The Republican House leadership’s successful effort to block passage of a civil unions bill yesterday, orchestrated by Speaker Frank McNulty, could well have aftershocks stretching to the fall elections. And lawmakers who opted for inaction may be facing much more than the wrath of liberals and activists committed to the…
The competition for state tourism incentives will remain as stiff as ever thanks to a veto this morning from Governor John Hickenlooper. Hick nixed a bill that would have allowed the Colorado Economic Development Commission to approve up to six new projects for sales-tax rebates. Six projects, including a proposed…
Yesterday the U.S. Bureau of Land Management announced that it would remove 22 proposed oil and gas parcels in the scenic North Fork Valley from a summer lease sale, opting instead to “conduct additional analysis…based on public input.” And the public that’s been deluging the BLM with input — objections,…
Beginning at 9:45 a.m., Spirit Airlines will celebrate its return to Denver International Airport with a slew of events, including the first landing of a flight from the discount carrier in eight years. But something else is arriving along with this Las Vegas-to-Denver junket — terrible publicity related to call…
What does it look like when a bunch of mascots converge on the Capitol steps? Kinda goofy. That’s what happened at today’s Discover Colorado Rally, a yearly meetup that could be summed up in two words: “Yay, tourism!” Grown-ups dressed as sharks and bears listened as officials rattled off statistics…
No, this lady didn’t win the Publishers Clearing House Sweepstakes. Instead, Dorthy Gibbons is being rewarded for how she handled her Shih Tzu’s shit. For twelve years, the local company called Pet Scoop has scooped Sasha’s poop. And yesterday, it so happened that Gibbons’s was the millionth yard Pet Scoop…
This week, Colorado Rockies pitcher Jamie Moyer became the oldest Major League Baseball pitcher to win a game. But that’s not his only recent claim to fame. Moyer has also been named to the TopTenRealEstateDeals.com list of best MLB players’ homes for sale by virtue of a spectacular spread in…
Sam Johnson’s job title is unique: President and Scoop Master. Except he’s not in the ice cream business. He’s in the dog poop business. And tomorrow, the business he started in 1994 — Pet Scoop, advertised as “Denver’s most reliable pooper scooper service” — will celebrate its millionth yard cleanup…
A parrot, a tree frog and a chipmunk. These are the three animals that made the finals in Frontier Airlines’ publicity stunt to choose a new mascot and spokes-animal for the tails of some of its planes. All three have been campaigning at coffee shops and yogurt joints around Denver,…
Frank Gray is president of the Castle Rock Economic Development Council in Douglas County. Yet at a public hearing yesterday on six projects vying for big-bucks state tourism incentives, Gray eschewed his county’s own project and, like many of the 23 people who testified, spoke in favor of Gaylord Entertainment’s…
April Fool’s Day jokes often seem funnier to those pulling them than they do to their targets. That was undoubtedly the case for bogus letters claiming that Xcel Energy would be cutting off anyone who voted to end Boulder’s relationship with the power supplier…
As Colorado banks have dropped medical marijuana-related accounts in order to comply with federal regulations, MMJ business owners are looking for advice on how to manage their now often cash-only enterprises. And they’re not the only ones asking, as Robert Frichtel recently discovered…
Peyton Manning is now a member of the Denver Broncos, thanks to a five-year contract estimated to be worth $96 million. Which means one thing: He needs some new Colorado digs! To help him with house hunting, we turned to The Home Cart, a site featuring listings for the most…
Real-estate investor Aaron Million’s modest proposal to build a 550-mile pipeline to move water from southwest Wyoming to Colorado’s Front Range has lots of critics. But a major challenge facing opponents is how to get city types to understand what’s at stake, including the spectacular scenery and recreation of the…
Frontier Airlines may be facing business turbulence, but that hasn’t stopped the carrier from launching its weirdest promotion yet. Frontier is asking visitors to its website and Facebook page to vote for its next animal mascot, with possibilities including Samson the Sloth and Melvin the Turtle, who hardly symbolize on-time…
The addition of a 1,500-room hotel and conference center in Aurora would definitely give out-of-towners a reason to visit. And Aurora is looking for ’em, as explained in our cover story, “Wish You Were Here!” Yesterday, the company that wants to build said behemoth hotel made a pitch for the…
Update below: It’s Super Tuesday, with voters in ten states choosing among Mitt Romney, Rick Santorium, Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul for a Republican presidential candidate. And whoever wins the nomination is apt to use controversial Department of Energy loans to alternative energy companies as a talking point in the…
A broad proposal by the country’s largest private prison company to buy up and privatize state prisons has been met with a stiff rebuke from the American Civil Liberties Union and a coalition of justice policy and religious groups, who are urging all fifty state governors to reject the company’s…
The appointment of Callie Hendrickson to a board that helps shape the federal government’s wild horse management plan has touched off a frenzy of petitions and protests by horse advocacy groups. They say the Grand Junction woman is a defender of ranching interests who’s endorsed commercial slaughter of “excess horses”…
In these lean times, last week Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar proposed slashing costs and hiking a range of user fees — everything from the cost of a federal stamp for duck hunting to oil and gas drilling permits — to make ends meet at his agency. But one…
A former prisoner, now a shareholder in the country’s largest for-profit prison operator, has won a battle with company management over his campaign to hold the Corrections Corporation of America accountable for reducing sexual abuse at its facilities. The Securities and Exchange Commission has ruled that the shareholder resolution, calling…
It’s National Condom Week and Sir Richard’s Condoms, a Boulder company known for its one-for-one condom deal, is celebrating. How? Anytime you tweet or post to Facebook “your love for condoms,” Sir Richard’s will donate a condom to its project in Haiti…
