Climate cases targeting Big Oil grind slowly through legal system as carbon pollution impacts grow
After years of legal appeals and delays, some oil companies are set to stand trial in lawsuits brought by state and local governments over the damages caused by climate change.…
SCOTUS left 60% of Colorado wetlands, streams at risk; Colorado is stepping in with protections
Wetlands near Homestake Creek in Colorado (John Fielder photo). Outrage over the Trump-packed U.S. Supreme Court rolling back federal reproductive rights has in some ways overshadowed the now 6-3 conservative…
Colorado officials cite relentless threats, election lies in wake of SCOTUS ruling on Trump eligibility
Valarie Walker of New York City holds a sign reading “Trump Led a Riot” in front of the U.S. Supreme Court Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024 (Ashley Murray/States Newsroom). Following the U.S.…
Union Pacific wastewater spill near Moffat Tunnel puts spotlight on state rail safety legislation
The Moffat Tunnel East Portal in Winter Park (Colorado Newsline photo by Chase Woodruff). As Colorado lawmakers this month prepare to do something that Congress has been incapable of for more than…
SCOTUS appears dubious of lawsuit by Colorado GOP, indy voters seeking to bar Trump from ballot
Protesters displayed a banner reading “Remove Trump” in front of the U.S. Supreme Court Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024, as justices heard oral arguments in a case questioning whether former President…
States increasingly offering health care coverage for immigrants, noncitizens
Gabriel Henao fled Colombia to escape a guerrilla group who, he said, twice threatened to kill him. After some time in Mexico, he arrived in Colorado in July 2022, settling…
Construction-worker shortage hampers housing push all over the United States
Construction workers in Vail, Colorado (David O. Williams photo). The United States needs an estimated 7 million more homes to house everyone who needs shelter. But to build all those…
U.S. Forest Service pulls plug on approval for Uinta Basin oil-train project opposed by Colorado
A United States Forest Service map shows the route, in green, of the proposed Uinta Basin Railway through a protected roadless area in the Ashley National Forest, shaded in light…
Immigration viewed as ‘lifeline’ in some states, cities desperate to bolster population, labor force
Customs and Border Protection agents question families who have presented themselves at the Paso del Norte bridge to request asylum (Corrie Boudreaux for Source New Mexico). As southern border states…
Sprawling Colorado congressional district grapples with immigration, border issues
The race for Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District, which includes most of the state’s mountainous Western Slope, looks dramatically different with last week’s sudden exit of U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert, but one thing remains…
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