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Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill could have an ugly impact on your Colorado electric bill
Higher electricity rates? In Colorado as elsewhere, that’s the given if the U.S. Senate adopts the recent budget reconciliation bill passed by the House of Representatives that would end a…
Senate likely to rekindle GOP efforts to sell off public lands for billionaire tax cuts
Cattle gather around a watering hole on federal land near Monticello, Utah. Utah is among several Western states seeking to reduce federal land ownership (photo by Spenser Heaps for Utah…
Evans, Boebert defend Medicaid cuts as protesters shout them down in Denver
Republican U.S. Rep. Gabe Evans of Fort Lupton, center, spoke about the GOP’s budget bill in a press conference at the Colorado State Capitol on Thursday (Chase Woodruff/Colorado Newsline). Speaking…
Weiser vows to stay vigilant in wake of SCOTUS ruling in favor of oil trains
An oil train above the Colorado River in Eagle County last summer (David O. Williams photo). Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser on Thursday issued a forceful statement on the U.S.…
Colorado AG Weiser, Gov. Polis laud trade court ruling blocking Trump’s tariffs
Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser on Wednesday said a U.S. International Court of Trade ruling blocking President Donald Trump’s global tariffs imposed by executive orders is “another example of the…
Trump’s tariffs are roiling markets for Colorado small business owners
Colorado U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper, left, listens to 4 Noses Brewing Company CEO Tommy Bibliowicz during a press conference on Tuesday at the Denver brewery (Lindsey Toomer/Colorado Newsline). Colorado small…
Latinos struggling with mental health as Trump, GOP mass deportations ramp up
A protestor for immigrant rights in Edwards recently. Colorado’s mountain resort towns would grind to a halt without immigrant labor, and Elizabeth Velasco – a state lawmaker who moved from Mexico…
ICE, other federal agents now active in mountain towns, stoking fear, stress
Federal agents have been active this week in mountain communities, according to numerous sources, enforcing an immigration crackdown by the Trump administration. That has members of the local Latino community…
U.S. House, all four Colorado Republican members vote to cut taxes for wealthy, Medicaid benefits
The U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C., on May 7, 2025 (photo by Jennifer Shutt/States Newsroom) WASHINGTON — The U.S. House early Thursday approved the “big, beautiful bill” that Republican…
Noem wrongly says habeas corpus is president’s right ‘to remove people from this country’
WASHINGTON — U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem Tuesday was grilled by senators on the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee about funding estimates for a barrier along…