thursday to the economic messages they have been stressing all year.At a rally in...

DATE: Sept. 15, 2012 | CATEGORY: Local News

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