Latest John Hickenlooper Stories

By Nancy Mitchell Mayor John Hickenlooper gave his other "green" speech Monday, targeting a line of second- graders as they walked into Whittier School in north Denver. "If you go to college, over your whole life, you'll make an extra million bucks," Hickenlooper told them. "I'm not making that up.""Whoa!" one boy yelped, staring. But the mayor wasn't done. "If your family doesn't have the money to pay for college, we'll pay for it," Hickenlooper said. "The Denver Scholarship Foundation will...

By Kevin Vaughan The committee planning the Democratic National Convention abruptly canceled a media walk-through at the Pepsi Center scheduled for next week, citing unspecified "outstanding issues." Party officials on Friday denied that fundraising woes led to the cancellation, which was expected to draw "a few hundred" members of the media from around the country. "It is not due to money issues," said Chris Lopez of Denver's convention host committee. The committee has been struggling to...