In this session of the Colorado General Assembly, Democrats rammed through a far-left agenda using deception and misdirection. Two of the worst bills this session — House Bill 1266 and Senate Bill 260 — reveal the lengths Democrats will go to advance destructive policy. HB 1266, “Environmental Justice Disproportionate Impacted Community,” was passed on the […]
Senate Bill 260
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Opinion: We applaud moves by Colorado lawmakers and federal leaders on transportation funding
With 2021 now half over, there already have been significant and historical funding opportunities for the transportation sector this year. At both federal and state levels, bills have been passed regarding funding and climate change policies that will affect and improve transportation in metro Denver’s northwest region. Commuting Solutions, a group dedicated to innovative transportation […]
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Carman: Life is a highway, but the legislature keeps finding nothing but dead ends
It’s at this point in every legislative session with the deadline for adjournment looming that you realize just how hard it is for human beings to make progress … in anything. Pick a problem — educational opportunity, access to decent housing, affordable health care, criminal justice, systemic racism — the list goes on. If you […]
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Opinion: As Colorado’s House Republican leaders, we think Democrats are taking a wrong turn on transportation
From January through mid-May, Republican members of the Colorado General Assembly make the weekly trek, such as it is, from their hometowns into Denver. Traveling over mountain passes, long stretches of country roads and lonely interstate, burgeoning sprawl north and south of Denver, we agree – Colorado’s roads need to be a priority. Indeed, as […]