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CAPITOL M | Observations from rural Colorado (and don’t drive too close to an onion truck)
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Live from rural Colorado! In next week’s print edition (and online Oct. 2), Colorado Politics will take a good look at how rural Coloradans view the upcoming election and the issues that are important to them. (Note to the statewide candidates: There will be surprises. The issues they’re raising aren’t necessarily at the top of…
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Colo. to adopt low-emissions vehicle standards under Hickenlooper order
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Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper signed an executive order Tuesday committing the state to the adoption of low emission vehicle (LEV) standards in an effort to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions by 26 percent by 2025. Colorado joins 12 other states and the District of Columbia, led by California, to take up emissions standards tougher than federal requirements…
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Business leaders urge Colorado House to fund transportation
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A group of business leaders Monday called on the legislature to do, well, something to make sure more tax dollars go into Colorado’s long-neglected transportation system. At a Capitol press conference, they urged the passage of Senate Bill 1, which is pending in the House. The bill would obligate $250 million a year from the state…
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Equifax hack inspires Colorado clampdown on credit reports
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Colorado lawmakers began laying the bricks of a firewall for consumers who might be victims of identity theft as a result of such breaches as the Equifax hack last year. They started with children and at-risk adults. Most children don’t have credit histories, and often their clean credit is used in “family fraud,” by someone who…
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Colorado consumer group taking on the fidget spinners
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The Denver-based CoPIRG Foundation is taking on the fidget spinner over a couple of products’ high level of lead and its presumption that the toys are not meant for kids. The national consumer protection group said its lab results showed high levels of lead in the ball-bearing fad on sale at Target stores across the…
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CoPIRG lauds Bustang for picking up the pace across Colorado
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CoPirg is celebrating the Bustang’s second year, as the horse-named Greyhound is picking up the pace as it connects Denver to Fort Collins, Colorado Springs and some of the mountain towns. The left-leaning research nonprofit based in Denver released ridership numbers this week that show the Bustang’s use jumped 52 percent to 155,864 trips. CoPIRG…
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Report highlights ‘medical debt malpractice’ as Colorado Senate pushes reform of collection tactics
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Have you ever received a medical bill — even though you hadn’t been to the doctor or a hospital in a year? Or opened a letter from a collection agency regarding a debt you had paid off months earlier? If that’s happened to you, you’re not alone. A new report by the Colorado Public Interest Research…
