Joe Hanel

Position: Journal Denver Bureau

‘Yogurtgate’ and that’s a wrap

Editor’s note: This is the Journal’s weekly roundup of campaign news.President Barack Obama on Tuesday paid his fourth visit to Colorado since September, speaking to a young, fired-up crowd at the...

DATE: April 28, 2012 | CATEGORY: Local News

A much improved museum experience

DENVER — Kids today won’t know how lucky they are.A field trip to the history museum used to mean hours of staring at artifacts in poorly lit glass cases.From now on, though, Colorado kids will...

DATE: April 28, 2012 | CATEGORY: Local News

Raucous crowd greets Obama in Boulder

BOULDER — President Barack Obama visited the University of Colorado campus Tuesday looking for young supporters.He found them — thousands of them.A noisy, young crowd filled most of the seats in...

DATE: April 25, 2012 | CATEGORY: Local News

Bill limits adult charges for children

DENVER — Gov. John Hickenlooper signed a bill Friday afternoon that limits the ability of district attorneys to charge children in adult courts.Until now, Colorado allowed prosecutors to charge...

DATE: April 24, 2012 | CATEGORY: Local News

Oil and gas task force: Stay the course

DENVER — The task force that Gov. John Hickenlooper set up to halt a looming war between local governments and the energy industry came back Wednesday with a plan to keep things mostly as they...

DATE: April 21, 2012 | CATEGORY: Local News

Parks and Wildlife bill stirs debate

DENVER — Lawmakers tangled this week over who should get a bigger voice on the state’s new Parks and Wildlife Commission — the suburban people who make up most of Colorado’s hunters and hikers, or...

DATE: April 19, 2012 | CATEGORY: Local News

Ron Paul still has Colorado supporters

DENVER — Supporters of Mitt Romney showed up at Republican conventions in Denver this weekend ready to put the long GOP primary behind them and unite against President Barack Obama.Two Southwest...

DATE: April 17, 2012 | CATEGORY: Local News

Tipton’s fundraising gets a jolt

Editor’s note: This is the Journal’s weekly roundup of campaign news.U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton, R-Cortez, turned around his lagging fundraising numbers and beat his opponent, state Rep. Sal Pace,...

DATE: April 14, 2012 | CATEGORY: Local News

Bill looks to trim trans fat from schools

DENVER — Trans fats would be banned from school meals under a bill the Senate approved Tuesday.But opponents said Senate Bill 68 is a big, fat mandate on small schools.It bans almost all trans fats...

DATE: April 12, 2012 | CATEGORY: Local News

Senate Democrats pass jobs bill

DENVER — Senate Democrats passed their marquee “jobs bill” Wednesday, but the proposal faces very long odds in the House.The bill gives a preference in state contracting to companies that hire...

DATE: April 12, 2012 | CATEGORY: Local News

Immigration tuition bill passes

DENVER — Silence was golden Monday morning for supporters of a bill that offers discounted college tuition to young people who entered the country illegally with their parents.Sponsors of Senate...

DATE: April 10, 2012 | CATEGORY: Local News

Gearing up for the general election

Editor’s note: This is the Journal’s weekly roundup of campaign news.DENVER — It’s beginning to look a lot like the general election, after a long Republican primary campaign.President Barack Obama...

DATE: April 7, 2012 | CATEGORY: Local News

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