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Polis links lengthy I-70 closure to climate change, readies disaster declaration
Gov. Jared Polis on Monday said his office is preparing a state disaster declaration and a request for a federal declaration after torrential rains over the last five days caused…
Neguse leads charge for youth climate corps for work on conservation, wildfires
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer pledged on Tuesday to include a Civilian Climate Corps in a $3.5 trillion infrastructure bill later this year, as a broad swath of Democrats…
State Rep. Roberts to seek state senate seat in 2022 election
State Rep. Dylan Roberts, a Democrat from Avon, issued the following press on seeking a Western Slope state senate seat in the 2022 election: Eagle County, CO – Today, Colorado…
A slew of new laws seek to reform Colorado’s criminal justice system
A requirement that bond hearings occur within 48 hours of arrest. A push to recalibrate the punishments for misdemeanor crimes. An effort to allow more people to seal their criminal…
Biden officials defend COVID surge response teams Boebert labeled ‘Needle Nazis’
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s key COVID-19 advisers on Thursday defended the administration’s strategies for boosting vaccinations in the states, after Missouri’s governor said federal door-to-door outreach efforts are not…
Boebert fiddles at Country Jam while Mesa County burns with Delta-variant COVID cases
Congresswoman Lauren Boebert (R-CO) isn’t showing any signs of worry about rising COVID cases in her district–or about a COVID outbreak that occurred at a music festival she attended during…
Colorado expands voting rights as other states, Supreme Court curtail access
In the same week the U.S. Supreme Court upheld Arizona laws banning third-party ballot collection and the counting of ballots cast in the wrong precinct, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, a Democrat,…
Wilderness Workshop to sue Forest Service over approval of Homestake Creek test drilling plan
Wilderness Workshop and its partner conservation groups on Wednesday announced their intent to sue the U.S. Forest Service for its approval in March of a plan by the cities of…
Boebert: ‘Put guard over your mouth when you’re tempted to agree with enemy’
A group of about 150 Mesa County residents cheered as Colorado Congresswoman Lauren Boebert walked up the steps of the old Mesa County Courthouse in Grand Junction, where the group…
Biden: ‘Threat of Western wildfires this year is as severe as it’s ever been’
For years, American presidents have held annual meetings with Federal Emergency Management Agency officials to plan ahead for the Atlantic hurricane season. In an era when the catastrophic impacts of…