Author: MARIANNE GOODLAND Colorado Politics
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Gray wolves reintroduction to Colorado may have hit a snag
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A threatened lawsuit by environmental groups against a decision by the U.S. Department of the Interior to delist the gray wolf could put the recent decision by Colorado voters to reintroduce wolves in Colorado on…
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Polis: Colorado at its worst point since beginning of pandemic
Colorado is at its worst point since the COVID-19 pandemic began in March, with the highest number of cases and hospitalizations, Gov. Jared Polis and public health officials said Thursday. Polis said 894 people are now in the hospital with the virus — the previous peak had been 888 in April — and one in every…
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Why Colorado wildland fires are so intense and last so long
If you’ve grown up in Colorado or been in the state for more than 20 years, the story of the mountain pine bark beetle eating up Colorado forests is not a new one. The beetles, the size of a grain of rice, which live on ponderosa and lodgepole pines, are native to Colorado, as are…
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What Colorado geographic landmarks might be renamed? Polis-appointed board begins discussion
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A gubernatorial-appointed group on Thursday will begin to discuss what geographic landmarks, if any, should be considered for name changes. Gov. Jared Polis issued an executive order on July 3, setting up the Colorado Geographic…
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Summer recreation industry experiencing record year, but with caveats
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Many segments of the outdoor recreation industry engaged in summer activities are reporting record sales, but that’s tempered by substantial losses resulting from the beginning of the pandemic. An industry call with reporters, sponsored by…
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Voters to decide in November whether to reduce the income tax rate
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Secretary of State’s office on Monday announced that Initiative 306, on a reduction in the state income tax rate, has qualified for the November ballot. Initiative 306 is the brainchild of Republican state Sen. Jerry Sonnenberg, Sterling, who tried for two years to persuade…
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Ivanka Trump celebrates Great American Outdoors Act in Colorado’s great outdoors
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Ivanka Trump, oldest daughter of President Donald Trump and a special adviser in his administration, came to Colorado Thursday to celebrate the final congressional passage of the Great American Outdoors Act. The brief celebration took place in Rocky Mountain National Park, with a backdrop of…
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Colorado lawmakers cutting budget take big bite out of higher ed
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Education was on the block Thursday as Colorado lawmakers continued the painful task of cutting billions from the 2020-21 state budget. Among the programs that got the budget ax on Thursday: School bullying prevention Computer science grants for teachers, Grants that allow low-income students to…
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Rats, dirty needles, human waste close public park by Colorado Capitol building
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Denver Public Health declared Liberty Park — across the street from the state Capitol — a public health hazard and closed it, forcing the eviction of about 100 people who had been camping in the…
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Polis commutes 8 sentences, including for fraud that victimized governor
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Gov. Jared Polis commuted the sentences of eight felons Monday, including a man who defrauded investors — Polis himself among them — of more than $15 million. William Hoover of Boulder was indicted on 48 counts of theft, pattern racketeering and securities fraud in 2003.…