Author: Joey Bunch
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Q&A with Bart Brookman | Colorado exec says ‘big oil is big on the environment’
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Bart Brookman is homegrown talent in Colorado’s oil and gas industry. The president and CEO of PDC Energy grew up in Monument. His first job was as a ranch hand. He received his undergraduate degree in petroleum engineering from the Colorado School of Mines in…
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INSIGHTS | America has endured pain, politics way worse than this
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save It’s not the end of the world as we know it. In fact, it’s deja vu, or it would be if you had been paying attention in history class. Our nation has been divided by politics, economics and public health repeatedly, and it seems a…
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Biden reverses Trump decision to shrink Bears Ears National Monument
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save President Joe Biden restored protections removed by his predecessor for the Bears Ears National Monument, preserving 1.36 million acres in southeast Utah close to the Four Corners area that includes Colorado. Sacred to natives or…
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Club 20 takes position on statewide ballot measures
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Club 20, the largest civic and business group on Colorado’s Western Slope, announced its position on three statewide ballot measures Friday. The executive committee: Opposes Amendment 78, which would require a specific vote of the legislature every time a state agency allocates money. Agencies now…
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Green groups react to bill to end non-competitive leases on public lands
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A Colorado group of politically active mothers was among the state’s green advocates to throw its support behind Sen. John Hickenlooper’s bill to end noncompetitive leasing on public lands. Hickenlooper on Thursday introduced the Competitive Onshore Mineral Policy via Eliminating Taxpayer-Enabled Speculation (COMPETES) Act. “Non-competitive…
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INSIGHTS | Colorado is pedal to the metal on electrifying travel
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The plan for Colorado’s electric vehicle future goes ‘round and ’round, but the wheels on the school bus are already on the go. I watch the statehouse and make note of it every time Gov.…
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Polis to host Western governors in Denver to discuss public lands, communities
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado Gov. Jared Polis will host a Western Governors Association workshop Thursday and Friday in Denver to talk about working public lands and working communities. The discussions each day will be available on Facebook by…
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Rep. Dylan Roberts honored by state’s independent bankers
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save State Rep. Dylan Roberts received one of the highest awards presented by the Independent Bankers of Colorado, when the Avon Democrat accepted the Spirit of Independence Award Wednesday in Steamboat Springs. The bankers in a press release cited Roberts’ ability to “wade through partisan politics…
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Ken Buck tells Merrick Garland that school boards don’t need protection
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save U.S. Rep. Ken Buck of Colorado accused U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland of using “a lack of reasoned, sound judgment” in allowing federal agents to handle unruly protesters at local school board meetings across the country. Buck, the Republican from Windsor and former Weld County…
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Q&A with Peggi O’Keefe | Top lobbyist bets on Colorado’s future
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Peggi O’Keefe has a reputation as one of the heavy hitters under the Gold Dome of the state Capitol in Denver. Her 20 years in government affairs and public policy is reflected in her high-profile clients, including her current work speaking truth to power for…