VAIL, Colo. — Colorado Gov. Jared Polis on Thursday, following the launch of a state-funded geothermal project here, took on the Trump-aligned Project 2025 plans for rolling back renewables and exploiting public lands with a massive surge in fossil fuels.
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Biden-Harris Administration Investing $329M in Colorado to Reduce Air Pollution
On Monday the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that Denver Regional Council of Governments (DRCOG) has been selected to receive $199,705,797 and that the Colorado Energy Office (CEO) has been selected to receive $129,008,738 in Climate Pollution Reduction grants. These grants, a part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s Investing in America agenda, are given with the aim of implementing community-driven solutions to the climate crisis, to reduce air pollution, and to accelerate a national transition to clean energy.
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CTR Rewind: Wolf Pups, PFA Restrictions, & Inflation Down
Summer has hit its peak, so comedian Hannah Jones is back with a recap on Colorado news you might have missed this month.
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After Calls to Resign, CO GOP Chair Paid Himself in Advance
In the days following the first public call by another party leader for a vote on his removal, Colorado GOP Chair Dave Williams took two actions: he announced the censure of that leader by her fellow executive committee members, and paid himself his next month’s consulting fee in advance.
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Christian Conspiracy Conference Takes on Globalists, Transgender People, and Election Fraud
Transform Colorado, the Truth and Liberty entity dedicated to political spending and voter guides, has organized a series of private, closed-to-the-press events at churches throughout Colorado. Last month, Colorado Times Recorder reporter Logan Davis was asked to leave a Transform Colorado event in Commerce City, but CTR recently obtained an audio recording of Transform Colorado’s July 16 event in Del Norte, where speakers Richard Harris and William Federer encouraged the audience to support their conservative political agenda while indulging in wild conspiracies.
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Former Colorado Prof Eastman’s False Birther Attack on Kamala Harris Already Being Recycled
In 2020, when he was a visiting scholar at the University of Colorado’s Benson Center for Western Conservative Thought, John Eastman speculated in a Newsweek op-ed that Democratic vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris might not be eligible to serve as vice president because her parents were possibly temporary visitors at the time of Harris’ birth.
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Here’s a Behind-the-Scenes Cause of High Prescription Drug Prices
As a Type 1 diabetic for more than 50 years, every single day I have required insulin injections to stay alive. While I’ve been faced with rationing and skipping doses, I’ve been fortunate to still be healthy. That is not the case for too many Americans when the cost of treating a chronic condition becomes overwhelming.
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Right-Wing Evangelical Group in CO Springs Merges With an Ally in Hopes of Reaching 1 Million Voters
Family Policy Alliance Foundation and Christians Engaged, two conservative Christian groups focused on political activism, have merged so they can “sign up 1 million Christians to engage in the upcoming U.S. presidential election and local elections across the country for years to come.”
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Immigration Is Not a Crisis But Public’s Perception of It Is, Says Speaker at Steamboat Seminar
Immigration to the United States is an asset, not a crisis, said Andrew Selee, president of the Migration Policy Institute, in a speech Monday in Steamboat Springs. Yet, Selee acknowledged that there is a crisis in the public’s perception of immigration issues on the nation’s southern border.
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Anti-Abortion Candidate Says He Doesn’t Understand the ‘Nuances to That Female Reproductive Care Stuff’ Because ‘I Don’t Got the Right Parts’
In an interview last week, Colorado congressional candidate Gabe Evans said he didn’t remember how he voted on a 2020 ballot initiative that would have partially banned abortion, but he did recall that he and his wife “were split on the issue.”