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  • U.S. House passes bill to broaden conceal-carry reciprocity laws despite Buck’s vote against

    U.S. House passes bill to broaden conceal-carry reciprocity laws despite Buck’s vote against

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    Jessica Machetta

    Those with concealed carry licenses would be able to carry concealed firearms in other states under a bill passed by the U.S. House. The “Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act,” backed by the National Rifle Association and other gun-rights groups, passed 231-198 in the House and now moves to the Senate, where Democrats are expected to block…

  • Colorado’s work on Down syndrome research headed to D.C.

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    JOEY BUNCH

      When a U.S. House committee holds the first-ever hearing on Down syndrome research next week, Colorado’s groundbreaking work and generous philanthropy will be in the spotlight. The House Health and Human Services Subcommittee is scheduled to hear testimony on science and discoveries on major diseases next Wednesday morning. More specifically, “on current and future…

  • Bianchi: Is Colorado still a swing state?

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    Chris Bianchi

    The quick answer: yes. The real answer: it’s complicated. Helped by an influx of transplants drawn to Colorado’s liberal marijuana laws, high-tech economy and overall high quality of life, the state, by most metrics, is in a considerable economic boom. That same associated population growth, by the way, likely means that the upcoming 2020 census…

  • Viano: GOP health insurance reform bill must stop Obamacare-induced bleeding

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    Jake Viano

    Back in 2010, voters across the nation swept Republicans into office, giving the GOP the majority in the House of Representatives for the first time in years. Two years later, Americans allowed the Republicans to take control of the Senate, and the party has managed to maintain its majority in the federal legislative branch ever…

  • DeGette: Trumpcare would hurt seniors and others in Colorado: Here’s how

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    Diana DeGette

    Trumpcare was defeated and the Affordable Care Act saved from repeal last month thanks in large part to the American public. They spoke out passionately on behalf of the ACA in phone calls and emails to their members of Congress. They raised their voices at events like the community forum in Denver where 1,000 of…

  • Paul Ryan says more help for older people needed in GOP health bill

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    Hope Yen

    Days before a pivotal vote, House Speaker Paul Ryan said Sunday he will seek changes to a GOP health care bill to provide more help to older people. The new willingness to compromise was a bid for more support from moderate Republicans, who expressed continuing unease about the plan to replace Barack Obama’s health law…

  • Pyle: Is Colorado’s oil and gas industry sitting at the table, or on the menu?

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    Tom Pyle

    There’s an old and unfortunate truth about Washington, D.C.: “If you don’t have a seat at the table, you’re probably on the menu.” For the past eight years, the Obama administration’s “keep-it-in-the-ground” policies have kept the oil and gas industry “on the menu” and stymied responsible energy development and threatened to make energy more expensive…

  • Methane rule issue shows divide in opinion polls

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    Mike McKibbin

    Oil and natural gas companies and their supporters continue to wage a war of words – and opinion polls – with backers of a Bureau of Land Management rule regulating emissions of methane from natural gas wells drilled on federal land, while a Colorado senator remains undecided on his stance on the rule. Earlier this…

  • NASA act includes Perlmutter request for a plan to Mars

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    Mike McKibbin

    “The most significant and inspirational journey in history” was what U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter, D-CO7, called a provision in S. 442, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Transition Authorization Act of 2017. He wrote the measure, calling for a plan to successfully launch a human space flight mission to Mars by 2033. The U.S. House unanimously…

  • Coffman supports bill to make it easier to fire bad VA employees

    Coffman supports bill to make it easier to fire bad VA employees

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    Mike McKibbin

    U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman, R-CO6., and Republican colleagues on the House Committee on Veterans Affairs, have introduced HR 1259, the Veteran’s Affairs Accountability First Act of 2017. The bill would provide the secretary of veteran affairs increased discrepancy to remove, demote or suspend any VA employee, including senior executive service employees, due to performance or…

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