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GOLD DOME DUDS: Who Came Out Worse for Wear This Legislative Session?
We unveiled this year's winners and, now, it's time to unveil this year's losers. Without further delay, drumroll please, here you go: Democratic leadership. No matter the issue, whether it was hospital provider fee or construction defects or transportation, we heard...
POOR TASTE: DeGette Should Stop Encouraging Polluters
If they do with the climate what they did with the Animas River, we’re in a world of hurt. Thank you, @EPA for all the work you do to #DefendClimate here in Colorado and across America. I will continue to #StandWithEPA.— Rep. Diana DeGette (@RepDianaDeGette) May 11,...
GOLD DOME WINNERS: Honoring Those Who Caused the Dome to Shine a Little Brighter
Last night, the state legislature bid adieu to the 2017 legislative session. As is our tradition, we have highlighted our winners and losers of the legislative session. Because we are an optimistic bunch, we will start with the winners. Without further delay, here are...
DIVIDE AND CONQUER: East Beats West in Methane Vote, But Here’s Plan B
Colorado Senators split their vote today on rolling back Obama’s methane rule with Cory Gardner voting for the West and Michael Bennet voting with his friends back East. The rollback failed because of the usual Republican defectors, John McCain who tends to vote more...
EAST VS. WEST: All Eyes on Gardner for Methane Vote
The Senate votes Wednesday on whether to roll back an Obama administration rule that over-regulates methane emissions from oil and gas wells. U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet is already accepting accolades from leftist environmentalists for announcing his decision to support...
WHO LOVES YOU? Democrats Say No to Holding EPA Responsible for River Spill
State Senate Republicans passed a resolution Monday calling on the attorney general and governor to sue the EPA on behalf of Coloradans for causing the Gold King Mine spill. While Republicans are still trying to right the wrong done by the federal agency, Democrats...
OH HAIL NO: Friendly Reminder That Bike Lanes Don’t Work in Hail Storms
Yesterday, social media was filled with crazy pictures of Colorado's hail storm, which arrived just a few hours after a Denver Post missive asking whether bike lanes on major thoroughfares will cause strife. It's not just that the bike lane has swallowed a lane of...
ENTIRELY PREDICTABLE: Teachers Union Begs CO Teachers to Oppose Equal Charter School Funding
This morning, the Colorado Education Association sent out a desperate missive to its members asking, no begging, them to call their legislators to oppose SB 61, a bipartisan piece of legislation, sponsored by Reps. Lang Sias (R) and Paul Rosenthal (D) as well as Sens....
FIGHTING FAKE NEWS: Group Urges Google to Demote Fractivist Websites Due to Misinformation
We have been saying it for years, but the biggest peddlers of misinformation and most egregious science deniers are those on the left - fractivists. One pro-oil and gas organization out of Texas, Texans for Natural Gas and FrackFeed, is calling out fractivists in an...
PINATAGATE: Threats Against Family Shows Why Politics and Education Don’t Mix
It was that family who contacted police because they were afraid to let their child go to school on Monday, the mom told the Greeley Tribune in an interview. “(Officials) went through some of these threats and made the decision to cancel school. I'm sure there were...