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Three statewide fiscal ballot questions to be decided in Colorado starting Oct. 8
While off-year elections typically center on local races and ballot issues, Colorado’s 2021 Coordinated Election on Nov. 2 will put three questions to voters statewide. Mail ballots will be sent…
Third and possibly final congressional map keeps corner of Eagle County in Boebert’s CD3
Colorado’s Independent Congressional Redistricting Commission on Thursday released the latest — and possibly final — version of a plan to redraw the state’s congressional boundaries as the deadline for the…
Independent redistricting commission far from finalizing Colorado congressional map
After four days of public hearings on a newly proposed Colorado congressional map, members of the state’s first-of-its-kind Independent Congressional Redistricting Commission appeared far from a consensus on how best…
Democrats join labor, enviro groups to push for federal spending on public transit, electric vehicles
Top Colorado Democrats joined leaders from local labor unions and environmental groups on Wednesday to call on the federal government to combat climate change with historic levels of spending on…
Hickenlooper pushes for carbon pricing in Democratic budget reconciliation bill
As negotiations over a high-stakes budget bill begin in Washington, D.C., Colorado Sen. John Hickenlooper told constituents in a virtual town hall on Monday that a carbon-pricing mechanism to combat…
Bennet launches tour to back billions for boosting watersheds, mitigating wildfires
Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet visited Denver’s Confluence Park on Tuesday to launch a multi-stop tour in support of legislation that would funnel billions toward federal, state and local efforts to…
Colorado floats rule to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from transportation sector
Colorado transportation officials have unveiled a proposal that they say will help reduce air pollution from cars and trucks and bring state and local infrastructure projects in line with the…
New poll: Coloradans largely support Biden’s budget reconciliation plan
As the U.S. Senate gave final approval on Tuesday to a bipartisan package of $550 billion in new infrastructure spending, Colorado progressives touted new polling showing strong support for the…
Hickenlooper cites ‘Colorado priorities’ in infrastructure bill as wildfires, mudslides wreak havoc
Colorado can expect to receive roughly $5 billion in direct transportation funding from the infrastructure package agreed on by a bipartisan group of senators last week, with billions more likely…
Biden: ‘Threat of Western wildfires this year is as severe as it’s ever been’
For years, American presidents have held annual meetings with Federal Emergency Management Agency officials to plan ahead for the Atlantic hurricane season. In an era when the catastrophic impacts of…