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Colorado attorney general candidates weigh in on opioid lawsuit
Democrat Phil Weiser has consistently said he’ll sue pharmaceutical companies responsible for Colorado’s opioid epidemic on day one if he’s elected attorney general on Nov. 6. Republican George Brauchler maintains…
Tipton camp calls Hickenlooper endorsement of Mitsch Bush ‘bizarre’
Gov. John Hickenlooper this week endorsed the campaign of fellow Democrat Diane Mitsch Bush as the former state representative and Routt County commissioner tries to unseat four-term Republican U.S. Rep.…
Weiser worried Kavanaugh will skew SCOTUS, erode rule of law under attack by President Trump
Tuesday’s chaotic kickoff to Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s U.S. Supreme Court nomination hearing before the U.S. Senate underscores the nation’s bitter partisan divide and the critical importance of the issues the…
Local school officials back Amendment 73 to bolster sub-par education funding
Editor’s note: A version of this story first appeared in the Vail Daily on Aug. 29: New Eagle County Schools Superintendent Dr. Carlos Ramirez was shopping at Costco in Gypsum…
Xcel Energy’s Colorado Energy Plan OK’d by PUC as conservation groups celebrate
One of Colorado’s leading conservation groups lauded the approval Monday by the Colorado Public Utilities Commission of Xcel Energy’s ambitious Colorado Energy Plan, which will shut down two coal-fired power…
Denver’s Purina pet-food plant a model of sustainable manufacturing on I-70
There’s a palpable sense of pride when talking to Nestlé Purina engineering manager Tom Rotunno about the north Denver factory where he’s worked for the past two decades – the iconic…
Weiser, Brauchler spar over role of state AG in Trump-Russia controversy
Both the Democratic and Republican candidates for Colorado attorney general this week expressed varying degrees of concern about President Donald Trump’s widely criticized meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in…
Experts warn of elevated risk for skin cancer in Colorado high country
Colorado’s rarified air makes it an ideal place to recreate in Rocky Mountain splendor, but it also makes the state a prime place to contract skin cancer. Walgreens has teamed…
Tipton condemns Russia for election meddling, sponsoring terrorism
U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton on Monday issued a statement highly critical of Russia under President Vladimir Putin but not nearly as tough on U.S. President Donald Trump, who was widely criticized…
Colorado could be first in nation with female-majority state legislature
A day after President Donald Trump passed on nominating a woman to the U.S. Supreme Court – selecting instead another white man in the form of Brett Kavanaugh – it…