Author: Michael Hancock
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The Centennial State’s nuclear energy opportunity | OPINION
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Colorado was given a clear opportunity earlier this year. On Jan. 28, the U.S. Department of Energy issued a Request for Information (RFI) seeking potential hosts for Nuclear Energy Innovation Campuses — an early-stage process designed to identify states serious about shaping the next generation of energy development. What followed was not hesitation from local…
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The ‘progressive tax’ is a power grab | PODIUM
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When politicians promise “fairness,” brace yourself. What usually follows isn’t fairness at all — it’s a quiet transfer of power from the citizen to the state. That’s exactly what’s happening with the new proposal to replace Colorado’s flat income tax with a so-called “progressive” one. The marketing sounds harmless enough: lower rates for most, higher…
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In a country founded on liberty and justice, how could legislature deny civil unions?
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I’m very disappointed that the full House was not provided the opportunity to consider the Civil Unions Act as it’s impossible to miss the winds of change sweeping across America and Colorado in recent weeks. From the White House to our Statehouse, the clarion call to extend basic civil rights to same-sex couples has never…