water infrastructure
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Idaho Springs’ razor-thin ballot measure margins prove every vote counts
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Do you have one of those friends who tells you they don’t vote because they don’t think their single voice matters? Well this week we got two examples of why that’s just not true. In Idaho Springs, a quirky mountain town about 30 minutes west of Denver, residents were so sharply divided over their recent…
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WATCH LIVE: Gov. John Hickenlooper gives his last Colorado State of the State address
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(Editor’s note: A version of this story appeared as a blog on our website last Friday.) When gunfire erupted outside the state Capitol last week, before Gov. John Hickenlooper was scheduled to meet with reporters, he was too busy to pay much attention. “It had nothing to do with me,” he said of the gunfire,…
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The state water plan hits its cotton anniversary, amidst falling revenues for its projects
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Cotton is the symbol for the second anniversary: According to one website, cotton is both a symbol of increasing strength and an ability to adapt. That seems an appropriate way to describe Colorado’s water plan, which this week hit its second anniversary. The plan, under the oversight of the Colorado Water Conservation Board (CWCB), is…
