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Bill would require mining companies to demonstrate they can mitigate pollution

Hardrock mining companies in Colorado may be required to demonstrate they can pay to treat polluted water and give a timeline for performing treatment before receiving permits, according to ...

DATE: Feb 5, 2019 | CATEGORY: Purple Mountain Politics

Gov. Polis signs bill paving way for brewers to more easily enter grocery stores

Added layer of regulations would have made been ‘devastating’

DATE: Feb 1, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Colorado Democrats want presidential elections decided by popular vote

DENVER – Democratic lawmakers want to add Colorado to a list of states bent on determining presidential elections on popular votes alone. Senate Bill 042, among the more unusual f...

DATE: Feb 1, 2019 | CATEGORY: Purple Mountain Politics

State looks to expand opioid treatment centers, but not in Southwest Colorado

Montezuma County has one of highest overdose death rates

DATE: Jan 28, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Looking back: Movement to address health care costs and teacher shortages in Legislature’s third week

On their third week in the Capitol, Colorado lawmakers began the difficult task of tackling high health care costs in the state, but they also revisited bills killed last year and made moves...

DATE: Jan 27, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Polis creates office to tackle rising health care costs

Gov. Jared Polis has created of the Office of Saving People Money on Health Care, which will be dedicated to resolving the rising costs of treatment in hospitals, a growing opioid crisis and...

DATE: Jan 23, 2019 | CATEGORY: Purple Mountain Politics

Rural lawmakers want government health insurance for Colorado

Pilot program would help rural residents combat rising costs

DATE: Jan 22, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Polis wants to expand immigrant driver’s license program to Durango

Local office would be the fifth in the state to issue licenses

DATE: Jan 18, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

In-state tuition at Fort Lewis College could freeze next year

Governor aims for $121 million boost to higher education

DATE: Jan 15, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Durango schools would reap windfall from all-day kindergarten funding

State financing would return $1.35 million to district’s coffers

DATE: Jan 15, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Southwest Colorado lawmakers queue up legislation for the year

Southwest Colorado’s legislators have begun the 72nd session proposing several bills that follow up on their mission to address a host of rural issues, including wildfire concerns, health ca...

DATE: Jan 14, 2019 | CATEGORY: Purple Mountain Politics

Some Colorado Springs homeowners struggle against the abyss

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Rick Sisco’s home in the Skyway neighborhood has been riding a landslide for months. It started as a crack, became a chasm, then a 13-foot cliff. But bec...

DATE: Feb 13, 2016 | CATEGORY: Business