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INSIGHTS | Colorado takes the R-word out of the books and makes it history
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Editor’s note: Joey Bunch is away, so this week we revisit his Insights column of March 30, 2018. We don’t use that word in Colorado anymore. Not in our laws and not in the government offices that serve all the people. No one deserves to be put down by public servants. No one. It was two…
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Opioids, vet benefits, civil rights top Hickenlooper’s bill signings this week
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Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper has begun the last round of statewide bill signings for his time in office, with ceremonies starting on the Front Range and ending the week on the Western Slope. Hickenlooper has until June 8 to sign, veto or allow bills to become law without his signature. The General Assembly sent 432…
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Colorado Springs council tackles problems with executive sessions — in another executive session
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COLORADO SPRINGS – The Colorado Springs City Council might change how it holds executive sessions, though details weren’t available because the group discussed the issue Monday in an executive session. The council has spent about $5.4 million to settle at least seven lawsuits since 2013, all decisions made in closed sessions in apparent violation of…
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Colorado Supreme Court upholds Aspen bag fee
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DENVER – The Colorado Supreme Court has upheld a 20-cent surcharge on grocery bags in the city of Aspen. Monday’s ruling represents the second time in the last month that the court has rejected a constitutional challenge brought under the Taxpayers’ Bill of Rights. TABOR requires voter approval for all taxes. The government can raise…
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Widefield aquifer contamination could be 6X more toxic than previously believed
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The Air Force’s problem with contaminated water, which it has been attempting to remedy in southern El Paso County with an unprecedented aid package, could get a lot worse. The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry recently sought to publish a study revealing how perfluorinated compounds found in military firefighting foam could be nearly…
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New state law forces Denver to change course on its ‘early colleges’
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A change in state law meant to rein in the cost of Colorado high schools that allow students to stay longer to earn college credit has forced the Denver district to slow down its expansion of the model. District officials were proposing adding another “early college,” as the schools are known, to the seven that…
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How Colorado’s congressional delegation voted this week
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H.R. 3053: Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act of 2017 This was a vote to pass H.R. 3053 in the House. This bill provides the authorizations and procedures to begin building a repository for the nation’s nuclear wastes at Yucca Mountain in the southern Nevada desert. The U.S. Energy Department planned to transport radioactive waste from…
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Women law professors hope DU settlement leads to change
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After 31 years working at the University of Denver’s Sturm College of Law, Lucy Marsh learned that she remained the lowest-paid professor on staff. She also was among the most experienced, surpassed by only one other person. The disclosure in a department memo set off years of litigation against the DU law school that ended…
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Anti-‘waste’ group calls Colorado Republicans heroes, Democrats darn-near zeroes
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When it comes to keeping an eye on how government money is spent, Colorado’s Republican delegation to Washington has superpowers. That’s the estimation of the conservative Council for Citizens Against Government Waste. The Washington, D.C-based nonprofit put the four in the “Taxpayer Hero” category of its latest rankings. U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn of Colorado Springs…
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Colorado energy jobs led by natural gas and energy efficiency sectors
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Energy employment in Colorado grew by 11 percent in 2017 to a total of nearly 91,000 jobs – lead by the natural gas and energy-efficiency sectors, according to a report by the National Association of State Energy Officials. The survey of energy companies, which was done in conjunction with the energy think tank the Energy…
