Author: Joey Bunch Colorado Politics

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…

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora brought notable attention to the work there this month as they explore help for children and teens vulnerable to bipolar disorder. Researchers found two treatments were more effective at delaying new and recurring bipolar symptoms:…

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado State University has released a survey that shows overwhelming support for bringing the gray wolf back to the state. A ballot question in November, Initiative 107, will ask Coloradans to decide, but CSU’s measure of 734 survey takers in August indicated 84% support reintroduction…

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Colorado Farm Bureau might be opposed to wolves dining on livestock, but the state’s largest organization of farmers and ranchers heralded the news that six wolves and gnawed-up elk carcasses were spotted in Jackson County in northwest Colorado in October. In the view of…

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save If Colorado has a place where anything can happen, it’s the 6th Congressional District in east-metro Denver. That makes it impossible to count out Steve House, a conservative to the core in a diverse district that turned its back on moderate Mike Coffman in 2016.…