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Colorado lawmakers urge Bureau of Land Management to slow expansion of Utah oil facility

Colorado lawmakers urge Bureau of Land Management to slow expansion of Utah oil facility

Colorado U.S. Sen Michael Bennet and U.S. Rep. Joe Neguse, instrumental last month in at least temporarily derailing a massive expansion of Utah oil trains through Colorado, are now taking aim…

Lawsuit filed to keep Trump from 2024 ballot in Colorado under Section 3 of 14th Amendment

Lawsuit filed to keep Trump from 2024 ballot in Colorado under Section 3 of 14th Amendment

Late last month, RockyMountainPost.com posted a story asking whether Colorado could keep former President Donald Trump off the 2024 presidential election ballot under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment of the…

Could Colorado keep Trump off 2024 ballot under Section 3 of U.S. Constitution’s 14th Amendment?

Could Colorado keep Trump off 2024 ballot under Section 3 of U.S. Constitution’s 14th Amendment?

A growing chorus of conservative scholars and former judges, including J. Michael Luttig – who helped scuttle elements of the alleged Jan. 6 coup attempt from his home in Vail – are making…

U.S. Court of Appeals vacates federal approval of Uinta Basin Railway, require more environmental review

U.S. Court of Appeals vacates federal approval of Uinta Basin Railway, require more environmental review

Eagle County and a coalition of environmental groups on Friday won a legal challenge that at least temporarily derails the federal approval of the proposed Uinta Basin Railway project in…

University of Colorado, Benson Center still in spotlight for Eastman hire, replacement’s agenda

University of Colorado, Benson Center still in spotlight for Eastman hire, replacement’s agenda

Political science professor Robert Preuhs, a CU alumnus, understands the intent of the University of Colorado’s conservative Benson Center for the Study of Western Civilization, but he says the program has been poorly…

Glenwood Springs, ‘poster child for climate change,’ digs in to battle barrage of oil trains

Glenwood Springs, ‘poster child for climate change,’ digs in to battle barrage of oil trains

Elected officials in Glenwood Springs are quite certain of two realities facing the largest town between the Denver metro area and Grand Junction on Union Pacific’s Central Corridor rail line:…

Opponents of Utah oil trains look to expiring Colorado railroad tunnel lease for leverage

Opponents of Utah oil trains look to expiring Colorado railroad tunnel lease for leverage

State officials since last spring have quietly been reaching out to communities along Colorado’s main east-west rail line to gauge local sentiment as the state negotiates a new lease with…

Bureau of Land Management conservation rule sparks anger, praise for making all uses equal

Bureau of Land Management conservation rule sparks anger, praise for making all uses equal

The rule would allow for conservation leases, similar to how the agency auctions off parcels of land for mining, livestock grazing or oil and gas development. Supporters say the proposal…

SCOTUS rules for Idaho couple in case that guts federal protections for wetlands nationwide

SCOTUS rules for Idaho couple in case that guts federal protections for wetlands nationwide

The U.S. Supreme Court in a major environmental decision on  Thursday overturned the Environmental Protection Agency’s definition of wetlands that fall under the agency’s jurisdiction, siding with an Idaho couple…

Colorado lawmaker grew up in mobile home parks she’s now fighting for in water-quality bill

Colorado lawmaker grew up in mobile home parks she’s now fighting for in water-quality bill

EDWARDS, Colo. — When Elizabeth Velasco first moved to Colorado from San Francisco del Rincón, Mexico, she was a teenager living in a series of aging mobile home parks in…