An influential trade association representing companies that provide water services to one in four Americans says it will continue its membership with the American Legislative Exchange Council, a conservative group that has worked with the energy industry to create loophole-filled water protections and opposes federal oversight of fracking.
DENVER– Colorado Democratic Congresswoman Diana DeGette and representatives of the state’s top civil rights organizations this weekend railed against efforts by Republican lawmakers and officials around the country to recast voter rules. Flooded with pale mountain sun on the west steps of the capitol, the speakers took turns detailing ways new registration and voting requirements and restrictions will make it more difficult for millions of Americans to cast ballots in presidential election year 2012.
Progressive politics coalition Campaign for a Strong Colorado says state Treasurer Walker Stapleton should follow the advice he provided to the U.S. House Ways and Means committee this week when he argued in favor of the Public Employee Pension Transparency Act. “Greater transparency and better information is important for the fiscal health of our states and for our taxpayers,” he said. Strong Colorado agreed and urged Stapleton to bring his point home to the taxpayers he serves by opening up his full current employment records so the Colorado public can see how he’s earning his money and spending his time.
DENVER– More than a hundred people gathered at a rally convened on the west steps of the capitol today to urge Colorado lawmakers to oppose federal health reform and to launch a state ballot initiative that aims to exempt Colorado from any version of the health legislation set to pass through Congress in the coming weeks. The move here reflects related efforts in states across the country.
UPDATE: Are tax-loving Republicans ready for their punishment? Douglas Bruce announced on Monday he indeed is vying to replace District 15 Rep. Bill Cadman in the state House of Representatives. Or as Bruce said, during a Monday press conference,…
While Colorado’s Ethics in Government law languishes in legal purgatory, some have declared the entire exercise on hold until the court sorts it out. Colorado’s House Speaker Andrew Romanoff, however, has taken the hard line position, advising his fellow…
The names, “American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC)” and “National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL)” are enough – especially in the relatively bureaucratic-free summertime – to send most normal people fleeing from the room.
Let’s add in this one, just…
Few people outside the realm of state government have ever heard of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) – though the organization is responsible for bringing uniform laws that affect millions of citizens throughout the United States.
So…
At least 10 of Colorado’s 100 lawmakers recently traveled to Philadelphia to participate in a five-day free-marketeer convention featuring speakers ranging from George W. Bush to Newt Gingrich to Miss America, where they participated in focus groups to strategize new…
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