Joe Hanel

Position: Journal Denver Bureau

Energy office now on 'a leash'

DENVER - Legislators tightened the screws on the Colorado Energy Office on Monday, a week after a scathing audit that said the office's accounting was so poor it could not prove it had done...

DATE: Feb. 4, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

New water bill counteracts court ruling

DENVER - Senators took action Thursday to deflect a state Supreme Court ruling that could make it difficult to keep water in reservoirs - just as drought is tightening its grip on much of the...

DATE: Feb. 2, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

In the dry of the storm

DENVER - Put on your hoop skirts and tune in Elvis on the transistor radio, because it's starting to look a lot like the 1950s.Unfortunately, this won't be the nostalgic 1950s of big cars and pop...

DATE: Feb. 2, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

State audit thrashes energy office Agency failed to keep annual budgets for 34 programs

DENVER - The Colorado Energy Office was so sloppy with the way it kept track of millions of dollars in stimulus money that it can't prove the spending did any good, according to a harsh audit of...

DATE: Jan. 30, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Proposal defeated: Teachers won't be allowed to carry guns

DENVER - Democrats struck down a Republican proposal to arm teachers with concealed guns Monday.It was the first Republican attempt to respond to mass shootings in Aurora and an elementary school...

DATE: Jan. 29, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Western Colo. bridge named after war veteran

DENVER - Telluride is famous for a lot - film, skiing, bluegrass - but it's never been known as a military town.In fact, residents know of only one veteran from San Miguel County who died in the...

DATE: Jan. 25, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Another hurdle cleared for in-state tuition bill

DENVER - Opposition all but melted away Thursday to a bill that gives in-state college tuition rates to children who are in the country illegally.Senate Bill 33 passed the Senate Education...

DATE: Jan. 25, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Gun usage big part of new session

DENVER - Legislators have introduced the first set of bills responding to mass shootings in Colorado and Connecticut, but they are not what gun-control advocates want.Out of five gun-related bills,...

DATE: Jan. 22, 2013 | CATEGORY: MT - News

Gun usage big part of new session

DENVER - Legislators have introduced the first set of bills responding to mass shootings in Colorado and Connecticut, but they are not what gun-control advocates want.Out of five gun-related bills,...

DATE: Jan. 21, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Rico bombing incident leads to charges

A man who blew off his fingers while toying with bombs in Rico faces a federal indictment on explosives charges.A grand jury indicted Douglas Markey, 58, on charges related to transporting...

DATE: Jan. 17, 2013 | CATEGORY: DS - News

High hopes for illegal immigrant tuition bill

DENVER - After trying and failing six times in the last 10 years, advocates for immigrants see victory in sight for their drive to allow in-state college tuition for students who immigrated...

DATE: Jan. 16, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Rico bombing incident leads to federal charges

A man who blew off his fingers while toying with bombs in Rico faces a federal indictment on explosives charges.A grand jury indicted Douglas Markey, 58, on charges related to transporting...

DATE: Jan. 14, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

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