Joe Hanel

Position: Journal Denver Bureau

State scrambles for ed funds

DENVER — School advocates are defending the stunning victory they scored last week when a Denver judge ruled the state’s education funding system unconstitutional.The result could eventually boost...

DATE: Dec. 17, 2011 | CATEGORY: Local News

Fracking fluids must be disclosed

New rule requires gas industry to post chemical list

DATE: Dec. 15, 2011 | CATEGORY: Local News

Stimulus money could vanish

DENVER — More than two-and-a-half years after the passage of President Barack Obama’s stimulus bill, several state agencies have not spent significant portions of the $1.7 billion Colorado...

DATE: Dec. 15, 2011 | CATEGORY: Local News

USA Cycling Challenge!

Southwest Colorado will find itself in the international spotlight next Aug. 20 when Durango will serve as the starting line of the USA Pro Cycling Challenge.“It’s such a great city and has such a...

DATE: Dec. 10, 2011 | CATEGORY: More Sports

Bruce faces tax charge

DENVER — The man who wrote Colorado’s Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights went on trial Friday for tax evasion.Douglas Bruce faces four felony counts related to alleged tax evasion and filing false...

DATE: Dec. 10, 2011 | CATEGORY: Local News

Regulators hear arguments about fracking

DENVER — Colorado oil and gas commissioners heard 12 hours of debate over hydraulic fracturing Monday but delayed making a decision on a rule that would require companies to reveal the chemicals...

DATE: Dec. 8, 2011 | CATEGORY: Local News

Fort Lewis seeks capital funds

DENVER — For Fort Lewis College, Tuesday was a case of ask and you shall not receive.Two senior Fort Lewis leaders visited the Legislature’s Capital Development Committee and presented a five-year...

DATE: Dec. 8, 2011 | CATEGORY: Local News

State checks on voting machines

DENVER — Colorado Secretary of State Scott Gessler wants to make it easier for counties to secure their electronic voting machines, but watchdogs say the changes increase the risk of hackers...

DATE: Dec. 8, 2011 | CATEGORY: Local News

Dems win fight for districts

DENVER — Democrats won a final victory Monday morning in the year-long battle to draw new lines for congressional districts.The immediate victim is Republican Rep. Mike Coffman, whose suburban 6th...

DATE: Dec. 6, 2011 | CATEGORY: Local News

Regulators will tackle fracking

DENVER — State energy regulators meet Monday to adopt new rules for public disclosure of hydraulic fracturing fluids.But critics say the proposed rule has an exception big enough to pump a million...

DATE: Dec. 3, 2011 | CATEGORY: Local News

Political district map irks state’s top Republicans

DENVER — Colorado Republicans are furious at the chairman of a commission that voted Tuesday to draw state legislative districts in a way that greatly benefits Democrats.Mario Carrera, the lone...

DATE: Dec. 2, 2011 | CATEGORY: Local News

Dems push new lines

DENVER — Democrats doubled down on their plan Tuesday to split Cortez and Durango into separate state House districts, meaning that Montezuma County is likely to get a new state representative —...

DATE: Dec. 1, 2011 | CATEGORY: Local News

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