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  • CON | Prop 112 would ban energy development, shatter Colorado’s economy

    CON | Prop 112 would ban energy development, shatter Colorado’s economy

    The one thing Proposition 112 has managed to achieve is uniting Coloradans in opposing it. Extreme to its very core, this measure – which would put 94 percent of private land in the top five oil and natural gas producing counties off limits to new energy development – has drawn bipartisan opposition from all corners…


  • VIDEO: Law enforcement will be asked to prove innocence online on asset forfeiture

    State lawmakers are ready to crack down on something that might not be a problem at all in Colorado – that law enforcement might be taking more than they’re entitled to when criminals forfeit property. “I think it’s more about transparency … than anything else, making sure we focus on everything being reported, so we can…


  • Broadband office to seek faster rural internet service

    Establishing a broadband office to help bring reliable, accessible and affordable internet access to rural Colorado won’t cost state government very much in terms of ongoing costs, and the economic benefits could greatly help local communities and the state, according to officials in the governor’s Office of Information Technology. The broadband office was announced by…


  • Rooney Valley: ‘One of the last undeveloped areas’

    Just under 1,000 acres of scenic valley land on the west side of Lakewood and north of Morrison, described as one of the last such areas in metro Denver, could see millions of cubic feet of commercial and residential development over the next 20 years, according to a proposed master plan revision. It is next…


  • Denver special district budgets key to downtown

    Besides the $232 million capital improvement program budget that drives the majority of the infrastructure repair, maintenance and expansion in the City and County of Denver, City Council was set to approve budgets of more than $15 million for a dozen business improvement and nine local maintenance districts scattered across the city’s commercial areas. Business…


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