Author: Colorado Politics
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State oil-and-gas regulators need better data | PODIUM
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By Renee Millard Chacon Commerce City unnecessarily suffers under what we call “cumulative impacts” from many sources of polluted air, water and climate pollution. What is choking my community today harms us all because of immoral decisions from unsustainable industries. Sandwiched between highways, surrounded by fracking wells and inundated with forever chemicals, Commerce City is…
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Taiwan, Colorado are economic, strategic partners | OPINION
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By Debbie Huang In an increasingly unstable world free democracies are faced with growing challenges, not the least of which are “grey zone” tactics employed by authoritarian regimes which seek to undermine the economies and institutions of free nations and erode the rules-based international order. Taiwan is among those nations which face such a constant…
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CO PO Calendar | Sept. 22-28
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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, water meetings, book signings, county commission hearings, city council meetings and more. As a subscriber,…
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CO PO Calendar | Sept. 15-21
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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, water meetings, book signings, county commission hearings, city council meetings and more. As a subscriber,…
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CO PO Calendar | Sept. 8-14
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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, water meetings, book signings, county commission hearings, city council meetings and more. As a subscriber,…
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Legislature set renters up to fail with misguided change to income requirements | OPINION
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By Erica Sanchez It is no secret families across Colorado are struggling to pay rent. While anti-growth policies have continued to drive up the costs of all housing across the state, our elected leaders have desperately tried to pursue new policies to keep people in their homes. This noble effort, however, has only had the…
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From pause to possibility — Colorado can lead on AI | OPINION
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By Loren Furman and Brittany Morris Saunders The recent delay of Colorado’s AI Act (Senate Bill 205) is not a setback. It is an opportunity to get AI right in Colorado. Rather than starting over, this pause gives lawmakers, businesses and consumer advocates a chance to build on existing progress, broaden the conversation and design…
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CO PO Calendar | Sept. 1-7
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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, water meetings, book signings, county commission hearings, city council meetings and more. As a subscriber,…
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Putting people first in farming | PODIUM
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By Joseph Petrocco Colorado family farms are resilient. They routinely survive droughts, floods, crushing hailstorms, pest infestations, price uncertainty and even low profit margins. Yet, there is another challenge that may hinder their survival. Policy creation by legislators who mean well but don’t understand farming is one of the most difficult obstacles Colorado family farms…
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Credit-card bill is a job killer for Colorado’s travel industry | OPINION
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By Bianka Emerson Were you one of the 900,000 passengers expected to travel through Denver International Airport (DEN) during the Fourth of July weekend? Each year, hundreds of thousands of people visit Colorado for the holiday, and others head out. It’s the airport at its busiest, with thousands of workers making sure you get checked-in,…
