Colorado Newsline

27/12/2024

Commentary: High-voltage transmission lines are our four-lane highways of electricity. They worked well enough when giant coal plants provided most of our electricity. Now, as Colorado and other states strive to replace fossil fuels with renewables, new connections must be built, to knit us together across broader areas.

From Big Pivots

The Energy Department has picked a region around southeast Colorado for advanced electricity transmission work.

27/12/2024

Jeff Hurd, the Republican Grand Junction attorney who last month won a seat in Congteess, looks to secure the border, grow his district's energy economy and protect Colorado’s water.

Rep.-elect Jeff Hurd will take over representing Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District after four years of representation by Lauren Boebert.

26/12/2024

Colorado officials reached an agreement announced this week allowing Union Pacific Railroad to lease the Moffat Tunnel for another 25 years.

Colorado reached an agreement announced this week allowing Union Pacific Railroad to lease the Moffat Tunnel for another 25 years.

26/12/2024

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26/12/2024

New research looks at the health effects people experienced when they returned to still-standing homes after the Marshall Fire. It includes a checklist for people to use after urban wildfires in the future to help them protect their health and reduce their risks when they return to smoke-damaged homes.

From The Conversation US

New research looks at the health effects people experienced when they returned to still-standing homes after the Marshall Fire.

26/12/2024

U.S. Rep.-elect Gabe Evans will soon be the second person to represent Colorado’s competitive 8th Congressional District.

25/12/2024

Commentary: For enslaved people, the holiday season was a time for revelry — and a brief window to fight back

From The Conversation US

Many enslaved people in the Americas used the brief holiday season of respite to plan escapes and start revolts.

24/12/2024

President-elect Donald Trump repeatedly said during the campaign that, if elected back to the White House, he would pursue a ban on transgender youth participating in school sports that align with their gender identity. As he prepares to take office in January, experts and LGBTQ+ advocates told States Newsroom the effort would face significant delays and challenges as legal pushback from LGBTQ+ advocacy groups can be expected every step of the way.

Experts and LGBTQ+ advocates told States Newsroom the effort would face significant delays and legal challenges.

24/12/2024

Colorado wildlife commission urged to deny petition to ‘pause’ wolf reintroductions

Colorado officials have formally urged wildlife commissioners to deny a request to suspend the introduction of gray wolves as the state’s voter-mandated restoration program enters its second winter “release season.” The staff recommendation from Colorado Parks and Wildlife was submitted to the...

24/12/2024

With increased monitoring, data collection and analysis from "smart cities" devices in states like Colorado comes ethical and privacy concerns.

After nearly a week of searching for a suspect in the hit-and-run death of an 81-year-old St. Helena, California woman this summer, police found and arrested a man with the help of license plate reading cameras that registered him near the scene. The police department used information from FLOCK’s...

23/12/2024

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis on Friday granted 22 pardons and four commutations to people convicted of various crimes in the state, including two people sentenced to life in prison for murder.

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis on Friday granted 22 pardons and four commutations to people convicted of various crimes in the state.

23/12/2024

Colorado officials have formally urged wildlife commissioners to deny a request to suspend the introduction of gray wolves as the state’s voter-mandated restoration program enters its second winter “release season.”

Colorado officials have formally urged wildlife commissioners to deny a request to suspend the introduction of gray wolves as the state’s voter-mandated restoration program enters its second winter “release season.” The staff recommendation from Colorado Parks and Wildlife was submitted to the...

20/12/2024

Colorado Democrats and outdoor recreation advocates cheered the passage of a wide-ranging public lands bill in the Senate on Thursday.

The bipartisan EXPLORE Act was unanimously approved by the Senate and now heads to President Joe Biden to be signed into law.

20/12/2024

Colorado lawmakers will still need to cut a considerable amount of spending during next year’s budget making process, though probably less than the nearly $1 billion anticipated earlier this year.

Colorado could have a $670 million budget deficit instead of a nearly $1 billion one, according to state economists.

19/12/2024

U.S. House Republicans released a spending package Thursday that would keep the government funded through mid-March while boosting disaster aid by about $100 billion.

The House is expected to vote on the package Thursday evening, though it wasn’t immediately clear it could pass given Democratic opposition.

19/12/2024

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19/12/2024

U.S. House Democrats released details early Thursday on how much federal disaster aid each state would lose if Republicans drop it from a stopgap spending bill that’s been rejected by their own members as well as President-elect Donald Trump.

Trump and his allies, including tech billionaire Elon Musk, have urged GOP leaders to walk away from a bipartisan year-end spending package.

19/12/2024

U.S. Sens. Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper celebrated various measures benefiting Colorado that passed as part of the annual National Defense Authorization Act approved by the Senate on Wednesday.

Colorado's U.S. senators celebrated various measures benefiting the state passing in the National Defense Authorization Act Wednesday.