Colorado’s two Democratic senators and the congressman whose district would arguably be most impacted are backing towns and counties suing to stop a massive Utah oil project.
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Western Slope Senate Hopefuls Call Putin War Criminal, Weigh Energy Fallout of War
Retired U.S. Air Force intelligence officer Rich Cimino, a Republican Grand County commissioner running for state Senate district in the central and northern parts of Colorado’s Western Slope, believes Russian President Vladimir Putin is a war criminal for his brutal invasion of democratic Ukraine.
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Bennet ‘Deeply Concerned’ About Oil Trains in Colorado as Feds Approve Utah Project
The prospect of up to 350,000 barrels of oil a day rolling through Colorado on trains has caught the attention of Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet following the Dec. 15 U.S. Surface Transportation Board (STB) approval of the Uinta Basin Railway in northeastern Utah.
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Hickenlooper Pushes to Extend Health Insurance Savings
Coloradans who don’t get their health insurance through their employer and have to buy it on the individual market are saving hundreds of dollars a month in 2022 thanks to the American Rescue Plan, the federal stimulus package passed earlier this year by Democrats.
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Boebert’s GOP Primary Opponent Says Voters ‘Exhausted by Lies, Deceit and Hatefulness’
U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert’s (R-CO) GOP primary challenger, Marina Zimmerman, said voters are “exhausted by [Boebert’s] lies, deceit and hatefulness” after a Thanksgiving week of slurs and scandal.
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Blowing it: Debating the Wisdom of Making Snow, Seeding Clouds to Ski During Climate Crisis
VAIL, Colo. — Looking up at the grassy, brown lower slopes of Colorado ski resorts these days, streaked in places with patches of artificial snow, it’s natural to wonder, what’s the point?
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GOP Primary Opponent Says Boebert Still Vulnerable to ‘Silent Majority’ in Even-Redder CD3
EAGLEVAIL, Colo. — Marina Zimmerman, a member of the GOP running to unseat right-wing Republican U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert in the June 28 Colorado primary, says there’s a “silent majority” in her party inclined to put someone other than Boebert on the ticket.
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Ken Buck Battles Big Tech With Bill to Unlock App Stores’ Rules
Despite a recent court ruling that could carve off a big slice of Apple and Google’s revenue for rival tech companies and app developers, Colorado Congressman Ken Buck (R-CO4) continues to sharpen his anti-trust policy knife against the Big Tech giants.
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Colorado Debates Data Privacy Law as Congress Dawdles
Colorado may be joining a handful of states trying to fill a federal void in regulating personal data privacy and security, but most experts agree the state-level patchwork is far from an ideal solution to a problem that’s been growing online for decades.
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After Being Asked To Pull Up His Mask, Vail Employee Said He Had a Gun
Things got a little tense–and the chairlift line got a little longer–at Vail on Friday after an off-duty Vail Resorts employee was asked by an on-duty employee to pull up his facemask, allegedly argued and then said he had a gun.