Author: Marianne Goodland
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Colorado wolf reintroduction initiative struggles with fundraising
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The latest campaign finance reports for Colorado Advocates for Smart Wolf Policy, which aims to place an initiative banning more wolves on the 2026 ballot, indicate that fundraising remains a challenge. In the last three months, the committee raised less than $10,000, according to TRACER,…
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Trump’s tariffs prompt Blue state governors, including Colorado, to develop mitigation strategies
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The governors of Colorado, Illinois, New York, Oregon and Washington called on their state agencies on Monday to find ways to mitigate the harm caused by President Trump’s tariffs. In Colorado, Gov. Jared Polis issued an executive order that directs the Office of State Planning…
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John R. Stulp, Colorado’s first water czar, remembered for dedication to public service
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save John R. Stulp, Jr., 76, the state’s first and only water czar and a former commissioner of agriculture, died Monday night at the Prowers County Medical Center in Lamar. Stulp was commissioner of agriculture under…
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Polis nominees to Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission already face scrutiny
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Gov. Jared Polis’s latest appointments to the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission have drawn quick scrutiny, with one nominee criticized as a political insider and the other dismissed by longtime outfitters as an unknown in…
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Colorado policymakers mull special session to fix budget hole
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado legislators are considering a special session to cover a budget hole to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars — a deficit Democrats said will result from spending changes Congress recently approved. A Republican legislator, meanwhile, said the state already faced a deficit even…
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Holy Cross cattlemen asks for permit to kill Copper Creek wolves
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A cattlemen group on Saturday asked Colorado Parks and Wildlife to issue a “chronic depredation” permit for the Copper Creek wolf pack that has been killing livestock in Pitkin County over the past two months. The request from The Holy Cross Cattlemen’s Association comes just two…
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Colorado panel signs off on pedestrian bridge project for state’s 150th anniversary
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save One of the major steps in approving a pedestrian walkway linking the state Capitol to Lincoln Park won an 8-4 vote on Thursday from a building advisory committee. The vote by the General Assembly’s Capitol…
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White House to donate Trump portrait to Colorado Capitol’s presidential gallery
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A portrait of President Donald Trump, donated by the White House, will be temporarily hung in the presidential portrait gallery on the Colorado state Capitol’s third floor. The portrait replaces another that was hung at…
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Mesa County postal worker sentenced for identity theft and forgery in ballot-stealing scheme
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A former postal worker from Mesa County was sentenced to five years in prison on Wednesday for her role in stealing and submitting ballots with fraudulent signatures during the 2024 General Election, authorities said. Vicki Stuart, 64, previously pleaded guilty to one count each of…
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Denver judge issues nuanced injunction against federal immigration subpoena on immigrant children
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A Denver district court judge has issued a preliminary injunction to prevent a division within a state agency from complying with a subpoena issued by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The injunction is a step…