colorado water plan
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Hickenlooper’s final State of the State reminds lawmakers about water plan
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Three times during Wednesday’s final State of the State address, Gov. John Hickenlooper brought up one of his signature efforts of the past several years: development of a state water plan to guide Colorado during the next 30-plus years. With Hickenlooper one year away from turning over the reins of state government to his successor…
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The state water plan hits its cotton anniversary, amidst falling revenues for its projects
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Cotton is the symbol for the second anniversary: According to one website, cotton is both a symbol of increasing strength and an ability to adapt. That seems an appropriate way to describe Colorado’s water plan, which this week hit its second anniversary. The plan, under the oversight of the Colorado Water Conservation Board (CWCB), is…
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State lawmakers take on Colorado water plan
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Sometime between now and November, a select committee of lawmakers will come up with their own ideas for the direction of Colorado’s 2-year-old water plan. It’s a bit of a change-up from the current role of the Colorado General Assembly, which for the past several years has done little more than write checks to implement…
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Hullinghorst: Without fanfare, divided chambers achieved a great deal
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Some have argued this was a do-nothing legislative session. While some of the bigger, flashier items did not get through both chambers, with less fanfare, we did in fact achieve a great deal. Our bipartisan workforce development package included a paradigm-shifting program to get industries more involved in classroom education, a program to incentivize school…
