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Hickenlooper talks about his green goal in online town hall
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U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper still has high hopes of putting a price on carbon and safeguarding public lands in Colorado. The Democratic Senate freshman from Denver had hoped to include a tax on carbon in President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better stimulus package. He holds out that hope, Hickenlooper told constituents in a virtual town…
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INSIGHTS | BLM lost diversity coming to Colorado, others shouldn’t follow
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Diversity was never Grand Junction’s long suit. We knew that two years ago, but nobody wanted to say anything when the Trump administration moved the headquarters for the Bureau of Land Management to Colorado. That was a daisy. The agency controls more than 245 million acres in 12 states, including 8.3 million acres on Colorado’s…
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Colorado delegation splits along party lines as House passes Biden’s Build Back Better bill
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Members of the Colorado House delegation voted along party lines Friday on President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better Act, a nearly $2 trillion package Democrats are hailing as a groundbreaking social and environmental legislation and Republicans are denouncing the measure and its price tag. The bill passed on a 220-213 vote, with only one Democrat…
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New exhibit at History Colorado allows visitors to join in Colorado’s story
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As anyone associated with History Colorado, CiviCO, and their new gallery is intimately aware, knowing the history of our state is important. Where we came from – and, most importantly, who we come from – is indispensable for knowing who we are and charting the course for where we are headed. And that knowledge is…
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Poll shows Hickenlooper swamping competition in Democratic US Senate primary
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John Hickenlooper would run away with the Democratic primary for Colorado’s U.S. Senate seat, with more than six times the support of other candidates, says a poll commissioned by a group that supports the former two-term governor. The Public Policy Polling survey released Tuesday found that Hickenlooper had the support of 60% of Democratic voters,…
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LIVE BLOG: Polis’ first State of the State address
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Newly sworn-in Colorado Gov. Jared Polis delivered his first State of the State address at the Capitol on Thursday. Below you can review coverage from the Colorado Politics team, including Marianne Goodland, Ernest Luning, Conrad Swanson and Erin Prater. 12:02 p.m. Polis’ speech is over, and he’s now being escorted…
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$10M grant to fund Colorado network of electric vehicle fast-charging stations
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Then-Gov. John Hickenlooper checks out an electric vehicle in January 2018 before announcing a statewide plan to encourage more charging stations.Joey Bunch, Colorado Politics A statewide network of electric vehicle fast-charging stations is a step closer to reality, Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper announced Thursday. A $10.3 million ALT Fuels Colorado grant will fund stations at 33 sites…
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SLOAN | Hick’s new vehicle-emission standards mandate the unattainable
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While everyone was busy focusing on the recently consummated mid-term elections, the administrative state was humming right along, busily devising new and creative ways to micro-manage civilization. Few noticed it, but hovering just below a surface cluttered with insufferable ads, candidates, and ballot measures, was the issue of Colorado’s adoption of California’s Low Emission Vehicle…
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Q&A with Howard Geller | Toward a less wasteful energy economy
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The folks who drill the earth, or who harvest the sun or wind to power and heat Colorado homes and businesses – they get the headlines. They dominate the unending policy debates over alternative fuels vs. fossil fuels; over fracking and climate change. But they’re not the only ones moving the needle. Amid all that…
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HUDSON | More than one guv has hidden behind the ‘blue ribbon ruse’
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Voters can sense there are numerous hustlers masquerading as candidates, lobbyists and policy advocates. Divining the genuine agendas behind their smokescreens makes political involvement challenging work. It is also why many voters settle for mailing a check to membership organizations that ostensibly share their priorities; whether those are concern for the environment, the provision of…