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Colorado’s legislature will be hearing ‘rural voices’ by the dozens this week
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The other Colorado – the one that raises our corn and potatoes and beef and pork; the one that hosts a lot of our oil and gas exploration as well as our wind and solar farms; the one that comprises most of Colorado’s territory if not its population – will converge on the Capitol Thursday…
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Groups sign on to Kent Thiry-backed proposals to revamp redistricting in Colorado
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A bipartisan organization pushing ballot measures to change the way Colorado draws its legislative and congressional boundaries announced the support Monday of a number of groups representing rural, minority, business and civic reform interests. Fair Districts Colorado, a group chaired by Kent Thiry, the CEO of kidney dialysis giant DaVita Inc., said it now has the…
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Rural districts make two-day pitch at Capitol, draw talk, smiles, no promises
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Leaders from advocacy groups Club 20, Action 22 and Progressive 15 told The Colorado Statesman they thought the trip helped focus the legislative conversation on the needs of the counties they represent — the 59 counties that often feel slighted by the five urban and suburban counties that dot the I-25 “metro corridor,” from Pueblo…
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In meetings with rural groups, lawmakers defend stands on hot-button hospital fee makeover
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Rural advocacy groups representing 59 of the 64 counties in Colorado joined forces at the Capitol Thursday to press legislators on their biggest issues. Group members said they desperately need funding to shore up failing rural transportation, education, healthcare and communication systems. As a result, much of the conversation Thursday centered on Gov. John Hickenlooper’s…
