State and federal collaboration is essential to ensure robust wildfire resilience, but uncertainty over Trump administration priorities undercuts preparedness…
Category: News/Politics
BIG PIVOTS: Not Exactly Driving in Reverse, But…
Colorado has been advancing rapidly toward its goals of having 940,000 EVs on the road…
$9 Billion in Costs to States, Local Governments in 2023 Due to Immigration Surge
Four states — New York, Massachusetts, Illinois, and Colorado — “spent a total of $3.3 billion to provide shelter and related services…”
Douglas County Residents Sue County Commission Over Alleged Open Meetings Violations
There is “undisputed evidence,” Zansberg wrote, that the county commissioners had reached a ‘consensus’ before their March 25 meeting…
Archuleta County Website Migration Now Underway
Archuleta County appreciates the public’s understanding and patience as this critical migration is completed…
Volunteers Sought for County Building Safety Appeals Board
“Leveraging community members with commercial and residential construction knowledge and experience will result in the most appropriate regulations…”
Elon Musk Doesn’t Like the Big, Beautiful Budget Bill
“In November next year, we fire all politicians who betrayed the American people,” he wrote in a later post…
Homeland Security Pulls Down List of ‘Sanctuary Jurisdictions’ After Sheriffs Object
National Sheriffs’ Association President Sheriff Kieran Donahue slammed the list as an “unnecessary erosion of unity and collaboration with law enforcement…”
Colorado Leaders Fear Health Care Consequences from Federal Spending Bill
Lawmakers passed an ultra-tight budget this year that already required about $1 billion in cost-saving measures to absorb the cost of the state’s Medicaid program…
EDITORIAL: Our Financialized, Fossilized Housing Systems, Part Four
“At what point do we really try to help communities build this affordable housing, instead of continually putting obstacles in their way?…”
Proposal to Control Methane Emissions in Colorado Landfills
Buried food scraps and yard waste at 51 dumps across Colorado generate an amount of methane equivalent to driving 1 million gasoline-powered cars for a year…
PAWSD Board to Hear New Reservoir Proposal Tonight
The 5pm presentation tonight is open to the public…
New Dashboard Will Track Oil & Gas Leasing
Currently, House Republicans are looking to advance their agenda of offering up the vast majority of our national public lands to oil and gas corporations…
Public Lands Advocates Fear for Colorado’s National Parks
“There’s this temptation for us to believe that our public institutions are impervious to public opinion, and that they will simply ignore the views of the American public…”
Colorado Democrats in Washington Decry ‘Monstrosity of a Spending Bill’
U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette, a Denver Democrat, said the “One Big, Bogus Bill” will lead to millions of people losing access to health care…
Front Range Cities Sue Colorado Over Housing Policies
The 86-page lawsuit filed in Denver District Court Monday says Colorado courts have established that matters of land use and zoning are “core matters of local concern…”
Health Professionals Fighting to Prevent Medicaid Cuts
“There’s kind of a passion, or a fire, that this lit up in all of us,” Lord said. “We’re not going to give up easily….”
Colorado Governor Questions Use of National Guard for Immigration Enforcement
The Colorado Army National Guard and Colorado Air National Guard comprises about 5,500 people who serve part-time under the governor’s direction…
Town of Pagosa Springs Initiates a Strategic Planning Process
Vision 2050 will help Town staff and elected officials set yearly goals and make decisions that stay true to the big-picture vision…