On Monday, July 28, what had been initiative 135 officially became Amendment 68, after the Colorado Secretary of State Office’s announced that it had reviewed the more than 136,000 petition signatures the campaign had submitted, and deemed enough valid to put the measure on the November 4 ballot. See also:…
Since Colorado voters approved legalizing recreational marijuana in November 2012, rules and regulations regarding the industry have been changing quickly. Proposed ballot initiative #3 would call for yet another change: eradicating all fines and sentences for the possession of cannabis, and guaranteeing that in the Colorado Constitution. But its proponents…
Initiative 135, which would expand gambling in Colorado to racetracks, is heading into the homestretch, with a campaign chest that could make this one of the most expensive issues on the November 4 ballot. Earlier this month, the 135 campaign and Coloradans for Better Schools announced that they had gathered…
U.S. Representative and fracking critic Jared Polis and pro-fracking Governor John Hickenlooper do not see eye-to-eye on initiatives 88 and 89, two measures that proponents are pushing to get on the November ballot. And yesterday, Hickelooper acknowledged that his attempt to work with a bipartisan coalition to create a compromise…
If a Colorado county or district does not allow gas or oil production within its jurisdiction, should it be given tax revenue produced in other areas of the state that allow these companies? No, says initiative 121, an industry-driven proposal that’s one of several measures focusing on fracking that could…
What if shelters could adopt out 90 percent of their animals they care instead of putting them down? That’s the goal of Initiative 68, a proposal known as “Restrictions on Pet Animal Euthanasia” that would raise the resources necessary to help shelters reach that goal. If 68 makes it to…
If you’re the President of the United States, where would you eat in Denver? After landing here late yesterday, President Barack Obama headed to the Wazee Supper Club for dinner with five citizens who’d sent letters requesting the pleasure of his company, then strolled around LoDo before heading to the…
August 4 is the deadline by which citizens-initiatives committees must turn in at least 86,105 valid signatures in order to get measures on the November ballot. There are at least a dozen proposals still in the works, and one of the hottest is Initiative 75, which would add local self-governing…
Because Scott Gessler decided to make a run for the Republican gubernatorial nomination (tough luck, Honey Badger), the Colorado Secretary of State’s office is up for grabs in November. On the Democratic ticket is Joe Neguse, who represents Colorado’s second district for the University of Colorado Board of Regents (read…
Think fracking will make a lot of noise at the ballot box on November 4 — and on TV and computer screens before that? Of all the initiatives vying for a place on the ballot, Initiative #48 could be the most controversial — and expensive, with opponents (think Monsanto) prepared…
The general election is November 4, and initiatives on such hot topics as fracking and genetically modified food are vying for a place on the ballot. But a proposal focusing on the hottest topic of all — gun control — won’t be on the ticket. Late last week Safe Campus…
Tomorrow is the Colorado primary, which will set much of the November 4 ballot. But there are dozens of campaigns for state and local initiative efforts already under way around Colorado, and they could determined what issues we’ll be voting on four months from now. At the moment, only one…
As Scott “Honey Badger” Gessler stepped away from another run for the Secretary of State seat in order to go for governor, Joe “I go by Joe” Neguse stepped into the race for that position, as the sole Democratic candidate. Neguse believes that young people should be as involved in…
Ratha Sok had never taken on a project quite like this one. But now approximately 1,500 square feet of space — a pillar outside CEC Middle College that used to be just gray brick — is covered in an eclectic mural painted by Sok, fellow artist friends Denzel Samaniego, Jin…
A Doctor Who chats with the Queen of Dragons while Finn from Adventure Time peruses the art on the table behind them. This is Denver Comic Con 2014. This ever growing convention just keeps getting better. So what made this year so great? Here are the five best things about…
WildEarth Guardians probably wouldn’t advise you to take a family day trip to the South Platte River anytime soon. The grassroots environmental group is accusing a sugar-processing mill of illegally dumping harmful pollutants into the river…
There were plenty of Spider Men, and Women, at Denver Comic Con this year, but there was only one Spider, a machine that allows users to create digital sculptures with ZBrush, industry-standard animation software. The Digital Animation Center (DAC) from the University of Colorado Denver has set up the Spider…
Although he is known mostly as the co-creator of the animated series, “Gargoyles,” Greg Weisman has taken on a new challenge: young adult fiction. Spirits of Ash and Foam, the second in his growing series, officially comes out July 8, and the author was at Denver Comic Con over the…
Colorado is a state that loves outdoor activities — which makes the poster show debuting this Friday, June 13 at Gallerie Rouge a natural. Owner Lisa Taylor will feature the largest collection of vintage European posters celebrating the great outdoors ever shown in the Rocky Mountains. The timing is no…
Denver is the Hollywood of cannabis, according to KC Stark. As for Colorado Springs, he sees it as Silicon Valley — which is why he decided it was the perfect place to serve as a base for his latest venture, MMJ Business Academy. The academy’s mission, Stark explains, is to…
What if it were possible to predict the next Arab Spring? The next Ukrainian revolution? Researchers at the Pardee Center for International Futures in the School of International Studies at the University of Denver might be able to do just that in several years. DU was one of eleven schools…
Scott Takeda’s first time in front of a camera was as a TV journalist. Today he’s often in front of a camera as an actor, with roles in Hollywood films like the Oscar-winning Dallas Buyers Club as well as Halt & Catch Fire , a new series that premiered June…
