While the strategy delivers returns to investors, a cascade of rate increases could lead to “a public backlash” a credit agency warns.
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Colorado may force new homes in wildfire-prone areas to adhere to a state building code
A forthcoming bill would create a new board with powers to tell local governments how houses must be built in the wildland-urban interface
Posted inEnvironment, News, Politics and Government
Colorado lawmakers just passed legislation creating a statewide recycling program. Here’s how it would work.
Colorado would have a statewide recycling program funded by fees charged to companies that produce packaging under a bill passed by the legislature Wednesday. Gov. Jared Polis is expected to sign House Bill 1355 into law. The fees would be used to provide recycling services to most communities and residents across Colorado in the hopes […]
Posted inBusiness, News, Politics and Government
Could liquor stores be a solution to Colorado’s food deserts?
If there’s one thing Colorado has a lot of, it’s liquor stores. There are more than 1,500 of them in the state. And state Sen. Kevin Priola sees them as a way to help eliminate a stubborn problem plaguing both Colorado’s inner-city neighborhoods and rural parts of the state: food deserts, areas where people have […]
Posted inCrime and Courts, News, Politics and Government
Colorado lawmakers may change when police can intervene in a protest after summer of unrest
Colorado law enforcement would be barred from breaking up a protest unless there is an imminent threat of violence or major property damage from a “significant” number of people acting in unison, under legislation introduced Tuesday at the state legislature. Senate Bill 31 comes in response to unrest last summer following the killing of George […]
Posted inElection 2020, Politics and Government
How high will the blue wave crest in Colorado? Democrats are predicting big wins once again.
In the final days of the 2020 campaign, Lisa Cutter is not taking anything for granted. The state representative is the first Democrat to win her western Jefferson County district, part of a Democratic wave in 2018 that gave the party control of state government and the lawmaking process. Cutter feels the pressure to win […]
Posted inElection 2020, Politics and Government
Democrats dominate campaign fundraising and spend big to build majority in the Colorado legislature
Democrats are outspending Republicans in state legislative races, and super PACs are pouring in $10 million, as the majority party looks poised to make gains in both chambers. A few of the competitive races are exceeding the $1 million mark with the most expensive contest — a state Senate seat in Adams County — topping […]
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Opinion: How can we maintain a free press? Let’s start by teaching news media literacy
Our decisions — whether they concern which products to buy, which ballot measure to support or which candidate to vote for — are only as good as the information we use to inform them. This past week, Jan. 27-31, was declared as National News Literacy Week by the News Literacy Project. The goal is to […]
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Colorado is bad at recycling, so lawmakers spent months looking for solutions. Here’s what they proposed.
Colorado lawmakers spent months deliberating ways to address Colorado’s abysmal recycling rate, but in the end, a special committee mostly agreed to keep studying the issue. Two of five draft bills considered by the Zero Waste and Recycling Interim Study Committee advanced Tuesday. The first would study how to use tax breaks to incentivize Colorado […]
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Polis signs bills aimed at protecting free speech rights, educating Colorado students about media
Gov. Jared Polis on Monday signed a law to protect citizens and news outlets from lawsuits that seek to curb their free speech rights. Colorado joins nearly 30 states that have adopted measures to curb what are called strategic lawsuits against public participation. Witnesses testified during the legislative session about how they’d been sued for […]