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Industry critics: Proposed legislation threatens to limit oil & gas industry in Colorado
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A new bill just introduced in the Colorado House of Representatives threatens to “functionally prohibit new permitting for most industrial processes in the state,” the Colorado Oil and Gas Association and the American Petroleum Institute Colorado asserted on Friday. House Bill 23-1294, introduced by Rep. Jennifer Bacon and Jenny Wilford and co-sponsored by Sen. Faith…
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New report links Colorado’s rising crime to criminal-friendly public policy
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The causes might be elusive, but the results are startling: Colorado’s crime rates are soaring, rates that are topping the nation in some categories, notably its rise in property crimes and auto thefts. The solutions might be just as nebulous, but two of the state’s best-known former prosecutors touted a study they co-authored reflecting the…
