Author: Lisa Walton
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Durango Herald: Legislation in Congress presses for a fundamental change in the rules
Should bicycles be allowed in wilderness areas? The question tends to provoke an immediate answer – thumbs up or thumbs down – and it is at the heart of the Human-Powered Travel in Wilderness Areas Act. The legislation is not written in terms so starkly black and white. If passed, the proposals would not lift…
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Jared Polis stays in D.C. during government shutdown, misses Women’s March in Denver
Because of the government shutdown that went into effect on midnight Saturday, U.S. Rep. Jared Polis, a Democratic gubernatorial candidate for Colorado, did not attend the Women’s March in Denver Saturday morning. The millionaire entrepreneur attended last year’s march with his toddler-aged daughter, Cora. Polis had planned to bring 3-year-old Cora to Saturday’s march, and in…
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Mountains yes, Ellis Island no: Some US parks open, some not
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo.- Visitors could still ride snowmobiles and ski into Yellowstone National Park Saturday to marvel at the geysers and buffalo herds, despite the federal government shutdown. But across the country in New York, the nation’s most famous monuments to immigration – the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island – were closed. The…
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Colorado Springs council to discuss legality of sports, event center in Antlers Park
The Colorado Springs City Council will take a critical step next week to determine if a 10,000-seat sports and event center can be built in Antlers Park – holding a special meeting to discuss legal questions surrounding the controversial proposal. The council will meet at 9 a.m. Wednesday at City Hall, 107 N. Nevada Ave.…
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Greeley Tribune: Groundwater issue needs a solution for our Gilcrest farmers
There was always one thing that was true about Weld County: It was safe to farm here. Greeley, the county seat, didn’t necessarily enjoy its reputation as a cow town or the mean-spirited “jokes” from our neighbors about the odors caused by the agricultural operations that surrounded it. But Greeley also defended the agricultural operations…
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Daily Sentinel: Gas-fired opportunity
Mesa County commissioners have made an excellent case for bringing a natural gas-fired generating station to the Western Slope. It’s time for other area officials to join them. A letter from commissioners to Gov. John Hickenlooper outlines how a new Xcel Energy plant capable of generating 700 megawatts of electricity would meet several policy goals…
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Aurora Sentinel: Hickenlooper is right. Time to let Colorado voters decide how to fix, pay for ailing, inadequate state roads
It’s come to this, Colorado. We can either raise some kind of tax revenue to pay for repairing and expanding Colorado’s ailing, inadequate roads, or the consequences will be gridlock, increased road deaths and injuries and lost economic gain across the state. Alarmist? Not in the least. Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper in his final State…
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Greeley Tribune: We hope transportation isn’t a sign that our legislators won’t work together
We believe our local legislators have a good plan for the upcoming session. We just hope they follow it. A December economic and revenue forecast shows the potential for an extra $1 billion to spend during this year’s session. Most of our local representatives want to spend that money on roads. We like this plan…
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Aurora Sentinel: Public schools legislation for 2018 Colorado General Assembly — Just say it in cash
Not unlike President Donald Trump’s deceptive crowing over having solved America’s economic issues and holding up a steaming stock market as proof, celebrations about Colorado’s good times are vastly naive. No doubt that recreational marijuana and an enviable jobs market in the state’s big urban areas have helped pull Colorado out of the recession, but…
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Durango Herald: Pathways from poverty tied to wages, living costs and, for now, outside support
Colorado’s minimum wage quietly went up on Jan. 1, as planned by the passage of Amendment 70 in November 2016 with 55.4 percent of the vote. The second of four stepped increases the ballot measure authorized between 2016 and 2020 took the wage paid hourly workers from $8.31 per hour in 2016 to $9.30 in…