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Live from the Colorado Senate! State lawmakers to toast Israel
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On the 50th anniversary of Jerusalem’s reunification, a couple of Colorado state lawmakers will pay tribute Wednesday to Israel in a live telecast that also will loop in Republican U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan and c. Some of the details of the event are still being worked out, but a Senate GOP staffer says Republican state…
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Colorado native son wins Cory Gardner’s praise, and vote, for Interior post
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When Colorado native and Washington insider David Bernhardt sat for his confirmation hearing last month following his selection by the Trump administration as deputy secretary of the interior, he inevitably drew cheers and jeers. The former from Republicans and energy industry advocates fresh from battling the Obama administration’s eight-year crackdown on fossil fuels; the latter, from Democrats and environmentalists…
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Lamborn’s bid to curb EPA suit against Springs gets push-back from Pueblo — and Tipton
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If they couldn’t fight over water, would longtime rivals Pueblo and Colorado Springs find something else to fight over? Of course! But for now, the ongoing feud over Fountain Creek will do. The contaminated stormwater that perennially pours into the waterway from the Springs metro area and flows downstream to Pueblo and beyond prompted a lawsuit against…
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A shortcut at the DMV? Now that’s what you call public service
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A couple of state lawmakers are touting a speedy end-run on renewing your vehicle registration under a pilot program they helped make possible in suburban Denver’s Arapahoe County. Sen. Ray Scott, R-Grand Junction, and Sen. Kevin Priola, R-Brighton, will give the press a progress report at a briefing this week on the implementation of their Senate Bill 138, passed in the…
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‘Compromise’ or ‘casserole’? Rural-sustainability bill does a lot; here’s an in-depth look
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As we mentioned in passing just a day ago when Gov. John Hickenlooper signed the wide-ranging Senate Bill 267 into law, “Sustainability of Rural Colorado” (the measure’s title) can mean a whole bunch of things. It’s all very complicated. In other words, Tuesday’s signing was about more than Hick and Senate President Kevin Grantham shooting hoops…
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Hick inks big bill — with time to spare for a jump shot — at a rural Colorado school
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Technically speaking, the news out of tiny Fowler, east of Pueblo, today was that Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper stopped there to sign into law what was probably the 2017 session’s signature legislation, Senate Bill 267. That’s the hard-won, bipartisan effort that more or less aligned the planets to address the “sustainability of rural Colorado.” As a practical matter, that…
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Wheat Ridge council’s Monica Duran to seek Colorado state House seat
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More 2018 races are taking shape in metro Denver’s Jefferson County. Colorado Pols informs us Wheat Ridge City Council member Monica Duran will seek the state House District 24 seat being vacated by Wheat Ridge Democratic Rep. Jessie Danielson. Danielson recently announced she will run for the state Senate District 20 seat that Arvada Democratic Sen. Cheri Jahn will…
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In Colorado, where water = politics, Denverites pay little, use little
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… At least, compared with some other cities around the West. That’s according to the global water/resources news service Circle of Blue, brought to our attention by way of a report this week from High Country News in picturesque Paonia. As noted in the News’s report, a survey by Circle of Blue on water use was…
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Is Boulder safe and welcoming? City spent $167,000 to find out
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…And the conclusion of the recent, city-commissioned survey on the subject is: … not for everyone – despite the college town’s reputation as a center of free thinking, social engagement and open minds. Particularly, “… those outside the Boulder majority – that is, affluent, liberal, heterosexual white people – feel less welcome on average in the city,”…
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