A draft bill aims to prohibit new installations of grass that sucks up too much water. It’s the latest action in a growing conservation movement in arid Colorado.
Dylan Roberts
Posted inOutdoors
Ouray Ice Park, once the gold standard for free recreation on private land, caught up in liability concerns
The city, a private landowner and nonprofit operator of the Ouray Ice Park are negotiating a new partnership as liability issues with the Colorado Recreational Use Statute grow
Posted inOutdoors
Wildlife crossings proposed on east side of Vail Pass could be funded through new state, federal programs
There are more female deer killed by cars than hunters in Colorado every year. Advocates hope three new wildlife crossings on Vail Pass will reduce collisions, improve animal health
Posted inHealth
How a Colorado woman saved from sudden cardiac arrest at age 27 is now working to keep others alive
Lynn Blake was lucky to survive cardiac arrest. Now her work focuses on placing AEDs in as many public places as possible to save other lives, with the help of a new state office.
Posted inNews
Lawmakers howling, advocacy groups cheering after Colorado governor vetoes legislation requiring federal support for wolf reintroduction
Bill would have required federal suspension of endangered species laws and allowed ranchers to kill wolves threatening livestock before wolves had “paws on the ground.”
Posted inPolitics and Government
Colorado legislation to ban horse slaughter for human consumption stripped down after opposition from ranchers
The Senate Agriculture Committee passed a weaker version of the original bill that’s intended to protect horses during transport
Posted inClimate, Environment, News, Politics and Government, Water
Tired of mowing your lawn? Colorado could pay you $2 a square foot to rip it out.
Colorado would expand grass turf buyouts statewide and double existing city rip-and-replace programs in a bill aimed at solving misuse of precious water during the state’s long-term drought. The bipartisan bill would create a $2 million to $4 million annual pool from general fund money to pay homeowners, businesses or any other landlords willing to […]
Posted inBusiness, News, Politics and Government
Ethics complaints from mountain counties spur probe of state Division of Property Taxation
The Department of Local Affairs will hire a law firm to investigate the Colorado Division of Property Taxation after Eagle, La Plata and San Miguel counties made ethics complaints against the state agency’s top two directors. The move averted a call for state auditors to probe the claim that a too-cozy relationship between the state […]
Posted inBusiness, News, Politics and Government
Lobbying spending at the Colorado Capitol set another record. Here’s how much was spent.
Fueled by opposition to a measure seeking to create a public health insurance option, lobbying spending at the Colorado Capitol again reached a record. Nearly $44 million was spent during the 2020-21 fiscal year, which ended June 30, according to a Colorado Sun analysis of filings with the Colorado Secretary of State’s Office. That’s up […]
Posted inPolitics and Government
Colorado lawmakers blocked some misdemeanor offenders from buying guns. They also made it OK for some felons to own them.
Colorado lawmakers this year, in the wake of a mass shooting at a Boulder King Soopers, passed a bill barring people convicted of certain misdemeanor crimes from purchasing a gun for five years. The measure, House Bill 1298, was hailed as a way to prevent bloodshed and keep weapons out of the hands of dangerous […]