executive orders
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Trump order aims to help more people get retirement savings plans in time for new federal match
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WASHINGTON • President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday calling for a new government website where people in the United States can find and compare private-sector retirement savings accounts, aiming to help millions of workers whose employers do not offer such plans. The order is intended to help more people gain access to retirement plans before…
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5,276 acres in Colorado to be leased for oil, gas extraction
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The Bureau of Land Management is opening up 5,276 acres of federal land for oil and gas extraction in Colorado. The nine parcels lie in Jackson, Moffat, Rio Blanco and Weld counties. Other than a 120-acre parcel 14 miles east of Eaton in Weld County, they are all in northwest Colorado in areas where drillers…
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Ray Scott fires back at Hickenlooper on climate order: ‘The era of EPA overreach has ended’
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Assistant Senate Majority Leader Ray Scott, a Grand Junction Republican, swung hard at Gov. John Hickenlooper this week, criticizing the Democrat’s embrace of a “clean energy future” for Colorado in the face of President Donald Trump’s move to halt federal efforts to combat climate change. “Many Coloradans are dismayed and perplexed by the governor’s Tuesday…
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Hickenlooper declares Trump’s climate change executive order ‘will not deter Colorado’s efforts’
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Gov. John Hickenlooper declared Tuesday that Colorado will continue to pursue “a clean energy future” despite an executive order signed by President Donald Trump ending the federal government’s efforts to combat climate change. “We will keep building a clean energy future that creates Colorado jobs, improves our health and addresses the harmful consequences of a…
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Colorado ‘sanctuary state’ bill ready to roll out Thursday
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Sponsors of Colorado’s “Ralph Carr Freedom Defense Act” plan to roll out the bill Thursday during a press event on the west steps of the Capitol. The hot-button bill, sponsored by Democrats Joe Salazar from Thornton and Daneya Esgar from Pueblo in the House and Lucia Guzman from Denver and Daniel Kagan from Cheery Hills…