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Group explores shifting Colorado to a presidential primary
Republicans and Democrats alike said they wanted Colorado to have a presidential primary after a messy caucus night in March. With no legislative solution...
Oil and Gas commission appointments rile Senate Dems
Six members of the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission won reappointment to the seven-member body, Monday.
But that vote in the state Senate didn’t...
Insurance companies beat rural Coloradans in pharmacy fight
Terri Newland of Basalt put a thermometer in her mailbox on Wednesday morning. It read 42 degrees. By 4 p.m. the thermometer had shot...
How Colorado Dems beat attacks on the Clean Power Plan
DENVER -- A months-long attempt by Republican lawmakers to halt state action on the Clean Power Plan came to a predictable end Wednesday in...
Quit fining rural communities, say lawmakers to state
State agencies shouldn’t have free rein to charge exorbitant fines, especially to small communities that may not be able to pay them. That’s according...
A fight over independent pharmacies rages in Colorado
Should people in rural communities be allowed to buy medications from the pharmacies of their choice or should they be forced to order their...
Lobbyist Ben Waters may be in hot water for lying to...
Update: April 19, 2016: Rep. Jon Becker met with Gov. John Hickenlooper's office and lobbyist Ben Waters and decided not to file an ethics...
Colorado lawmakers spar over the Clean Power Plan
The Clean Power Plan and the funding for a state agency responsible for implementing it are still tying Colorado's General Assembly in knots.
This week,...
Rainwater harvesting may no longer be outlawed in Colorado
Good news for urban farmers. Colorado may soon lose its dubious distinction as the only state in the country to outlaw collecting rooftop runoff...
Rainwater harvesting bill stalls in Colorado Senate
A perennial bill that would allow Coloradans to collect rainwater from rooftops in two 55-gallon barrels for watering lawns and gardens was sailing toward...