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Tag: Jared Polis
Colorado’s vaunted oil and gas rules are flawed and inadequately enforced...
Colorado’s much-touted regulations on emissions from oil and gas operations have not kept pace with explosive growth in oil and gas activity, resulting in...
Gov. Jared Polis: Colorado shouldn’t block local cooperation with ICE After...
It’s well known that Gov. Jared Polis opposes statewide “sanctuary” policies. He said so on the campaign trail and, since taking office in January,...
Polis says he’ll sign police transparency bill — to watchdogs’ relief
Advocates for government accountability were alarmed to learn Gov. Jared Polis was undecided on whether to veto a bill to expand police transparency in...
Littwin: Whatever the state legislature decides, there is no death penalty...
The big news from the state Capitol has been not only that it’s a new day, with Democrats in charge everywhere, but with the...
A bill to protect Colorado’s immigrants imploded. Will a second try...
What would have been Colorado’s most significant immigrant rights bill in years flamed out in dramatic fashion earlier this month, causing a rift in...
‘Tough trade-offs’ ahead as Democrats draft state budget Gov. Jared Polis...
Gov. Jared Polis stood in the Greenlee Elementary School library to announce that free, all-day kindergarten — his No. 1 campaign promise — was...
Bold climate-action legislation for Colorado nears rollout; Polis, Speaker Becker wrangle...
Colorado lawmakers are on the brink of introducing legislation that would set the state on course to cut planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions drastically over...
‘From rage to heartbreak’: How a landmark immigration bill fell apart...
A landmark immigrant rights bill that sought to limit federal immigration enforcement in Colorado imploded before it was ever introduced, leaving advocates, lobbyists and...
By law, state oil and gas regulators must “foster” the industry....
Editor's note: On March 13, the Senate passed the oil and gas bill 19-15 along party lines. Democrats backed several amendments considered favorable to...
Electoral College protest movement: Colorado’s role, and how reform would change...
Editor's note: Gov. Jared Polis signed the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact into law on March 15.
Any day now, Democratic Gov. Jared Polis is...