Author: SARAH KUTA Fresh Water News
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Colorado, feds, team up on regenerative agriculture
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When he first started farming in 1987, Curtis Sayles went through a new pair of cowboy work boots every year. These days, he’s still wearing a pair he bought three years ago. The difference? Sayles stopped using harsh fertilizers on his fields that ate through the leather of his boots. Sayles, a fourth-generation farmer with…
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Some good news on funding for water: Sports betting tax revenue gaining strength
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Coloradans legally bet more than $1.1 billion on sports in 2020, exceeding expectations and funneling some cash to the Colorado Water Plan sooner than anticipated. Colorado collected more than $3.4 million in sports betting taxes in 2020, with operators running from May through December. Voters agreed to legalize and tax sports betting in November 2019 with…
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Group of independent Colorado voters advocating for presidential, open primaries
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A group representing unaffiliated Colorado voters is trying to raise awareness about two ballot questions that could change how political parties select their nominees. The Coalition of Independent Voters in Colorado, a group known as CIVIC, conducted interviews with 120 unaffiliated voters in Colorado to “strengthen the voice of independents,” according to the group. The…
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McKean, Shadduck-McNally seeking HD 51 seat
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Growing up on a small farm in north Missouri, Hugh McKean had to figure out how to fix things because his family couldn’t afford to replace them. If McKean, a Republican, defeats Democrat Jody Shadduck-McNally in the Colorado House District 51 race this November, he says he plans to bring that same common-sense mentality to…
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Partisan differences checked at the door during Denver’s 9/11 tribute event
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The twisted, rusting hunks of steel that rested on the flat bed of a semi truck on Broadway in downtown Denver served as a solemn reminder to Coloradans of the terrorist attacks that shook this country 15 years ago. One woman dabbed at her eyes with a tissue Sunday after looking at the rubble from…
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Colorado Libertarian Party reaffirms support of self-defense with gun rights resolution
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Tired of hearing from major party presidential candidates who they say are soft on gun rights, members of the Colorado Libertarian Party have passed a resolution reaffirming the group’s opposition to any law regulating firearms and ammunition. The resolution, which the state party’s nine-member board passed in August, says Colorado Libertarians oppose any law that…
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Daniel Ramos tapped to lead LGBTQ advocacy group One Colorado
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One Colorado, the state’s largest advocacy organization for gay and transgender rights, will continue its fight against conversion therapy in the upcoming legislative session under the leadership of its new executive director, Daniel Ramos. Ramos, 29, was picked as the organization’s new leader after a search by its board of directors to replace former director…
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Colorado’s senior-in-chief Roy Romer talks politics
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At 87, former Colorado Gov. Roy Romer wakes up each morning and asks himself, “What’s my job today?” Every day, the answer is the same. “My job is to be a better human being,” Romer said. As he’s gotten older, the politician and former school superintendent has become less inclined to speak in public, in…
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Colorado public affairs firm Sewald Hanfling expands team, adds strategic communications
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With the hiring of a former White House staffer and other new employees this spring, Colorado lobbying firm Sewald Hanfling more than doubled the size of its team and added public relations work to its offerings. The firm hired Gordon Bronson, who’s worked on several Democratic campaigns and spent a year working on presidential appointments…
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Dems laud DNC speeches at Aurora watch party
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Mario Chirichigno couldn’t help but chuckle when Vice President Joe Biden used the word “malarkey.” “There’s no one like Joe Biden,” said Chirichigno, a 75-year-old native of Lima, Peru, who came to Colorado in 1960. Chirichigno joined a couple dozen Colorado Democrats on Wednesday night to watch the third night of the Democratic National Convention…
