Colorado’s sustainable tourism push shows signs of success
Colorado officials say the state took in more tourism money without increasing the overall number of visitors in what is perceived as a success for sustainable tourism.
The Colorado Sun reports the Colorado Tourism Office research, released Thursday, shows travelers spent $22.3 billion in 2018, a nearly 7% increase over 2017.
Officials say overall visitation numbers remained flat as revenues rose, indicating a two-year plan to bring tourists to less-visited areas of the state is working.
Tourism authorities began a focused campaign in 2017 promoting travel while protecting the state’s natural resources and landscapes.
A brochure offers advice such as avoiding shortcuts that erode trails and carrying out trash.
A survey of 2,500 travelers showed an increasing number of people chose Colorado because of its environmental protection and sustainability focus.
Colorado Politics Calendar June 22-28
Rachael Wright, Special to Colorado Politics
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Updated 3 days ago
CoPo’s weekly political calendar will help 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,...
Vice president attends Denver event to support energy freedom; more news from the past | A LOOK BACK
Rachael Wright, Special to Colorado Politics
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Updated 3 days ago
Forty-Five Years Ago This Week: Vice President George H.W. Bush flew to Denver to address the annual meeting of the American Association of Petroleum Landmen, where he assured the audience that the Reagan administration’s strong belief was that the private...
Does character matter anymore? | SONDERMANN
By Eric Sondermann
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Updated 3 days ago
The last few weeks have been illuminating in the manner of a headlamp pointing the way to some deep, dark, murky netherworld. Graham Platner, a hero to the populist set on the Democratic side, became his party’s Senate nominee in...
A special edition of Capitol M: In remembrance of the outrageous Lynn Bartels
Marianne Goodland
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Updated 14 hours ago
I had Lynn Bartels envy. For almost longer than I can remember. There, I said it. And it’s true. Lynn died Friday, age 69, after a short battle with glioblastoma. I was just heartsick when that news of her diagnosis...
Bernie Sanders endorses DeGette challenger Melat Kiros in Colorado’s 1st CD Democratic primary
Ernest Luning
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Updated 14 hours ago
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders on Friday endorsed congressional candidate Melat Kiros, one of two Democrats challenging 15-term U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette in Colorado’s June primary. Sanders, a Vermont independent who caucuses with the Democrats, called the 29-year-old Kiros “exactly the...
Trump’s 10th Circuit nominee recuses from cases against federal government without explanation
Michael Karlik
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Updated 16 hours ago
President Donald Trump’s nominee to fill a vacancy on the Denver-based federal appeals court recused himself without a clear explanation from nine cases against the executive branch while he was undergoing vetting by the White House this spring. U.S. District...
Trump’s low approval unchanged as Iran war perceptions continue to plague him
Rena Rowe, Washington Examiner
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Updated 15 hours ago
A new poll shows most Americans disapprove of President Donald Trump’s handling of Iran, with views on the issue closely mirroring his overall job approval rating. Just 37% of U.S. adults approve of the way Trump is handling his presidency,...
Colorado Iranians express disappointment with U.S.-Iran deal
Mark Samuelson Special to The Denver Gazette
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Updated 14 hours ago
Iranians in Colorado worry agreement solidifies the Islamic regime’s power A group of Colorado Iranians expressed disappointment in the agreement reached between the U.S. and the Islamic Republic of Iran, arguing it preserves the government’s hold on power and any...
Adams County murder conviction reversed due to faulty jury instruction
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 20 hours ago
Colorado’s second-highest court overturned an Adams County defendant’s murder conviction last month because the instruction provided to the jury about a trespasser’s right to use self-defense did not accurately reflect Colorado law. A person is justified in using force to...
Democratic ballots outpace Republicans’ as Colorado’s primary vote starts to trickle in
Ernest Luning
ernest.luning@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 13 hours ago
With less than two weeks left before ballots are due in Colorado’s primary election, election officials have logged in ballots from just under 6% of the state’s 4 million active, registered voters, the Colorado Secretary of State’s Office said Thursday....
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