Author: Joey Bunch Colorado Politics
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Nadine Bridges: Fast Facts
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Where did you grow up? I grew up in New England until I was 16. Half of that time, I lived in Newport, Rhode Island, and the other half I lived in New Bedford and Acushnet, Massachusetts. From 16 to 18, we moved to Huntington, West…
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Looking back, look ahead on the Polis agenda
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save At the end of October, the Friday before Election Day, Gov. Jared Polis stood amid a vast swath of southern Colorado evergreens pocked by a masked, socially distanced cadre of politicians and bureaucrats. Of the…
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Conservation Colorado, Western Resource Advocates release plan to protect three times the public lands, water
Two of the state’s leading environmental organizations dropped a plan Thursday to set aside 30% of Colorado’s land and water by 2030. You can read by the report”Colorado Pathways to 30×30″ by clicking here. Conservation Colorado and Boulder-based Western Resource Advocates, the authors of the report, said currently only about 10% of land and water…
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Defenders of Wildlife planning program about living among predators
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Defenders of Wildlife is putting the management before the wolves, announcing this week it’s expanding its Working Circle Initiative to Colorado. The idea is to help Coloradans learn how to ranch responsibly among more predators, particularly during a recovery for wolves. Proposition 114 on the…
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Churches plan mask-optional prayer rally in Colorado Springs
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The fight over mandatory face coverings is going to church Saturday in Colorado Springs, as the law of God meets the law of Jared Polis, who announced he would extend the state’s mask mandate by…
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Proposal for local voters to set Colorado betting limits qualifies for the ballot
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado voters will decide in November whether Cripple Creek, Central City and Black Hawk should be allowed to vote on approving new betting limits and more games in their respective jurisdiction. Any windfall in tax revenue from a change would support community colleges, which supporters…
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Trump signs Cory Gardner’s Great American Outdoors Act
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save President Donald Trump signed the Great American Outdoors Act Tuesday in Washington, though Colorado provided the roots of the most significant conservation legislation in at least a generation. The bill ensures about $2 billion a year for the Land and Water Conservation Fund for public…
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PRIMARY 2020 | Gardner awaits Tuesday’s top Democrat in Colorado vote
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save 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,…
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Colorado highway commission looks to slash projects amid millions in lost revenue
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Thursday was state highway director Shoshana Lew’s birthday, but a committee that oversees her agency’s budget had no good surprises — only “hard choices and tough decisions.” “The bottom line is not pretty,” Lew told the Colorado Transportation Commission’s budget committee Thursday morning. The entire state…