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Utah residents rail against plan to pay for oil trains with federal tax-exempt bonds
Anglers fish on the Colorado River near an idle Union Pacific freight train in western Grand County in June of 2023 (Chase Woodruff/Colorado Newsline). The group pushing for a rail…
Hundreds converge on Freedom Park to oppose Trump, declare ‘No Kings’
Former U.S. Army officer Paula Clements addresses the No Kings rally in Freedom Park in Edwards on Saturday. EDWARDS, Colo. — About 350 people gathered at Freedom Park in Edwards…
Hurd hammered from left, right for OBBB vote, opposing J6 pardons by Trump
Alex Kelloff courtesy photo. Democrats say freshman Republican Congressman Jeff Hurd, a Grand Junction lawyer, is now caught between a rock and hard-right place after his vote in favor of…
Northwest Colorado explores nuclear waste storage with rail connectivity
An Atlas nuclear waste railcar (U.S. Department of Energy photo). Colorado has a long, dark history of failed and still highly toxic nuclear energy and weapons projects around the state,…
Lawyers fighting Utah oil trains expect Trump to issue executive order soon
Upper Gore Canyon of the Colorado River from Amtrak’s California Zephyr in March — a remote canyon where an oil spill or wildfire would be very hard to reach (David…
Poll finds nearly 80% of Colorado voters oppose Medicaid cuts
Just 21% of Colorado voters want Congress to decrease Medicaid spending, according to a poll released Tuesday. Concerns about gutted health care access come as U.S. Senate Republican leaders work…
As Senate debates, One Big Beautiful Bill could scuttle U.S. manufacturing jobs
WASHINGTON — Clean energy manufacturers and advocates say they’re perplexed how the repeal of tax credits in President Donald Trump’s “one big beautiful bill” will keep their domestic production lines…
Vail Fire Chief Novak ‘very concerned’ as feds pull back and yet wildfire season looms
The massive Marshall Fire near Boulder destroyed more than 1,000 homes in 2021 (emergency services photo). Wildfire experts say the best way for Colorado to reduce the destructive power of…
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…