John Frank

Hold the phone. Did Colorado just make it legal to text and drive?

February 5, 2018 at 1:37 p.m.

A little-noticed provision in Colorado鈥檚 new texting-while-driving law, which strengthens penalties for scofflaws, says the practice isn鈥檛 illegal so long as it isn鈥檛 done in 鈥渁 careless or imprudent manner.鈥�

Billionaire Texas couple donates $4.5 million to study Colorado government

June 19, 2017 at 4:49 p.m.

Gov. John Hickenlooper on Monday announced a $4.5 million initiative to study the effectiveness of certain taxpayer-funded programs, including state鈥檚 foster care and criminal justice systems.

Colorado transportation advocates nix efforts to seek tax hike in November

June 7, 2017 at 7:57 p.m.

A coalition pushing for a sales tax hike to improve Colorado roads will not take the question to the ballot in November.

Gov. John Hickenlooper refused to sign these two bills that will become law. Here’s why.

June 6, 2017 at 3:29 p.m.

Gov. John Hickenlooper will allow two measures to become law without his signature, a rare move that he said is designed to protest actions by lawmakers to 鈥渧eil a bill鈥檚...

Colorado film office made payments to companies ineligible for incentives, audit shows

November 17, 2021 at 1:23 p.m.

Gov. John Hickenlooper鈥檚 administration is facing criticism after an audit determined the state made cash payments to film production companies that didn鈥檛 qualify for Colorado鈥檚 taxpayer-funded incentives.

Director Quentin Tarantino poses with actors Kurt Russell, Tim Roth and Walton Goggins at the premiere of his movie "The Hateful Eight" in Paris on Dec. 11, 2015. Colorado gave $5 million in tax breaks to 鈥淭he Hateful Eight,鈥� a Quentin Tarantino film produced in Telluride.

Colorado film office made payments to companies ineligible for incentives, audit shows

June 5, 2017 at 6:27 p.m.

Gov. John Hickenlooper鈥檚 administration is facing criticism after an audit determined the state made cash payments to film production companies that didn鈥檛 qualify for Colorado鈥檚 taxpayer-funded incentives.

Barley grows at the Anheuser-Busch Brewery Barley Research Center on May 23, 2017 in Fort Collins.

In Fort Collins, scientists, farmers, maltsters and brewers are working together to make better beer

June 1, 2017 at 8:27 a.m.

Inside greenhouses, under microscopes and out in the fields in Colorado, scientists are studying how to make better grain seeds -- and ultimately, better beer.

Gov. John Hickenlooper, surrounded by state lawmakers and other administration officials, signs Senate Bill 267 at a high school in Fowler, one of the Eastern Plains communities expected to benefit from the measure.

Gov. Hickenlooper just signed one of the most important bills of the year

May 30, 2017 at 4:15 p.m.

Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper on Tuesday signed into a law a far-reaching spending bill that averts a $528 million cut in payments to hospitals, generates $1.9 billion for transportation projects...

Gov. John Hickenlooper address the crowd ...

Hickenlooper-appointed LGBT advocate still on civil rights commission despite Colorado GOP lawmakers’ vote to block her

May 25, 2017 at 4:36 p.m.

A Gov. John Hickenlooper-appointed LGBT advocate is still on the Colorado Civil Rights Commission despite being voted down by Republican state senators earlier this month, raising questions from the GOP...

Colorado Representative Dominick Moreno, D-Commerce City, gets a hug from Rep Brittany Petteren, D-Lakewood, following the vote on Senate Bill 11 in the Colorado House of Representatives in Denver on March 12, 2013.

Dominick Moreno announces bid for Congress in increasingly crowded Democratic race

May 24, 2017 at 7:29 p.m.

Dominick Moreno of Commerce City will announce his candidacy for the 7th Congressional District post being vacated by U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter, who is running for governor in 2018.

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Hold the phone. Did Colorado just make it legal to text and drive?

Billionaire Texas couple donates $4.5 million to study Colorado government

Colorado transportation advocates nix efforts to seek tax hike in November

Gov. John Hickenlooper refused to sign these two bills that will become law. Here’s why.

Colorado film office made payments to companies ineligible for incentives, audit shows

Colorado film office made payments to companies ineligible for incentives, audit shows

In Fort Collins, scientists, farmers, maltsters and brewers are working together to make better beer

Gov. Hickenlooper just signed one of the most important bills of the year

Hickenlooper-appointed LGBT advocate still on civil rights commission despite Colorado GOP lawmakers’ vote to block her

Dominick Moreno announces bid for Congress in increasingly crowded Democratic race