PICKING WINNERS AND LOSERS: Big Solar Wins, Consumers Lose

In an accommodation to the solar industry, Xcel has backed off of its new pricing plan that would have made bills lower for six out of ten Xcel customers.  Special interest groups aligned with Big Solar quickly made their complaints known when it became apparent that...

FORGED? Minimum Wage Ballot Signers Called Into Question

Marshall Zelinger on the petition forgery beat for Channel 7 reports that the attorney’s general office is investigating whether signatures gathered for the minimum wage hike ballot initiative were falsified. We are not handwriting experts, but after looking at the...

NO MONEY FOR YOU: EPA Holding Out on Animas Spill Claims

At the risk of sounding like a broken record, remember when the EPA promised they would take responsibility for their disastrous mine water spill into the Animas River? Not only are the feds desperately trying to shift responsibility for the actual spill, they have...