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Residency complaint against Republican state senator highlights election-year real estate shuffle in Colorado

A nonprofit run by a Democratic political consultant is raising questions about the residency of a Republican state senator whose bid for reelection in November could decide which party is in charge at the Colorado Capitol. The Colorado Ethics Institute compiled a dossier this summer indicating that state Sen. Dennis Hisey is still spending a […]

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Colorado’s new state House and Senate maps drew several Democrats into Republican districts and vice versa

One Democratic state senator was drawn into a district that now leans heavily in Republicans’ favor. A GOP House member, meanwhile, will run in a district that’s now solidly Democratic.  And a handful of incumbents will have to decide whether to challenge their colleagues in an awkward primary or general election contest or quickly move […]

Posted inEnvironment, News, Politics and Government, Water

Colorado lawmakers wanted to tackle the state’s PFAS problem. They are taking more of a baby step.

Colorado lawmakers hoped this year to accelerate regulation of a group of man-made chemicals called per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances, which are often used in firefighting foam and have contaminated drinking water in communities across the state.   But a bipartisan bill to do just that was stripped of its most comprehensive elements during its first hearing at […]