NewsRack: flenvcenter/Policy_and_Governance/Elections-n-Elected-Officials/Colorado

Salazar cites ethical lapses at Interior Dept. - Denver Post: Local

By H. JOSEF HEBERT Associated Press Writer — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 18:30:00 GMT

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said today the department has been "painted unfairly" because of ethical lapses and criminal activity among some past political appointees. ...

Salazar gets clean start - Denver Post: Local

Wed, 21 Jan 2009 18:30:00 GMT

Newly minted Interior Secretary Ken Salazar named former U.S. Attorney Tom Strickland as his chief of staff Wednesday, bringing in a high-powered ex-prosecutor to help him clean up the troubled department. ...

Interior Secretary Salazar gets to work - Denver Post: Local

Tue, 20 Jan 2009 18:30:00 GMT

Ken Salazar was at work in his new job this morning, having promised a more ethical, scientific Department of the Interior yesterday after he was unanimously confirmed as secretary by the Senate ...

Early agenda to affect state - Rocky Mountain News: Government and Politics

SprengelmeyerM@SHNS.com (M.E. Sprengelmeyer) — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 18:30:00 GMT

Elections have consequences, and some of them might appear soon on the Colorado map.

RODRIGUEZ: A blessing for you, Secretary Salazar - Rocky Mountain News: Speakout

Fri, 16 Jan 2009 18:30:00 GMT

On Thursday, I attended Sen. Ken Salazar's confirmation hearing to become secretary of the interior.

Salazar vows to fix Interior - Denver Post: Local

Thu, 15 Jan 2009 18:30:00 GMT

Interior Secretary-designate Ken Salazar vowed Thursday to remake one of the government's most deeply troubled departments, sketching a "21st century" vision for what's often seen as a dysfunctional backwater of the federal bureaucracy. ...

Wilderness bill protects parts of Rocky Mtn. Park - Denver Post: Local

Thu, 15 Jan 2009 18:30:00 GMT

The U.S. Senate, in a bipartisan 73-21 vote, moved Thursday to preserve 2 million acres in nine states as wilderness areas — including 315,000 acres in Colorado. ...

Salazar Senate hearing like a bon voyage party - Rocky Mountain News: Government and Politics

SprengelmeyerM@SHNS.com (M.E. Sprengelmeyer) — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 18:30:00 GMT

He had them at "goodbye."

Ken Salazar feels the love at confirmation hearing for Interior secretary - Rocky Mountain News: Local stories

SprengelmeyerM@SHNS.com (M.E. Sprengelmeyer) — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 18:30:00 GMT

Today's grilling was done by Ken Salazar's colleagues on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, on which he has served during his four years in the U.S. Senate. Confirmation likely will not come until early next week.

Salazar touts renewable energy in Interior confirmation hearings - Denver Post: Local

Wed, 14 Jan 2009 18:30:00 GMT

WASHINGTON — The Senate Energy Committee this morning is considering Sen. Ken Salazar's nomination to be Secretary of Interior. ...

Salazar confirmation hearings expected to yield few fireworks - Rocky Mountain News: Government and Politics

SprengelmeyerM@SHNS.com (M.E. Sprengelmeyer) — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 18:30:00 GMT

Craig Culp gets to watch Sen. Ken Salazar's confirmation hearing on television today, and that's a far cry from Culp's adventure the last time a Coloradan was nominated for Interior secretary.

Larger oil-shale leases offered - Denver Post: Local

Wed, 14 Jan 2009 18:30:00 GMT

With less than a week left in office, the Bush administration announced Wednesday that new and bigger oil-shale leases would be offered in Colorado, Wyoming and Utah. ...

Salazar's nomination goes before Senate - Denver Post: Local

Wed, 14 Jan 2009 18:30:00 GMT

When Ken Salazar goes before the Senate today, he'll be interviewing for an interior secretary job that will put him in charge of 500 million acres of the West, gorgeous national parks and much of the country's energy riches, including coal and natural gas. ...

Bennet seeks ag post - Steamboat Pilot

Mon, 12 Jan 2009 18:30:00 GMT

Michael Bennet is the first to admit he doesn’t bring the same rural issues credentials to the table as Ken Salazar, the man he is set to replace in the U.S. Senate.

Bennet wins applause at stopover in Grand Junction - Denver Post: Local

Mon, 12 Jan 2009 18:30:00 GMT

Western Slope residents crammed into a college lecture hall Monday for the first visit of their new senator-to-be. But the crowd went easy on Michael Bennet, instead lobbing most questions at Gov. Bill Ritter. ...

Bennet kicks off on-the-job training - Rocky Mountain News: Government and Politics

burnetts@rockymountainnews.com (Sara Burnett) — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 18:30:00 GMT

Michael Bennet doesn't have all the answers. But he's working on them.

Ken Salazar's appointment as Secretary of the Interior - Rocky Mountain News: Letters to the Editor

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:30:00 GMT

Senator Salazar now has the opportunity to emulate a great Interior Secretary with a current Colorado connection.

Does Vail have role in Senate choice? - Vail Colorado: News

Lauren Glendenning lglendenning@vaildaily.com Vail, CO Colorado — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 18:30:00 GMT

Colorado's next U.S. senator won't be from the Vail Valley and perhaps not even from Colorado's Western Slope

Does Vail have role in Senate choice? - Vail Colorado: Columnists

Lauren Glendenning lglendenning@vaildaily.com Vail, CO Colorado — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 18:30:00 GMT

Colorado's next U.S. senator won't be from the Vail Valley and perhaps not even from Colorado's Western Slope

Does Vail have role in Senate choice? - Vail Colorado: Business

Lauren Glendenning lglendenning@vaildaily.com Vail, CO Colorado — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 18:30:00 GMT

Colorado's next U.S. senator won't be from the Vail Valley and perhaps not even from Colorado's Western Slope

Gender eyed in Ritter's Senate choices - Denver Post: Local

Tue, 23 Dec 2008 18:30:00 GMT

The top contenders for the two highest-profile appointments of Gov. Bill Ritter's career look a lot alike. For one thing, they're almost exclusively men.

Massive task awaits Salazar at Interior - Rocky Mountain News: Government and Politics

SprengelmeyerM@SHNS.com (M.E. Sprengelmeyer) — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 18:30:00 GMT

Sen. Ken Salazar has some homework to do. He'll have to get up to speed on American Indian issues, tribal recognition and gambling, the Arctic ecosystem and polar bear protection, the Wyoming snowmobile debate, security at national monuments, a national park maintenance backlog and the complexities of an $11 billion budget.

Hunters support Colorado Roadless Rule delay - Rocky Mountain News: Letters to the Editor

Thu, 18 Dec 2008 18:30:00 GMT

Recently, Governor Ritter announced that the State of Colorado secured a vital and welcome delay that throttles back the Forest Service’s rush to implement a new management plan for the state’s 4.4 million acres of pristine backcountry roadless areas.

Colorado gas industry, environmental groups support Salazar - Vail Colorado: Editorials

Phillip Yates pyates@postindependent.com Glenwood Springs, CO Colorado — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 18:30:00 GMT

Colorado's U.S. Sen. Ken Salazar to become Interior secretary.

Colorado gas industry, environmental groups support Salazar - Vail Colorado: Business

Phillip Yates pyates@postindependent.com Glenwood Springs, CO Colorado — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 18:30:00 GMT

Colorado's U.S. Sen. Ken Salazar to become Interior secretary.