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Colorado could get eighth congressional seat through redistricting, but citizenship question on census critical
In a RealVail.com article that first posted in the Vail Daily on Monday, Metropolitan State University of Denver political science professor Robert Preuhs said there’s a chance Colorado will get…
Beware undeclared foreign wars based on dubious intelligence
In my post-Memorial Day post Tuesday on the abdication by Congress of its constitutional duty to debate and declare war, I ran out of time to dip into a couple…
As Iran conflict looms, Congress on Memorial Day has forgotten how to declare war
I always miss talking to my late father, Col. Cecil Wayne Williams, about matters of national security and the role of Congress and the White House in determining where, when…
Ski season just keeps going as Breck extends to June 9
OK, first the good news: All the snowstorms in May have Colorado at nearly 200% of the average annual snowpack – all but eliminating drought conditions in 99.99% of the…
May powder days at Breck, A-Basin and killer mud-season lunch specials
Editor’s note: This blog post was update on Sunday, May 19, to reflect the issuing of a Winter Storm Warning by the National Weather Service for the Vail Valley and…
RMGO’s Brown on Colorado GOP, guns and recalls: ‘We will piss in their ice bowl’
Rocky Mountain Gun Owners Executive Director Dudley Brown earlier this month told RealVail.com he’s looking to take down a dozen Democratic lawmakers with recall elections following the Colorado legislative session…
Humans hammering other species into extinction as climate change accelerates
Somehow there’s nothing quite so sad for skiers and mountain dwellers as seeing a substantial winter’s worth of snowpack rapidly melt away into our surrounding streams and rivers, which is…
Colorado AG Weiser on Mueller report: ‘We’re living in a time when we can’t count on the rule of law’
There’s a been a steady drumbeat of Democratic – and to a much lesser degree Republican – condemnation of President Donald Trump following the partial release of former special counsel…
Red flag recalls revealed as purely political Republican tactic voters should reject
Republicans eager to start recalling “overreaching” Democrats who are simply doing what Colorado voters overwhelming sent them to Denver to do last November should pay attention to the words of…
Dems finally getting something done to start lowering runaway costs of health insurance
State Sen. Kerry Donovan, D-Vail, is rightly focused on the key issues voters overwhelmingly sent her to Denver to deal with last November. One of the biggest issues, for me…