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2025 Unfiltered: Remembering those we lost in Colorado
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Rod Bockenfeld Former Rep. Rod Bockenfeld, R-Watkins, died on Feb. 13, 2025, at his home in Watkins. He was 69. Bockenfeld served in the Colorado House from 2019 to 2025, including on the Joint Budget Committee. He battled cancer during his final year and declined to run for a fourth term. Bockenfeld “led with integrity,…
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BEST OF COPO 2018 | John Hickenlooper’s legacy of water
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Colorado Politics is taking a look back at some of our most significant and compelling stories of 2018. This story originally was published June 19. Gov. John Hickenlooper leaves office on Jan. 8, 2019, after eight years of service as governor. He may be best remembered for guiding the state through its growing pains over…
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COVER STORY: Hickenlooper’s legacy of water
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Gov. John Hickenlooper leaves office on Jan. 8, 2019, after eight years of service as governor. He may be best remembered for guiding the state through its growing pains over the legalization of recreational marijuana, but he leaves another legacy as well: Water. In a fast-growing state that places greater demands on its water supply…
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Colorado’s water situation is OK for this year, experts say
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Colorado’s major reservoirs are full enough this year to stave off any water shortages, but another poor season of snowpack will spell trouble, according to water providers and climate experts. The state’s Water Availability Task Force recently reviewed reservoir levels, snowpack and rainfall in Colorado’s major river basin regions, with hopes that this week’s rainfall…
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Colorado Water Congress takes on a costly question: How to pay state’s tab for water
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Steamboat Springs – Could a tax similar to the one on sugary drinks in Boulder become a vehicle for financing the state’s multi-billion dollar needs for water? Probably not, but a similar idea is on a laundry list of solutions floating around the state’s water community. This week, funding the state water plan is among…
