rssWind power credit stalls in Senate, again
By Troy Hooper |
03.14.12 | 7:20 am
Another attempt to extend a tax credit that helps keep wind turbines turning in Colorado and beyond failed in the Senate on Tuesday.
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Sen. Udall wants to create more Colorado wilderness, establish new national monument
By Troy Hooper |
02.27.12 | 6:31 am
Saying the economy is intrinsically intertwined with the environment, U.S. Sen. Mark Udall rolled out a proposal Sunday to designate 236,000 acres of new wilderness in central Colorado and establish a 20,000-acre national monument along the Browns Canyon stretch of the Arkansas River.
Coalition offers to pay energy companies $2.5 million to protect Thompson Divide
By Troy Hooper |
02.23.12 | 6:34 am
A coalition of groups in and around Carbondale is proposing a settlement to reimburse companies who own natural gas leases in the Thompson Divide area in exchange for retiring 43 leases currently in question and protecting the area from future energy development there.
Bennet, Pena named co-chairs of Obama campaign
By Scot Kersgaard |
02.22.12 | 4:28 pm
The Obama campaign announced today that Colorado Senator Michael Bennet and former Denver Mayor and Transportation Secretary Federico Pena have been named national co-chairs, along with 33 other people.
Bennet calls for greater transparency in election spending
By Scot Kersgaard |
02.22.12 | 9:49 am
Voters deserve to know who is paying for political advertisements, Colorado Democratic U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet and 10 other senators wrote Tuesday in a letter to the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
Colorado Rep. Polis leads House effort to reform No Child Left Behind
By John Tomasic |
02.09.12 | 11:59 am
On the heels of news that the Obama administration has granted Colorado and 10 other states a waiver from the controversial requirements of the federal No Child Left Behind education law, Colorado Democratic Congressman Jared Polis introduced a House version of the Growth to Excellence Act (H.R. 3845) written by Colorado U.S. Senators Michael Bennet and Mark Udall. The bill would rework No Child Left Behind by granting greater authority to the states to develop student achievement and school accountability policies.
Colorado scores No Child Left Behind waiver
By John Tomasic |
02.09.12 | 8:59 am
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today applauded the Obama administration decision to grant Colorado schools a waiver from the regulatory requirements of the Bush-era No Child Left Behind law. A former superintendent of the Denver Public School system, Bennet has long railed against the law as well-intended but comically flawed, the “biggest federal overreach ever in domestic policy,” he said in a Senate floor speech last year.
Minus Lamborn, Colorado congressional delegation pushes for wind energy tax credit
By Troy Hooper |
02.08.12 | 1:02 pm
Eight of Colorado’s nine congressional delegates are calling for the extension of the federal wind production tax credit to be added to the nation’s pending payroll tax reduction package.
Colorado senators applaud BLM proposal to rein in oil shale leasing in American West
By Troy Hooper |
02.03.12 | 2:25 pm
The Bureau of Land Management proposed a sharp cut Friday in the acreage available for oil shale and tar sands leasing in the West, including a 90 percent reduction of potential land in Colorado.
Udall applauds Denver Komen affiliate for standing by Planned Parenthood
By John Tomasic |
02.02.12 | 5:36 pm
At the end of a day that saw the mediasphere light up with reactions to news that juggernaut breast cancer foundation Susan G. Komen for the Cure aimed to end its financial support of Planned Parenthood, Senator Mark Udall praised Komen’s Denver affiliate for standing by Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains.
