The 2014 Election season is well underway. Yellow Scene breaks down the candidates and the issues as well as our exclusive in-depth interview of Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper.
CU economist predicts another strong year for Colorado Every year, the Business Research Division of CU’s Leeds School of Business produces the Colorado Business Economic Outlook. The forecast focuses on 13 different industries, analyzing the current economic trends, predicting job…
A Boulder company made up of former NASA employees announced plans to fly tourists to the moon for $750 million each. Coloradans can now break out the Cheetos and Goldfish: Gov. John Hickenlooper officially made recreational marijuana use legal by…
It’s well known that taxes and death are the only certainties in life, but in Colorado, add another inevitability—the need to vote on ballot issues that 90 percent of the time are asking you to raise taxes on yourself. So…
Maureen Denig–Republican maureenforbouldercounty.com Soccer mom stats: A relatively new resident of Boulder County, Denig moved from Massachusetts four years ago. She quickly became the president of her HOA, an active Rotarian, a member of the Longmont Senior Citizens Advisory Board…
Shane Hampton–Libertarian facebook.com/ShaneHamptonForCountyCommissioner The accidental candidate: Twenty-two-year-old CU student Hampton is running for commissioner purely because the Libertarian Party needed a candidate on the ticket, and “it sounded like a cool idea.” On fracking: Hampton believes county open space should…
Dianne Primavera–Democrat primaveraforcolorado.com A mile in her shoes: Primavera, a legislator in District 33 for the past eight years, is convinced that she’s walked the district farther and more frequently than any of her opponents, past and present. The former…
Jonathan Singer–Democrat singerforcolorado.org Background: A former employee of Boulder County Human Services, Singer specialized in at-risk adults and children. He worked for the Denver Office of Economic Development and was appointed to the Longmont Planning and Zoning Board before a…