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Lake Mead water shortage could spell trouble for Colorado
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A new forecast from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation shows signs that water levels at Lake Mead, which supplies water to three southwestern states and northern Mexico, could drop so low by next year that it could eventually result in a demand for more water from the Colorado River and from the upper basin states,…
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DFER: Why Colo. Democrats threw it out of their state assembly
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On April 14, in what was the most dramatic moment in the Democratic Party’s state assembly, party activists won delegates’ assembly approval for a demand that the Colorado chapter of Democrats for Education Reform (DFER) stop using the word “Democrat” in its name. The move exposed a deepening schism in the party over school choice…
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Gov. John Hickenlooper: use severance taxes for funding water plan
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Gov. John Hickenlooper, on another stop on his farewell tour, talked to the water community Thursday that largely backed the development of the Colorado water plan in 2015 and what the future holds for Colorado water. Hickenlooper was initially expected to talk about his water legacy during the Colorado Water Congress luncheon in southeast Denver,…
