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Train, bus backers boast about ‘Year of Transit’ as Polis signs slew of funding bills
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signs a bill reauthorizing zero-fare transit programs aboard an RTD commuter train on May 16 (Polis office photo). Gov. Jared Polis used a brief whistle-stop tour…
With ballot threat looming, lawmakers agree to slash property taxes again
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis speaks during a news conference about a bipartisan property tax reduction bill on May 6, 2024, at the Colorado Capitol. At left is House Speaker Julie…
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…