Author: Marianne Goodland
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Colorado Senate majority leader to take job with Johnston administration
State Senate Majority Leader Dominick Moreno is taking a job with the administration of new Denver Mayor Mike Johnston and intends to resign his Senate seat. Moreno, D-Commerce City, will become deputy chief of staff for strategy. He told Colorado Politics he plans to step down from the Senate on or around Sept. 1. Dominick…
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Colorado gun rights group seeks TRO against new law banning gun purchase by people under 21
A gun rights group on Thursday filed a temporary restraining order to stop a new state law that bans the purchase of firearms by those under the age of 21 from going into effect on Aug. 7. The new law was one of five major gun bills Democrats in the legislature successfully pushed for this…
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Deep-pocketed Democrats start spending to support Colorado’s Proposition HH
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The campaign to pass the measure that would provide property tax relief to homeowners and commercial business owners through diverting TABOR refunds is off to a strong fundraising start in the last month. An issue committee registered to back Proposition HH, the measure Democrats passed…
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Law banning gun purchase by Coloradans under 21 goes into effect Aug. 7
A new state law banning the purchase of firearms by those under the age of 21 will go into effect on Aug. 7. The law doesn’t ban the possession of firearms by those under 21 under a carefully-crafted compromise by some of the bill’s sponsors during this year’s legislative session. Senate Bill 23-169 raises the…
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Multi-county agreement could put roadblocks on plans to export water from San Luis Valley
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Editor’s note: This report is the second of a series looking into the fight over how best to plan for and secure sustainable water in Douglas County. The six counties of the San Luis Valley are teaming up to ensure that exporting groundwater to somewhere else, including the 22,000 acre-feet being sought by a water…
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Gov. Jared Polis’ appointees to parks and wildlife commission draws criticism
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Yet another controversy arose out of Gov. Jared Polis’ appointments to the state parks and wildlife commission last week after he picked the author of Colorado’s wolf conservation plan as a representative for hunters and anglers. The issue, critics said, is that this appointee isn’t a well-known hunter or angler, supporting their claim that Polis picks…
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Biden administration cuts check for $100 million for Arkansas Valley Conduit
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The Biden administration announced on Thursday that it set aside another $100 million for the Arkansas Valley Conduit, putting the total investment by the federal government at about halfway of the estimated $600 million project. But some of the local water providers along the 130-mile pipeline are nervous about their share of the cost. The…
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Colorado conservatives sue to block ‘quadratic voting’ by legislative Democrats
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A system that allows legislative Democrats to internally prioritize bills while factoring in price tags and the limited pool dollars available appears set to be challenged in court by a conservative think tank. The practice is known as quadratic voting. It was in 2018 the brainchild of then-Rep. Chris Hansen, D-Denver, who chaired the House…
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Q&A with Becky Bolinger | Colorado’s assistant state climatologist reflects on a dozen years of service
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Becky Bolinger grew up loving Colorado, but has spent enough time elsewhere to see the effects of climate change in a variety of environments. She’s been a climatologist with the Colorado Climate Center at Colorado State University for a total of 12 years. She’s…
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Colorado poised for cool, wet fall after summer return to drought conditions, climatologist projects
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save It was nice while it lasted. The brief respite from drought is over, with southwestern Colorado now seeing low levels of drought after “bone-dry” conditions for the past month. Still, water watchers with the state’s Water Availability Task Force still had much to celebrate Tuesday.…