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Clearing of Glenwood Canyon rock slide delayed by weather
High winds and wet weather conspired to delay Interstate 70 repair work and hamper crews clearing the Glenwood Canyon rock slide, delaying the re-opening of the state’s major east-west highway…
Glenwood Canyon rock slide shuts down Interstate 70
Interstate 70 — one of the nation’s main east-west highways for commercial truck traffic and the primary connection between Vail and Aspen ski areas — remains entirely closed to vehicle…
House bill seeks transparency to combat skyrocketing costs of prescription drugs
A bipartisan bill aimed at compelling pharmaceutical companies to disclose to the state the costs of producing certain prescription drugs will have its first hearing before the Colorado House Committee…
As coal wanes, conflict grows over natural gas, oil boom in Colorado
Coal still accounts for more than a third of all the electricity generated in the United States, but because of the abundance of cheap natural gas being produced in places…
Mitsch Bush Interstate 70 tire-traction bill passes out of House
A bill aimed at clarifying the state’s vehicle tire-traction laws along the Interstate 70 corridor passed out of the House this week and now heads to the Senate, where it…
Public Lands Day bill laid over by Senate committee; I-70 traction bill moves ahead
State lawmakers from Colorado’s mountain communities battled hard for a variety of bills in the first two weeks of the current legislative session, pushing for everything from a “Public Lands…
As federal court backs EPA’s Clean Power Plan, Colorado AG, lawmaker vow to fight on
A version of this story first appeared in The Colorado Statesman: The EPA’s Clean Power Plan, aimed at dramatically reducing carbon emissions from power plants and a key part of…
Governor’s 16 in 2016 initiative includes large section of Eagle Valley Trail
Gov. John Hickenlooper’s new 16 in 2016 initiative, first announced last week during his state of the state address to kick off the 2016 Colorado legislative session, includes a 7-mile…
Two mountain lawmakers spar over I-70, transportation funding
Editor’s note: A version of this story first appeared in The Colorado Statesman: The Colorado Legislature this session is mired in an ideological traffic jam over budget issues that will…
Donovan, Mitsch Bush ‘Public Lands Day’ bill sent to Senate ‘kill committee’
A bill to recognize the importance of federally-owned public lands in places like Vail, where the economy depends on those lands remaining public, was promptly dispatched to a “kill committee”…