Sen. Michael Bennet says we’ve turned our backs on our kids. He’s pushing to bring back the enhanced child tax credit he championed.
Michael Bennet
Posted inWater
Colorado lands another $100 million in federal funding for Arkansas Valley Conduit
Latest installment spurs 103-mile pipeline paralleling the river to bring safe drinking water to 50,000 southeastern residents
Posted inOpinion Columns
Littwin: If Space Command is in Colorado to stay, thank Tommy Tuberville for the help
Columnist Mike Littwin writes that If the U.S. Space Command is in Colorado to stay, you might want to thank Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville for the help.
Posted inBusiness
Tiny worms have infested up to 40% of Colorado’s Olathe Sweet corn crop
Tuxedo, the state’s largest sweet corn producer, is only packing about 3,000 crates per day for shipment to stores compared with three times that in a normal year
Posted inClimate
Kamala Harris urges students to take action on climate change in Denver speech
The vice president gave brief remarks from a Denver high school before attending a campaign fundraising event
Posted inOpinion Columns
Zornio: Colorado politics has a sexism problem. How long will it take to break the glass ceiling?
Colorado voters have never elected a woman to the state’s highest political offices, and without more action from the men in charge, who knows how long it will be before that changes.
Posted inEnvironment
Boulder company puts steelmaking on a greenhouse gas diet with low-carbon iron
Electra is patenting a low-temperature iron-making method that can also clean up discarded ore piles, with backing of Colorado congressional delegation.
Posted inTransportation
Colorado congressmen send letter to fourth federal agency urging scrutiny of Uinta Basin Railway plan
Elected officials across the state are organizing in opposition to a plan to ship billions of gallons of Utah’s Uinta Basin waxy crude through Colorado
Posted inPolitics and Government
Michael Bennet’s massive mental health legislation seeks to finally create parity in insurance plans
Bennet called the bill a “marker” and an “aspiration” that lays the framework for establishing mental health parity in Medicare and Medicaid
Posted inTransportation
Colorado congressmen cite Ohio train derailment in letter urging Forest Service to delay approval of Uinta Basin Railway
The two Democrats join environmental groups and communities urging increased scrutiny of the proposed Utah railroad that would route billions of gallons of waxy crude along the Colorado River.