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McCall takes reins at Farmers Union
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Yuma farmer Dr. Dale McCall takes over next year from Kent Peppler as president of Rocky Mountain Farmers Union, an organization representing farmers and ranchers in Colorado, New Mexico and Wyoming, the union announced this week. He has been vice president of the organization. McCall, the holder of an undergraduate agriculture degree, as well as…
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Ballot push heats up as drilling rules plod along
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A group drafting ballot measures aimed at giving Colorado residents more control over oil and gas drilling in neighborhoods told The Colorado Statesman on Wednesday that the lack of action by state regulators has given “greater impetus” to their cause. The Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission this week was unable to reach consensus on…
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Hickenlooper thwacks hornet’s nest with position on Syrian refugees
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Gov. John Hickenlooper drew a storm of criticism in the wake of his announcement Monday that Colorado would welcome Syrians who are fleeing their war-torn country and who had been admitted to the United States through the federal government’s refugee program. “Our first priority remains the safety of our residents,” Hickenlooper said. “We will work…
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JBC’s Hamner will lean on committee to find solutions
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It was a tough day to be the new chair of the Legislature’s Joint Budget Committee. Gov. John Hickenlooper and his budget chief Henry Sobanet on Thursday rolled out for the six-member committee a well-worked-over $27 billion plan for the next year that landed with a clang. It proposed cutting $370 million from state services…
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Vervier: Raise a glass to the clean water rule
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How important is it to protect clean water in Colorado? The federal EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers are trying to do that with a new rule released in August. But now opponents are attacking the rule in the courts, and even the U.S. Senate is trying to block it. This is bad news…
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Sanderson: The president’s costly power plan is a stealth energy tax for Colorado
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This week the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is coming to Denver to drum up state support for a federal effort to implement the Obama Administration’s Clean Power Plan. Announced by the White House with great fanfare this past summer, it is the president’s response to climate change. For Colorado, it will be a costly response.…
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Western Slope lawmakers: We’re all in this together when it comes to state water plan
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Colorado boasts some of the most spectacular landscapes in the U.S. We are blessed with incredible and contrasting natural beauty — from red-rock canyons to majestic mountains, Front Range foothills and rolling Eastern Plains. We live in Colorado because we love being here. On this we all agree. Despite Colorado’s diversity of interests and opportunities,…
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Ours: Unlocking access to palliative care spells better cancer outcomes
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This year more than 24,000 Coloradans will hear the dreaded words, “You have cancer.” Thousands of individuals and families will cope with not only the physical symptoms of cancer, but will likely ride an emotional roller coaster as well. How is it possible to provide for and treat all of these symptoms simultaneously and successfully?…
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Noonan: Neighborhood public schools stage a comeback in school elections
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Colorado’s Independence Institute and the local branch of Americans for Prosperity didn’t get anything for the hundreds of thousands of dollars spent on school board elections in Jeffco and Dougco. The winners in Jeffco fought off the conservative PACs with their own hundreds of thousands of dollars, including PAC money from unions. But the Dougco…
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Letter: Lockwood should get the facts right on Clean Power Plan
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Editor: This is in reference to last week’s guest commentary in The Colorado Statesman by Advancing Colorado’s executive director, Jonathan Lockwood, about Attorney General Cynthia Coffman’s lawsuit against the EPA over the Clean Power Plan. Lockwood certainly excoriated the EPA, the Clean Power Plan and Gov. John Hickenlooper in defending the attorney general’s suit. The…