Neguse leads charge against Big Tech as antitrust calls grow, but some businesses balk at regulation
U.S. Rep. Joe Neguse, a Lafayette Democrat whose 2nd Congressional District includes Vail, earned national headlines late last month for his aggressive questioning of the nation’s top four tech titans…
Eagle County Schools to start with modified in-person instruction
The Eagle County School District issued a press release Monday that COVID-19 conditions have improved enough to start a modified in-person school year on Tuesday, Aug. 25. With local infection…
Eagle, Routt counties pinched by pandemic on health insurance
The good news for individual and small-group health insurance customers in 2021 is only 10 of Colorado’s 64 counties will have just one Affordable Care Act plan that legally can’t…
With COVID-19 spreading and election looming, it’s worth asking again: ‘What the hell do we have to lose?’
Then presidential candidate Donald Trump in August of 2016 asked Black voters, “What the hell do you have to lose?” Four years later, they have their answer, and it’s basically…
Eagle County 1041 authority looms large in proposed Whitney Reservoir debate as feds slash more regs
With Wednesday’s move by the Trump administration to weaken one of the nation’s bedrock conservation laws – the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) – all eyes will increasingly be on…
Polis asked by small business to support Big Tech during COVID-19 crisis
A group of more than 150 small business owners from across Colorado is urging Gov. Jared Polis to support their efforts to keep digital technology tools free or low-cost during…
Mountain rebound: A look at what it will take for some sense of normalcy in Colorado ski towns
RealVail.com produced the following 3,000-word cover story for Colorado Politics analyzing the challenges facing Colorado ski towns during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. This is a short excerpt. For the full…
Polis says Eagle County could see easing of stay-at-home restrictions
Gov. Jared Polis on Monday announced Eagle County would likely be Colorado’s first county to see some relaxing of state stay-at-home restrictions after dramatically flattening the COVID-19 curve in recent…
Big week of snow ahead of MLK Day weekend, Amex pop-up event in Vail
Vail and Beaver Creek have stayed soft the last few days, with six inches or so of new snow falling since Thursday, and heavier amounts are in the forecast for…
Eagle County joining federal lawsuit against JUUL, other makers of e-cigarettes
Eagle County announced on Tuesday it’s joining a federal lawsuit against JUUL Labs and other makers of e-cigarettes. Here’s the press release from the county: Eagle County is joining a…