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NOONAN | Unaffiliated voters are on a roll in Colorado
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Between 2008 when Barack Obama was elected president and 2010, during the Great Recession and the Tea Party Revolution, the Democratic Party lost 219,111 active voter registrations in Colorado and active voters declined from 76 percent in 2008 to 56 percent in 2010. In 2010, Republicans were at a peak, with 39 percent of active…
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Insidious Initiative 97 would destroy Colorado’s oil and gas economy
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After decades of hard work, Colorado has a diverse and growing economy. Every sector of that economy is important, but the energy sector plays a critical role. Colorado’s business community will always be ready to defend it. Energy producers in Colorado literally fuel every other sector of the economy. With locally sourced and affordable energy,…
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Ballot measure petitions are due Aug. 6. Who’s asking for your John Hancock?
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Aug. 6 is the final day for turning in petition signatures that could put some ballot questions on the November general election ballot. There are 23 approved petitions, although many are duplicates and not all are out for signatures. Another ballot measure – one that seeks $1.6 billion for in higher taxes for K-12 education…
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Signature gatherer for oil and gas ballot measure has left Colorado
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One of the contractors collecting petition signatures to get a measure increasing restrictions on Colorado oil and gas operations on the November ballot has pulled out of Colorado, and some of its employees are left unpaid. Six other firms are still collecting signatures for Initiative 97, which would force oil and gas operations to be…
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Ken Buck wins House passage of ditch bill for rural communities
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A bill that will make it easier for irrigation and ditch companies to invest dollars without jeopardizing their non-profit status cleared the U.S. House Tuesday on a unanimous vote. U.S. Rep. Ken Buck, R-Windsor, is the sponsor of the Water and Agriculture Tax Reform (WATER) Act of 2017. The bill would amend the Internal Revenue…
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Colorado Democrats officially back limits on fracking this year
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Most Democratic candidates this year could be talking down fracking. That’s not a surprise, especially now that it’s official. The Colorado Democratic Party’s State Executive and Central Committee met July 14 at Elizabeth High School in Elbert County to tend to business, including supporting Initiative 97 to require fracking operations to be at least 2,500-foot…
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THE PODIUM | Activists mislead the public about oil and gas development near Dunes
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How far does a national park extend past its boundary line? In the case of the Great Sand Dunes National Park, we’re told the boundary stretches past the gate, over a mountain range, and across a valley on the other side. That’s according to anti-fossil fuel activists working to stop oil and natural gas leasing…
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NOONAN | Democratic women voters blow the top off the state primaries
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Democratic women vote. Pay attention. That’s the biggest message from the recent Colorado primary. Democrats and Dem-leaning unaffiliated voters as a whole outvoted the GOP 56% to 44% by the numbers. Democratic women outvoted Democratic men 60% to 40%. Democratic women outvoted GOP women 58% to 42%. Democratic women outvoted GOP men 56% to 44%. It’s unprecedented.…
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LOMAX | Anti-oil and gas movement gains little ground beyond Boulder
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For years, national environmental activist groups have camped out in Boulder and the suburbs of Boulder, running a series of local campaigns against the oil and gas industry. From this corner of the state, they have tried to stage a much bigger campaign to drive oil and gas out of Colorado. But the activists have struggled because…
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Fed plan to allow drilling near Colorado’s Sangres, Dunes poses epic eco peril
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The Bureau of Land Management is scheduled to lease mineral rights for oil and gas exploration on 11 land parcels totaling 18,358 acres in Huerfano County come this fall. Four of the parcels border the Sangre de Cristo Wilderness Area and all 11 are within eight miles of the Great Sand Dunes National Park. Every…
