Joe Hanel

Position: Journal Denver Bureau

Forecast: State's economy on the upswing

DENVER - Legislators will have an impressive $1.8 billion more for next year's budget than they had for this year's $8 billion spending plan.They'll be pressed throughout the next three weeks to...

DATE: March 20, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Governor signs 3 gun bills

DENVER - Gov. John Hickenlooper signed three controversial gun bills Wednesday morning, even as police were searching for the man who shot to death a member of his cabinet Tuesday night.The...

DATE: March 20, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Senate passes new sex ed standards

DENVER - Over the objection of Republicans, The Senate passed new standards for sex education in public schools that will open the door to teaching about homosexuality.The state Board of Education...

DATE: March 19, 2013 | CATEGORY: MT - News

Senate passes new sex ed standards

DENVER - Over the objection of Republicans, The Senate passed new standards for sex education in public schools that will open the door to teaching about homosexuality.The state Board of Education...

DATE: March 18, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Medicaid expansion grabs Legislature spotlight

DENVER - Legislators started moving Thursday on a $1 billion expansion of health care for the poor, a key part of President Barack Obama's 2010 health care bill.While much of the state is focused...

DATE: March 15, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

State lawmakers legalize civil unions

DENVER - Gays and lesbians celebrated a long-awaited victory Tuesday morning when the Legislature approved a bill for civil unions.The vote came 21 years after Colorado voters adopted Amendment 2,...

DATE: March 12, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Trio of gun bills move on; two others withdrawn

DENVER - Three controversial gun bills passed their final votes in the Senate on Monday morning, with two more scheduled for afternoon votes.Monday's votes followed a daylong debate Friday that...

DATE: March 11, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Landmark school funding case hits Supreme Court

DENVER - Billions of dollars and the future of public education in Colorado now rest on the shoulders of six state Supreme Court justices.The court held oral arguments in a landmark school funding...

DATE: March 8, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Looking at feeding fiber to small towns

DENVER - Legislators got more questions than answers Tuesday when they grilled officials from the group that is building a fiber-optic line to Silverton and other rural towns in Colorado.Eagle-Net...

DATE: March 7, 2013 | CATEGORY: DS - News

Gun bills flood state senate

DENVER - Honking cars circled the Capitol, a biplane with an anti-gun control message cruised overhead, and "Don't Tread On Me" flags fluttered in the snow as the state Senate took up seven gun...

DATE: March 5, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Assault-weapons bill targets liability

DENVER - Senate Democrats will introduce three more gun bills today, including their most controversial one of the year, a crackdown on assault weapons.Senate President John Morse, D-Colorado...

DATE: Feb. 28, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Looking at feeding fiber to small towns

DENVER - Legislators got more questions than answers Tuesday when they grilled officials from the group that is building a fiber-optic line to Silverton and other rural towns in Colorado.Eagle-Net...

DATE: Feb. 28, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

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