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Oil, gas compromise bills approved by Colorado Senate
Democrats in the Colorado Senate on Saturday approved a pair of bills levying a new fee on oil and gas production and tweaking pollution laws, sending the compromise package negotiated…
Oil and gas ballot wars averted by Dem deal with industry, green groups
The Rocky Mountains are faintly visible as air pollution blankets Denver in a thick layer of haze on July 29, 2021 (Chase Woodruff/Colorado Newsline). Another game of ballot-measure chicken between…
Analysis: Housing affordability crisis has been a bonanza for many Coloradans
Scientists who study the origins and evolution of the universe have a problem: At an intergalactic scale, the universe as we can see it through our telescopes doesn’t behave like it…
Dem Roberts joins GOP in tanking bill to end new drilling permits by 2030
A first-of-its-kind legislative attempt to fight climate change by phasing out oil and gas drilling in Colorado fizzled late Thursday night, failing to clear its first hurdle at the Capitol…
State lawmakers give first nod to Colorado passenger rail system
A light rail train crosses West 13th Avenue near Pecos Street in Denver on Aug. 20, 2022 (Quentin Young/Colorado Newsline). Colorado lawmakers gave initial approval on Wednesday to a bill…
Analysis: Colorado crime rates dropping but local news outlets are ignoring the story
Crime rates in Colorado have been on a sustained decline for nearly two years now. If that surprises you, you’re hardly alone, and it’s worth thinking about why. Though no…
Analysis: Scissor analogy explains the great oil, gas divide in Colorado’s heated climate debate
This week, for the first time ever, Colorado lawmakers will formally consider a policy that seems to many environmental activists like one of the most direct and obvious ways to…
Coloradans cite election lies, threats in wake of SCOTUS ruling on Trump’s ballot eligibility
Valarie Walker of New York City holds a sign reading “Trump Led a Riot” in front of the U.S. Supreme Court Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024 (Ashley Murray/States Newsroom). Following the…
SCOTUS reverses Colorado high court in Trump insurrection ballot challenge
Krista Kafer, a Republican commentator and one of the plaintiffs in a case seeking to bar former President Donald Trump from the 2024 ballot, speaks to the press outside the…
Citing wave of 2024 election threats, Griswold launches grant program
From left, Matt Crane, executive director of the Colorado County Clerks Association, Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold and Boulder County Clerk and Recorder Molly Fitzpatrick speak at a press…