$20M in flood work still not funded in northern Colorado
FORT COLLINS – The federal government hasn’t funded $20 million in work to fix roads damaged by flooding in Larimer County nearly six years ago.
The Fort Collins Coloradoan reports that a 2018 law that changed how the Federal Emergency Management Agency awards money for projects that don’t meet strict design guidelines, like those in Larimer County’s Big Thompson Canyon, was supposed to help speed up funding. However, FEMA hasn’t given its regional offices guidance on how to award money under it.
Regional FEMA spokeswoman Lynn Kimbrough says the agency doesn’t have a timeframe for when the problem will be resolved.
County manager Linda Hoffman told commissioners last month that the situation was “ridiculous.” She is working to set up a meeting with county leaders, FEMA’s regional director, congressional representatives and Gov. Jared Polis’ office.
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Vince Bzdek
vince.bzdek@gazette.com
Updated 11 hours ago
Ballots go out Monday as the June 30 state primary elections bear down on us. As a result, it is suddenly the season of proliferating political debates, and there have been some doozies already. I had the chance to see two very...
Colorado Politics Calendar June 8-14
Rachael Wright, Special to Colorado Politics
rachael.wright@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 4 days ago
CoPo’s weekly political calendar helps you find political and public policy events throughout Colorado. It includes candidate and issue campaign events, public policy meetings, court hearings, state and local party conventions, assemblies, debates, rallies, parades, speaking engagements, traveling dignitary appearances,...
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Rachael Wright, Special to Colorado Politics
rachael.wright@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 4 days ago
Twenty-Five Years Ago This Week: “The Colorado state Senate and the U.S. Senate are quite similar at this point,” wrote state Rep. Richard Decker, R-Fountain. “The 18-17 divide in Colorado doesn’t look significant numerically, but it grants Democrats a huge...
The “launchpad generation” and the three A’s | SONDERMANN
Thelma Grimes
thelma.grimes@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 3 days ago
Wisdom often arrives when you least expect it. This tidbit came from an ordinary lunch, part personal catch-up, part chat about the sad state of our politics and education policy. My lunch partner was a senior executive at CareerWise, the...
Six incumbents face challengers in primary
Marissa Ventrelli
marissa.ventrelli@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 13 hours ago
With Colorado’s primary election just weeks away, voters will see plenty of new names on their ballots when they’re sent out next week. There will be some old names, too, as several incumbents are running opposed. Six lawmakers — one...
Colorado, Nevada water negotiators split on federal 10-year river management plan
Marianne Goodland
marianne.goodland@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 14 hours ago
Two of the seven Colorado River negotiators weighed in Friday on a decade-long management framework unveiled a day earlier by the federal government. With the seven states along the Colorado River failing to reach an agreement, the U.S. Bureau of...
With no 7-state deal, federal agency turns to 10-year Colorado River strategy
Marianne Goodland
marianne.goodland@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 14 hours ago
The U.S. Department of the Interior is moving forward with a 10-year framework for managing the Colorado River after 2026, outlining a plan to issue new operating guidelines every two years as the seven basin states remain unable to reach...
After prison release, Tina Peters faces tight parole limits, ongoing legal troubles
Marianne Goodland
marianne.goodland@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 1 day ago
Released from prison this week, former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters now begins a parole term that outlines strict limits on her movements and conduct, while separate ethics and campaign‑finance cases continue to move forward. Peters’ parole, as first reported...
‘The program’: Caretakers got millions, some homeless were evicted
David Migoya
david.migoya@gazette.com
Updated 4 hours ago
Editor’s Note: This article is part of a Colorado Watch series that looked into how homeless people were offered housing and “donations” from a church in return for becoming clients of a home health care agency that billed Medicaid millions. Read the other...
‘The program’: Using the homeless to reap Medicaid millions is not new
David Migoya
david.migoya@gazette.com
Updated 2 days ago
Editor’s Note: This article is part of a Colorado Watch series that looked into how homeless people were offered housing and “donations” from a church in return for becoming clients of a home health care agency that billed Medicaid millions. Read the other...
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