Author: By Joey Bunch Colorado Politics
-
Environmental groups say Prop 117 will cost programs
Colorado environmental groups say the fees that would be put to a public vote under Proposition 117 would hurt causes for conservation, public lands and pollution control. The measure would require a statewide vote for fees that bring in more than $100 million in the first five years, as new taxes and borrowing are now…
-
Public opinion wanted on Colorado Front Range commuter rail
Money is tight in Colorado right now, but the state highway department is trying to keep alive Gov. Jared Polis’ long-term plan for Front Range commuter rail by asking the public for input. The state is considering a long-range plan for passenger rail service along a 173-mile line from Fort Collins to Pueblo, though the…
-
PRIMARY 2020 | Gardner awaits Tuesday’s top Democrat in Colorado vote
Cory Gardner was between a government meeting with local officials, a Douglas County hailstorm and running for U.S. Senate on Friday afternoon. He was to return to Washington on Monday after time with his family and time making the case for why he, and Republicans, deserve more time in control of the country. He also…
-
U.S. Senate passes Cory Gardner’s Great Outdoors Act
U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner was enjoying the fruits from years of labor Wednesday as the Senate passed his Great American Outdoors Act, characterized as the most consequential public lands bill in generations. “This is a significant victory for Colorado,” Gardner told Colorado Politics Wednesday afternoon, asked if this was the biggest win of his first…
-
U.S. Senate passes Cory Gardner’s Great Outdoors Act
Called the biggest federal lands bill in 50 years, the Great American Outdoors Act passed the U.S. Senate on Wednesday, just in time to add life to U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner’s reelection campaign. Gardner’s legislation fully funds the once endangered Land and Water Conservation Fund at $900 million and takes on the roughly $20 billion…
-
Colorado agency leaders knock Trump order on environmental reviews
The leaders of three Colorado agencies charged with environmental responsibility are speaking out against President Donald Trump’s executive order to curtail public reviews and speed up federal environmental permitting. Trump signed the order last week to ease the review processes under the National Environmental Policy Act, the Endangered Species Act and the Clean Water Act,…
-
Colorado agency leaders knock Trump order on environmental reviews
The leaders of three Colorado agencies charged with environmental responsibility are speaking out against President Trump’s executive order to curtail public reviews and speed up federal environmental permitting. Trump signed the order last week to ease the review processes under the National Environmental Policy Act, the Endangered Species Act and the Clean Water Act, as…
-
Polis relaxes more coronavirus rules, adding outdoors to safer-at-home in Colorado
Hand washing turned into a stay-at-home order, then stay-at-home turned to Safer at Home. On Monday Gov. Jared Polis moved Colorado to the longest title yet: “Safer at Home and in the Vast, Great Outdoors.” “Colorado has millions of acres of accessible federal land, municipal parks, State parks, State and county open space, and other…