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As snow pounds Vail, local state senator touts passage of passenger vehicle traction law
With 3 inches of new snow on Vail Mountain overnight, a closure already atop Vail Pass on I-70, and steady snow coming down Wednesday morning, Colorado Senate Democrats chose a…
Colorado Legislature moves ahead on prescription drug transparency, reinsurance
The Colorado Legislature continues to make moves to chip away at the ridiculously high cost of health care and health insurance on Colorado’s Western Slope, advancing a bill to create…
Roberts’ law looks to make mining companies pay for future toxic disasters
RealVail.com over the years has delved deeply into the lasting impacts of hard-rock mining in and around Colorado’s mountain-resort communities, including the EPA Superfund site near the headwaters of the…
Growing Ski Town Caucus comes out swinging on climate change issues
Whether it’s Vail native Mike Johnston running for U.S. Senate with combating climate change as a key campaign plank or former Summit County commissioner and now head of the Colorado…
At CORE Act hearing, Tipton, Neguse clearly at odds over how best to manage Colorado’s public lands
Eagle County is split over two congressional districts with two representatives – Democrat Joe Neguse (CD2) and Republican Scott Tipton (CD3) — who have dramatically different ideas about how public…
Johnston sets fundraising record for a single quarter with $1.8 million
Vail native and now Denver resident Mike Johnston, who says he’s not accepting any donations from political action committees, set a new record for of $1.8 million for the first…
Red flag law passes house, heads to Polis for signature
The Colorado House of Representatives on Monday, including Vail Valley state Rep. Dylan Roberts, D-Avon, voted 38-25 in favor of a proposed Extreme Risk Protection Order, or red flag law,…
Policymakers, business interests fight for funding to fix Interstate 70
Editor’s note: A version of this story, produced by RealVail.com, first appeared in the Vail Daily: When transportation lobbyist Sandra Hagen Solin was a girl growing up in Vail, she…
Colorado Sens. Bennet, Gardner call for public release of Mueller report
Colorado’s U.S. senators were quick to respond to the delivery late Friday of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report on Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election to Attorney General William…
Gardner spokesman says senator won’t block CORE Act to expand local wilderness
Editor’s note: A version of this story first ran in the Vail Daily. Facing a full-court press from local elected officials and conservation groups to back the CORE Act and…