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8 Western governors to meet in Colorado
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The Western Governors’ Association’s annual meeting is returning to Colorado this month, bringing with it leaders from across the Western United States. Gov. Jared Polis, who chairs the association, will host the three-day event at the Boulder Theater from June 26 to June 28. During the meeting, governors will participate in roundtable discussions on issues…
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Polis elected as new chair of Western Governors’ Association
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Gov. Jared Polis has been elected as the new chair of the Western Governors’ Association, chosen to lead the bipartisan coalition of 22 governors from the western half of the United States. Polis, who has served as vice chair of the association for the last year, was selected by his fellow governors to replace Idaho…
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Interior boss Ryan Zinke says he’s still looking westward for new digs
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Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is pressing ahead with a massive overhaul of his department, despite growing opposition to his proposal to move hundreds of public employees out of Washington and possibly to Colorado or elsewhere in the West. Zinke wants to divide most of the department’s 70,000 employees and their responsibilities into 13 regions based…
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Western guvs’ tilt on Endangered Species Act gets thumbs-up from landowners
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On the same day they heard Trump administration Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke bemoan a “breach of trust” between the public and the federal government in the West, the region’s governors called for changes in a federal law they say bears some of the blame for that breach. The Western Governors Association adopted a resolution at their annual meeting…