Author: Joey Bunch Colorado Politics
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Utility’s move away from coal-fired power could hasten shutdown of Colorado plant
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Environmental groups in Colorado celebrated Thursday as a major Western Utility announced plans move away from coal-fired power to get more juice from the sun and wind, a move that could hasten the closure of the Craig power plant in northwest Colorado from 2034 to 2026. A generating plant in Hayden already is scheduled to close…
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Polis signs executive order to protect wildlife
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Gov. Jared Polis issued an executive order Wednesday to amp up Colorado’s efforts to protect migrating wildlife and people from hazardous encounters. The order calls on state agencies to identify wildlife migration patterns and respond with policies and legislation that could separate animals from people and traffic. In the four-page order, Polis directs: The Colorado…
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INSIGHTS | Gunfire in the South rings in Colorado
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The Galleria mall in Hoover, Alabama, a Birmingham suburb, seemed as much a carnival as it was a shopping center. It opened on a Wednesday in February 1986, two weeks after the space shuttle exploded. The size of big-city airport, it was the biggest in the Southeast, in an era when malls were muzak cathedrals…
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Gardner wins science prize; environmentalists holler
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U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner of Colorado picked up a science award from the American Geophysical Union this week, and environmentalists are gobsmacked. The Colorado Republican received the award with Democratic Sen. Gary Peters of Michigan for their work on bipartisan legislation to advance science policy. “Sens. Gary Peters and Cory Gardner were selected for their…
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Audit finds slow pace for state tech consolidation
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A new state review shows the wheels of Colorado government turn slowly even on the information superhighway. Ten years ago, the legislature passed a law to combine state’s technology under one entity, the Governor’s Office of Information Technology (OIT), to make it safer, cheaper and more efficient. And most of the state’s operations have been moved…
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INSIGHTS | Washington runs hot & cold on climate, fires
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You can’t say the Trump administration has no plan to combat the ravages of climate change. Pick up a rake and head to the forest, President Trump seemed to suggest after viewing the ravages of the California wildfire. In a burned-down community called Paradise, the president said, “Pleasure, what a name.” It feels like much…
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Colorado politicos mark opening of Global Down Syndrome center
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John J. Sie addresses the crowd of politicos, philanthropists and other dignitaries at the opening of the Global Down Syndrome headquarters in Cherry Creek. At his right is his wife, Anna, and at right is Gov. John Hickenlooper, alongside Sie’s granddaughter Sophie Whitten and daughter Michelle Sie Whitten. (Photo by Jared Wilson, courtesy of Global…
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Colorado’s Gardner, Bennet try to save rural funding
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As President Trump calls for cuts to throttle the soaring deficit on government spending, Colorado Sens. Cory Gardner and Michael Bennet are making moves to shelter rural funding. Gardner, a Republican, and Bennet, a Democrat, signed a letter to Senate leadership Wednesday to reauthorize the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act. Gardner, Bennet and other…
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Polis taking calls from Coloradans
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The committees giving Gov.-Elect Jared Polis advice want to hear from everyday Coloradans. The seven transition committees are planning a series of telephone town halls over the next week or so to let people share their ideas with the Polis administration. Polis is already moving “Boldly Forward” (his slogan) with campaign promises such as Medicare…
