conservation easements
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Georgia O’Keeffe’s views of New Mexico desert to be preserved under agreement | OUT WEST ROUNDUP
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NEW MEXICO O’Keeffe’s views to be preserved SANTA FE — A new conservation agreement will preserve land with breathtaking desert vistas that inspired the work of 20th century painter Georgia O’Keeffe and ensure visitors access to an adjacent educational retreat, several partners to the pact announced Dec. 9. Initial phases of the plan establish a…
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INSIGHTS: Potholes line road ahead on transportation
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This isn’t going to end well. I only need math – addition, subtraction and simple division – to understand the political equation of Colorado’s desperate need to fund transportation and the long odds to do it. The Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce and a collection of allies across the state are asking registered voters to…
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Time to account for the state’s troubled conservation easements
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When legislation for perpetual conservation easements was first proposed in the United States Congress, the terms “rare” and “unique” were used to describe conservation easements eligible for the federal income tax deduction. The program was intended to be used judiciously for the purpose of giving landowners a financial incentive to give up their surface development…
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This Week at the Capitol: March 12-16
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Here are the legislative committee hearings of note for the week ahead at the Colorado Capitol. Committee schedules are subject to change. The daily schedule is available on the legislature’s website. Click here and scroll down to committee hearings to listen online. Some of the hottest bills of the session (civil rights, PERA reform) are up this week.…
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Helping young farmers will be sweat equity for Colorado lawmakers
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A half dozen legislators from the House and Senate heard hours of testimony Thursday about the challenges that endanger the next generation of Colorado farmers. The Young and Beginning Farmers Interim Study Committee heard about more problems than they could ever solve. The best that lawmakers could offer was possible legislation to create a digital information…
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Noonan: Mulligan legislation has poor success record at Capitol
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Kelly Brough, president and CEO of the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce, chastised Gov. John Hickenlooper and Capitol leadership at a recent luncheon for a poor record of accomplishment in the 2016 General Assembly. She wants legislators to take another crack at reclassifying the hospital provider fee and reforming construction defects law, two issues that got…
